Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
the other day. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
the other day, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
the other day in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
the other day you have here. The definition of the word
the other day will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
the other day, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Pronunciation
Adverb
the other day
- (idiomatic) recently; lately; a few days ago.
I was in San Francisco just the other day.
2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52:Uh-oh. I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse.
Usage notes
- Day can be replaced by night, evening, afternoon, morning. Week and month are less common. Other time terms are unlikely.
Translations
lately
- Afrikaans: nou die dag, onlangs
- Arabic: مُنْذُ بِضْعَةْ أَيَّام (munḏu biḍʕat ʔayyām), بِالْأَمْس (bi-l-ʔams), مُنْذُ عَهْد قَرِيب (munḏu ʕahd qarīb), مُنْذُ فَتْرَة قَرِيبَة (munḏu fatra(t) qarība), مُؤَخَّرًا (muʔaḵḵaran), حَدِيثًا (ḥadīṯan)
- Azerbaijani: dünənləri
- Bulgarian: онзи ден (onzi den)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 前幾天／前几天 (zh) (qiánjǐtiān), 最近 (zh) (zuìjìn), 近日 (zh) (jìnrì)
- Czech: nedávno (cs)
- Dutch: onlangs (nl)
- Esperanto: lastfoje
- Finnish: äskettäin (fi), hiljattain (fi); eräänä päivänä, tässä yhtenä päivänä
- French: l’autre jour (fr), récemment (fr), ces derniers jours, dernièrement (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: neulich (de), kürzlich (de), vor kurzem (de), in letzter Zeit, vor ein paar Tagen
- Greek: τις προάλλες (el) (tis proálles)
- Hungarian: a minap, nemrég (hu), a napokban
- Icelandic: um daginn
- Ingrian: taanoin, taano
- Irish: an lá cheana, an lá eile, an lá faoi dheireadh
- Japanese: 先日 (ja) (せんじつ, senjitsu), この間 (このあいだ, kono aida), 最近 (ja) (さいきん, saikin), 先頃 (ja) (さきごろ, sakigoro)
- Latin: dudum, nūper (la)
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: her om dagen
- Bokmål: for noen dager siden, nylig
- Nynorsk: for nokre dagar sidan, nyleg
- Persian: اَخیراً (fa), چَند روز پیش, به تازگی
- Polish: niedawno (pl), ostatnio (pl), kilka dni temu
- Portuguese: esses dias
- Russian: на дня́х (ru) (na dnjáx), неда́вно (ru) (nedávno), не́сколько дней наза́д (néskolʹko dnej nazád), наме́дни (ru) (namédni)
- Scottish Gaelic: an latha roimhe, an latha eile
- Spanish: el otro día, recientemente (es)
- Swahili: juzijuzi
- Swedish: häromdagen (sv)
- Turkish: birkaç gün önce, geçen gün, geçenlerde (tr), öteki gün
- Vietnamese: hôm nọ (vi)
- Yiddish: אַנומלט (anumlt)
|
Noun
the other day
- (Philippines) the day before yesterday.