aujourd'hui

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French

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Etymology

    Inherited from Middle French auiourd'huy; univerbation of 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.d‿ɥi/, (sometimes proscribed) /o.ʒɔʁ.d‿ɥi/
    • IPA(key): (Louisiana) /o.ʒɔ(ɾ).d‿ɥɪ/, /a.ʒɔ(ɾ).d‿ɥi/
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    Adverb

    aujourd’hui

    1. today
    2. nowadays
      Synonyms: à cette heure, actuellement, en ce moment, maintenant, de nos jours

    Coordinate terms

    Dates relative to today in French (layout · text)
    –3 –2 –1 0 +1 +2 +3
    direct speech three days ago two days ago yesterday today tomorrow in two days in three days
    avant-avant-hier avant-hier hier aujourd’hui demain après-demain après-après-demain
    reported speech three days before, three days earlier two days before, two days earlier the day before on that day the next day two days later three days later
    trois jours plus tôt l’avant-veille la veille ce jour- le lendemain le surlendemain trois jours plus tard

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Réunion Creole French: zordi, jordu, zordu
    • Saint Dominican Creole French: jordy

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