avui

Catalan

Alternative forms

hui (Valencian or archaic)
vui (dialectal)
avuy (archaic)

Etymology

From a- +‎ vui, hui, from Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan uèi, uòi), from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē (compare Spanish hoy), constructed from hōc +‎ diē (literally “on this day”); see there for further cognates.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈvuj/

(Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbuj/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈvuj/
Rhymes: -uj

Adverb

avui

today
nowadays
Synonyms: avui dia, avui en dia

Coordinate terms

ahir
demà

Further reading

“avui” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“avui” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“avui” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“avui” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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