aujourd'hui

See also: aujour-d'hui

French

Alternative forms
  • auj. (abbreviation)
  • au jour de hui, aujour-d’hui, au-jour-d’hui (in varying degrees of obsolescence; similar to the spelling to-day in English)
  • aujord'hui (Acadian)

Etymology

au +‎ jour +‎ de +‎ hui, literally “on the day of today”; since hui comes from Latin hodie, the phrase literally means "on the day of this day".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /o.ʒuʁ.dɥi/, (sometimes proscribed) /o.ʒɔʁ.dɥi/
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): [oʒɔ(ɾ)dɥɪ], [aʒɔ(ɾ)dɥi]
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Adverb

aujourd'hui

  1. today
  2. nowadays

Synonyms

Noun

aujourd'hui m (uncountable)

  1. today

See also

Further reading
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