ajourner

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ajorner, from the phrase a jorn (nome) (“to an (appointed) day”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʒuʁ.ne/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

ajourner

  1. postpone, adjourn, put off (an event)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ajourner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ajourner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ajournant
/a.ʒuʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ajourné
/a.ʒuʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ajourne
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		ajournes
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		ajourne
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		ajournons
/a.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ 		ajournez
/a.ʒuʁ.ne/ 		ajournent
/a.ʒuʁn/
imperfect ajournais
/a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ 		ajournais
/a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ 		ajournait
/a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/ 		ajournions
/a.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ 		ajourniez
/a.ʒuʁ.nje/ 		ajournaient
/a.ʒuʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 ajournai
/a.ʒuʁ.ne/ 		ajournas
/a.ʒuʁ.na/ 		ajourna
/a.ʒuʁ.na/ 		ajournâmes
/a.ʒuʁ.nam/ 		ajournâtes
/a.ʒuʁ.nat/ 		ajournèrent
/a.ʒuʁ.nɛʁ/
future ajournerai
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		ajourneras
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		ajournera
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁa/ 		ajournerons
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/ 		ajournerez
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁe/ 		ajourneront
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ajournerais
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		ajournerais
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		ajournerait
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/ 		ajournerions
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ajourneriez
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁje/ 		ajourneraient
/a.ʒuʁ.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ajourne
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		ajournes
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		ajourne
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		ajournions
/a.ʒuʁ.njɔ̃/ 		ajourniez
/a.ʒuʁ.nje/ 		ajournent
/a.ʒuʁn/
imperfect2 ajournasse
/a.ʒuʁ.nas/ 		ajournasses
/a.ʒuʁ.nas/ 		ajournât
/a.ʒuʁ.na/ 		ajournassions
/a.ʒuʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ 		ajournassiez
/a.ʒuʁ.na.sje/ 		ajournassent
/a.ʒuʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ajourne
/a.ʒuʁn/ 		— ajournons
/a.ʒuʁ.nɔ̃/ 		ajournez
/a.ʒuʁ.ne/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: ajournere

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʃʉˈɳeːr/, /aʃʉʁˈneːr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • Hyphenation: a‧jour‧ner

Verb

ajourner

  1. imperative of ajournere
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