du jour
[ duh zhoo r, doo; French dy zhoor ]
/ də ˈʒʊər, du; French dü ˈʒur /
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.
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Origin of du jour
< French: of the day
Words nearby du jour
du cerceau, du chaillu, du fu, du gard, du guesclin, du jour, du maurier, du mont, du pré, du quoin, du sable
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British Dictionary definitions for du jour
du jour
/ (duː ˈʒɔː, French dy ʒur) /
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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