ajournering
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
ajournere + -ing, verbal noun form of ajournere (“to postpone, delay”), from French ajourner (“to postpone, adjourn, put off”), from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jor (nomé) ("to an (appointed) day"). Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ajournering m (definite singular ajourneringen, indefinite plural ajourneringer, definite plural ajourneringene)
- the act of postponing or delaying
References edit
- “ajournering” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).