aujourd'hui

See also: aujour-d'hui

French

Alternative forms
  • auj. (abbreviation)
  • ajourd'hui (archaic outside Louisiana, Cajun)
  • àjourd'hui (also archaic outside Louisiana French)
  • au jour de hui, aujour-d'hui, aujour-d’hui, au-jour-d'hui, au-jour-d’hui (archaic to obsolete)
  • aujourdui, aujourdhui (obsolete or reformist)

Etymology

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

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Derived terms

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

Noun

aujourd'hui m (uncountable)

  1. today

See also

Further reading
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