séjour
French, noun/se.ʒuʁ/
séjour is spelled S-É-J-O-U-R (6 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written French, the 2,619th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Séjour is a French masculine noun meaning “stay, visit, trip, sojourn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Demeure, résidence plus ou moins longue dans un lieu, dans un pays”.
What does séjour mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestay, visit, trip, sojourn
- 2
masculineliving room
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Demeure, résidence plus ou moins longue dans un lieu, dans un pays. 2. Temps qu’un bâtiment de guerre passe en relâche. 3. Arrêt des liquides qui restent plus ou moins longtemps en quelque endroit. 4. Par métonymie, temps passé dans un lieu déterminé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of séjour
- séjours plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce séjour?
- /se.ʒuʁ/
- \se.ʒuʁ\
- [se.ʒuʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to séjour
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is séjour in French?
séjour appears 31 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).