ajourinnfatta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ajourinnfattet

Etymology

à jour +‎ innfatta, first part from French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”) + from French jour (“day”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky,”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“sky”) and *s + and from -nus, from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.

Last part past participle of innfatte (“enclose, enframe”), from both the word inn (“in, inside, into”), from Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én + and from Middle Low German vaten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʃʉːrɪnfatːa/

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• Rhymes: -atːa
• Hyphenation: a‧jour‧inn‧fat‧ta

Adjective

ajourinnfatta (neuter singular ajourinnfattet or ajourinnfatta, definite singular and plural ajourinnfatta or ajourinnfattete or ajourinnfattede, comparative mer ajourinnfattet, superlative mest ajourinnfattet)

1. (jewelry) enframed so that the top and bottom are free

Related terms

• ajourføre (“to make up to speed, update”)
• ajournement (“postponement, delay”)
• ajournere (“to postpone or adjourn”)

References

• “ajourinnfattet” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).