du jour

[duh zhoo r, doo; French dy zhoor]

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adjective

as prepared on the particular day; of the kind being served today: The soup du jour is split pea.

fashionable; current: environmentalism and other issues du jour.

Origin of du jour

< French: of the day

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Related Words for du jour

chic, current, fashionable, hot, latest, now, popular, stylish, trendy, faddy

British Dictionary definitions for du jour

du jour

adjective

(postpositive) informal currently very fashionable or popularthe young writer du jour

Word Origin for du jour

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

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Word Origin and History for du jour

adj.

from French plat du jour "dish of the day," early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted as an all-purpose modifier 1989.