ajourføre
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
à jour + føre, 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”). Last part 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 from Old Norse fǿra (“to bring”), from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną (“to lead”), from both *faraną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through”) + and from *-janą, from *-éyeti, from *-yeti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈʃʉːrføːrə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -øːrə
- Hyphenation: a‧jour‧fø‧re
Verb
ajourføre (imperative ajourfør, present tense ajourfører, passive ajourføres, simple past ajourførte, past participle ajourført, present participle ajourførende, verbal noun ajourføring)
- to ensure compliance with the latest developments and conditions by adding or incorporating new information, to make something up to date or up to speed
- 1943, Wilhelm Munthe, Boknåm, page 309:
- siden fulgte nye utgaver slag i slag – ajourført, forbedret og utvidet
- since then, new editions followed one by one - updated, improved and expanded
- 1970, Romsdalsposten, page 28:
- viktig ajourføring av prøvesentret i Surnadal
- important update of the test center in Surnadal
- 1986, Trond Berg Eriksen, Den usynlige død og andre essays, page 191:
- det er ikke så viktig å utvide kulturbegrepet som å ajourføre det
- it is not so important to expand the concept of culture as to update it
- 1987, Dag Solstad, Roman 1987, page 60:
- ajourføre tabellen for 3. divisjon distrikt Hedmark/Oppland
- update the table for 3rd division district Hedmark/Oppland
- 1986, Bo Norlin, Bendik Rugaas, editors, UB. Universitetsbiblioteket i ord og bilder, page 31:
- det [ble] gitt ut en ajourført utgave på mikrofilm
- an updated edition of microfilm was released
- ajourføre en liste eller et regnskap
- to make a list or accounting up to date
- Synonym: oppdatere
Related terms
- ajournere (“to postpone or adjourn”)
- ajournement (“postponement, delay”)
- ajourinnfattet (“framed so that the top and bottom are free (of a stone or jewelry)”)
References
- “ajourføre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ajourføre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “ajourføre” in Store norske leksikon