ajour

See also: à jour

Danish

Etymology

From French à jour (“up-to-date”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asjur/, [aˈɕuɐ̯]

Adjective

ajour

1. up-to-date

   Synonym: up to date

Derived terms

• ajourføre

Further reading

• “ajour” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From à +‎ jour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒuʁ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: à jour

Noun

ajour m (plural ajours)

1. (architecture) aperture, slit that lets in daylight
2. (textiles) openwork

   Synonym: jour

Derived terms

• ajourer

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ажур (ažur)
• → Danish: ajour
• → Greek: αζούρ (azoúr)
• → Polish: ażur
• → Romanian: ajur
• → Serbo-Croatian: ažur / ажур
• → Swedish: ajour
• → Ukrainian: ажур (ažur)

Further reading

• “ajour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Swedish

Alternative forms

• à jour

Etymology

Borrowed from French à jour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɧuːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

Adjective

ajour (comparative mer ajour, superlative mest ajour)

1. up-to-date

   Synonym: uppdaterad

   hålla sig ajour ― be up-to-date

Usage notes

Preferred form by SAOL.

Declension

No inflected forms; compared periphrastically.

Further reading

• “ajour”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)