du jour
Americanadjective
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as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today.
The soup du jour is split pea.
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fashionable; current.
environmentalism and other issues du jour.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of du jour
< French: of the day
Example Sentences
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Nerding out on the financial product du jour.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Academy still likes to maintain some distance between the cinema and the hot movie du jour.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Whether the 61-year-old’s return to tennis as an éminence grise can herd the sport’s notoriously scattered stakeholders together and strengthen the players’ position is the question du jour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The girls changed into their princess dresses du jour, and we headed back downstairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
I sat down and asked the waiter what the plat du jour was.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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