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jour

jour

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A French word that means day, used in English phrases like du jour
  • noun
  • /ʒʊr/
translation icon : día
  • The results have been promises to get back to me, citing the excuse du jour.
  • soup du jour
  • Contre-jour
  • Belle du Jour

But the beauty is if they're done and if it's not just a diet du jour or the new resolution walk, run or walk.

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Examples

  • And just what is your soup du jour?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • And then last thing on the general jurisprudence before we get into the topic du jour of cybersecurity.

  • And then my social network addiction du jour is Facebook, you know, and what is next for you?

  • "It's the defense argument du jour," Lynch says.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Twitter has become the social medium du jour.

    Academic text (2014)
  • What's your poison du jour?

  • We've got the catch du jour.

  • And then these are the specialty du jour, the Maple Glazed Bacon Potato Extravaganza.

  • The chef prepares a special dish for the jour called the catch du jour.

  • At the restaurant, the jour dessert was a delicious chocolate mousse.

Synonyms

day
vsjour
1.0

A calendar day for a special event or public celebration

refers to a French term used mainly in certain English phrases

Compounds

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A soup offered as the day's special in a restaurant

A list of dishes a restaurant offers today

Surface Forms

jour singular
jours plural

Etymology

Jour is French for 'day' and appears in phrases like du jour meaning 'of the day'. Think of journal, a daily record, and journey, which once meant a 'day's travel; both come from the same root, so remembering 'day' explains why jour is used on menus and in phrases.