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du jour

[ duh zhoor, doo; French dy zhoor ]

adjective

  1. as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today:

    The soup du jour is split pea.

  2. fashionable; current:

    environmentalism and other issues du jour.



du jour

/ duː ˈʒɔː; dy ʒur /

adjective

  1. informal.
    postpositive currently very fashionable or popular

    the young writer du jour

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of du jour1

< French: of the day
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Word History and Origins

Origin of du jour1

C20: from French, literally: of the day (as used on restaurant menus of items that change daily)
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Example Sentences

If there’s one thing ad tech isn’t short of, it’s exciting, whirlwind narratives blustering up around several issues that include the pivot to privacy, accelerating consolidation and the topic du jour connected TV.

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Serious foodies can indulge in a high-end, three-course Chef Du Jour meal served inside an air-conditioned tent ($45 per person).

What about workplace flexibility, the answer du jour to the wage gap?

They have dutifully competed for federal grants and aligned their visions and strategies to the federal focus du jour.

Reichert  is comparing her book to that of high class call girl Belle Du Jour, according to MailOnline.

Avant Garde became the font du jour and Helvetica continued its ride to the top.

Et ce jusques au temps & terme de six ans finis & accomplis, cpter du jour que ledit livre sera achev d'imprimer.

Without a word of comment, Carpenter set down the cipher message, letter by letter, and wrote over it l'aube du jour.

They told her it was new year's eve; she told them it was la veille du jour de l'an.

In the entrance are bay trees in green tubs and a framed bill of our celebrated diner du jour at half-a-crown.

He spoke of the famous Joffre's "ordre du jour" when, in the battle of the Marne, the men were told to take the offensive.

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