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du jour

[ duh zhoo r, doo; French dy zhoor ]
/ də ˈʒʊər, du; French dü ˈʒur /
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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.

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RELATED WORDS

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

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Origin of du jour

< French: of the day
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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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Word Origin and History for du jour

du jour

adj.

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

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