plat du jour

[ plah duh zhoor; French pla dy zhoor ]

noun

, plural plats du jour [plahz, d, uh, , zhoor, pl, a, d, y, , zhoor].

1. the special or featured dish of the day on a restaurant menu.

plat du jour

/ ˈplɑː də ˈʒʊə; pla dy ʒur /

noun

1. the specially prepared or recommended dish of the day on a restaurant's menu

Word History and Origins

Origin of plat du jour¹

1905–10; < French: dish of the day

Word History and Origins

Origin of plat du jour¹

French, literally: dish of the day

Example Sentences

Feast on the plat du jour during lunch and charcuterie boards for dinner while sampling bottles of poulsard.

From Washington Post

The type of red that could be served in a carafe in a modest Paris hole-in-the-wall to wash down the inexpensive but delicious plât du jour.

From Washington Post

Plenty of alluring plates of food for cold months are what the cooking teacher Susan Herrmann Loomis, who is based in France, provides in her new book, “Plat du Jour.”

From New York Times

A brisk dirty Martini, on the other hand, was just right paired with satisfyingly simple versions of shrimp cocktail and steak tartare, and helped wash away the memory of a summer plat du jour featuring undercooked soft-shell crabs.

From The New Yorker

One 11-euro plat du jour, a carafe of chilled Brouilly and a crème caramel later, I found the idea of rising to my feet — much less continuing my trek — less than appealing, especially with the ever-entertaining human pageant playing out before me on this busy corner in Belleville.

From New York Times