Translation
today
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Word origin
From the phrase au jour d'hui ('on the day of today'), where hui itself comes from Latin hodie ('today'), from hoc die ('on this day'). The modern word thus contains 'today' twice over.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- hodie
- English cognates
- diary, journal
Examples
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Today, we are going to address an important subject at our meeting.
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She couldn't come today, she was ill this morning.
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Today, young people spend a lot of time on their phones.
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I am really feeling low today.
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A week today, it will be my birthday.
est un adverbe temporel signifiant "this day, today". Sa construction étymologique est remarquable : au + jour + de + hui où hui est l'ancien français pour "ce jour" (du latin hoc die). Littéralement : "to the day of today". En argot contemporain, on entend parfois au jour d'aujourd'hui - pléonasme généralement déconseillé.
Aujourd'hui même (this very day, today itself) renforce l'immédiateté. Dès aujourd'hui (from today, starting today) et à partir d'aujourd'hui (from today on) annoncent un changement. De nos jours est légèrement plus général qu'aujourd'hui mais souvent interchangeable pour désigner l'époque contemporaine.
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