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àjour (invariable)
- up-to-date,current
FromFrenchà jour(“up-to-date”), first part fromMiddle French[Term?], fromOld Frencha(“to”), fromLatinad(“to”), fromProto-Italic*ad(“to”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éd(“to”). Last part fromFrenchjour(“day”), fromOld Frenchjorn,jor(“day”), fromLatindiurnum [tempus], fromdiurnus(“daily”), from earlier*diusnus, frombothdiūs, fromOld Latin, fromProto-Italic*djous(“day”) fromProto-Indo-European*dyḗws(“sky”), from earlier*dyéws, from*dyew-(“to be bright”) and*s(creates nouns) +and from-nus(forms adjectives), fromProto-Italic*-nos, fromProto-Indo-European*-nós(forms verbal adjectives).
àjour
- up to date (especially in accounting)
1920,Jonas Lie,Samlede Digterverker III, page357:der laa arbeide der i denne tid mindst for to, før han kom à jour- there was work there at this time at least for two, before he came up to date
2013,Tor Åge Bringsværd,Ikke fordi den har et svar, men fordi den har en sang, page X:jeg [måtte] gjøre et alvorlig forsøk på å komme litt mer ajour med listen min- I [had to] make a serious effort to get a little more up to date with my list
2013,Karin Fossum,Carmen Zita og døden:du har selvfølgelig krav på å være ajour med det vi har av funn- you are of course entitled to be up to date with what we have of discoveries
2013 August 1,Aftenposten, page 9:skolebøkene bagatelliserer [språkforskeren Ivar] Aasen. De skriver om den fattige stakkaren og er ikke faglig à jour- the textbooks downplay [linguist Ivar] Aasen. They write about the poor poor man and are not professionally up to date
1987,Terje Stigen,Katedralen:nå var det ikke om å gjøre å holde seg ajour med kalenderen, den var ikke lenger en nødsrasjon, en siste reserve- now it was not about keeping up with the calendar, it was no longer an emergency ration, a last resort
2001 July 15,Bergens Tidende, page30:det er her [hos frisøren] og hos tannlegen man holder seg ajour med hva Se og Hør velger å skrive om- it is here [at the hairdresser] and at the dentist that you stay up to date with what Se og Hør chooses to write about
- bringe/føre/holdeà jour ―bringing/keeping/stayingup to date
- komme/blià jour ―becomeup to date (with all of today's work, finish all of today's tasks)
- væreà jour ―beup to date (in accounting), be oriented about something, have the most knowledge about a subject
- væreà jour med betalingen
- beingup to date with payments
- holde (seg/noen)à jour ―keep (themselves or someone)up to date, keep (themselves or someone) informed of something
- (geology) transparent
- en edelsten som er à jour
- a gemstone which is transparent
- “à jour” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
- “à jour” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “à jour” inStore norske leksikon
àjour
- alternative spelling ofajour
