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".
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aujourd’hui
| 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-là | le lendemain | le surlendemain | trois jours plus tard | |