Alternative forms
Etymology
Via Middle English, from Old English tōdæge, tō dæge, made from tō + dæge, the dative of dæg (“day”).
- The first component [to-] is from Middle English, from Old English tō (“towards, for the purpose of”), from West Germanic *to, from Proto-Indo-European *do- (“to, toward, upward”).
- The second component [-day] is from Middle English, from Old English dæg, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). It is not related to Latin dies (which is from Proto-Indo-European base *dyeu- (“to shine”)), but rather to Sanskrit दाह (dāha, “heat”), which came from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
- Thus, today and day are not related to Latin diēs, but instead to fever.
Pronunciation
Adverb
today (not comparable)
- on the current day or date
- I want this done today.
- Today, my brother went to the shops.
- in the current era; nowadays
- In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
Translations
on the current day
- Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
- Afrikaans: vandag (af)
- Albanian: sot (sq)
- Alemannic German: heit, hit, hüt
- Alviri-Vidari:
- Vidari: آرو (āru)
- Arabic: اليوم (ar) (al-yawm)
- Egyptian Arabic: النهارده (el-nahār-da)
- Moroccan Arabic: ليوم (lyom)
- Aragonese: hue (an)
- Armenian: այսօր (hy) (aysòr)
- Aromanian: adzã (rup), asãndzã (rup)
- Assamese: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: güei (ast)
- Azeri: bugün (az)
- Basque: gaur (eu), egun (eu)
- Belarusian: сёння (be) (sjónnja)
- Bengali: আজ (bn) (aj)
- Breton: hiziv (br)
- Bulgarian: днес (bg) (dnes), днеска (bg) (dnéska)
- Burmese: ယနေ့ (my) (janei.), ယခုနေ့ (my) (jakhu. nei.)
- Campidanese: oi
- Catalan: avui (ca)
- Chechen: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 今天 (gam1 tin1), 今日 (gam1 jat6)
- Mandarin: 今天 (cmn) (jīntiān), 今日 (cmn) (jīnrì)
- Czech: dnes (cs)
- Danish: i dag (da)
- Dutch: vandaag (nl)
- Egyptian: mỉn
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- Esperanto: hodiaŭ (eo)
- Estonian: täna (et)
- Faroese: í dag (fo)
- Fijian: nikua (fj)
- Finnish: tänään (fi)
- French: aujourd'hui (fr)
- Galician: hoxe (gl)
- Gallo: anoet
- Georgian: დღეს (ka) (dḡes)
- German: heute (de)
- Greek: σήμερα (el) (símera)
- Greenlandic: ullumi (kl)
- Guaraní: ange (gn), ko árape (gn)
- Gujarati: આજે (gu) (āje)
- Haitian Creole: jodi a
- Hebrew: היום (he) (ha-yóm)
- Hindi: आज (hi) (āj)
- Hungarian: ma (hu)
- Icelandic: í dag (is)
- Ido: hodie (io)
- Indonesian: hari ini
- Interlingua: hodie (ia)
- Irish: inniu (ga)
- Italian: oggi (it)
- Japanese: 今日 (ja) (きょう, kyō), きょう (ja) (kyō), 本日 (ja) (ほんじつ, honjitsu)
- Jèrriais: aniet
- Kannada: ಇಂದು (kn) (iṃdu)
- Kazakh: бугун (kk) (bwgwn)
- Khmer: ថ្ងៃនេះ (km) (tngay nih)
- Korean: 오늘 (ko) (oneul)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: ئهمرۆ (ku)
- Kyrgyz: бүгүн (ky) (bügün)
- Lakota: anpetu ki le
- Lao: ມື້ນີ້ (lo) (mư̄ nī)
- Latin: hodie (la)
- Latvian: šodien (lv)
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- Laz: ანდღა
- Lithuanian: šiandien (lt)
- Livonian: tämpõ
- Lojban: cabdei (jbo)
- Lower Sorbian: źinsa
- Luhya: luno
- Luxembourgish: haut (lb)
- Macedonian: денес (mk) (denes)
- Malagasy: anio (mg), androany (mg)
- Tsimihety: aniany (mg)
- Malay: hari ini (ms)
- Malayalam: ഇന്ന് (ml) (innu), പുകയില (ml) (pukayila)
- Maltese: illum (mt)
- Manx: jiu (gv)
- Mirandese: hoije
- Mongolian: өнөөдөр (mn) (önöödör)
- Nahuatl: axkan (nah), axan (nah)
- Navajo: díí jį́
- Norwegian: idag (no)
- Occitan: uèi (oc)
- Ojibwe: noongom
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Oriya: ଆଜି (or)
- Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
- Ottoman Turkish: اليوم (elyevm), بوﮔون (bugün)
- Persian: امروز (fa) (emruz)
- Polish: dzisiaj (pl), dziś (pl)
- Portuguese: hoje (pt)
- Romanian: astăzi (ro), azi (ro)
- Russian: сегодня (ru) (segódnja) (read: sevódnja)
- Sanskrit: अद्य (sa) (adya)
- Scots: the day
- Scottish Gaelic: an-diugh (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: данас (sh)
- Roman: danas (sh)
- Sindhi: اَڄُ (sd) (adya) m
- Sinhalese: අද (si) (ada)
- Slovak: dnes (sk)
- Slovene: dánes (sl)
- Sotho: kajeno (st)
- Spanish: hoy (es)
- Swahili: leo (sw)
- Swedish: idag (sv), i dag (sv)
- Tagalog: ngayon (tl)
- Tajik: имрӯз (tg) (imrüz)
- Talysh:
- Asalemi: ام روج (əm ruj), ام روز (əm ruz), امروج (əmruj), امروز (əmruz)
- Tamil: இன்று (ta) (iṉṛu)
- Tarantino: ôsce
- Telugu: నేడు (te) (nēḍu)
- Thai: วันนี้ (th) (wan née)
- Tibetan: ད་རིང་ (bo) (da ring)
- Tupinambá: (past) oîeí, (future) kori
- Turkish: bugün (tr)
- Turkmen: bugün (tk)
- Ukrainian: сьогодні (uk) (s'ohódni)
- Urdu: آج (ur) (āj)
- Uyghur: بۈگۈن (ug) (bügün)
- Uzbek: bugun (uz)
- Venetian: ancùo
- Vietnamese: hôm nay (vi)
- Volapük: adelo (vo)
- Walloon: ouy (wa), enute (wa), ådjourdu (wa)
- Welsh: heddiw (cy)
- West Frisian: hjoed (fy)
- Yiddish: הײַנט (yi) (haynt)
- Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
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nowadays
- Afrikaans: deesdae (af)
- Arabic: حاضر (ar) (ḥāḍir)
- Armenian: այսօր (hy) (aysòr)
- Basque: gaur egun (eu)
- Breton: bremañ (br), hiziv an deiz (br)
- Bulgarian: сега (bg) (sega)
- Catalan: avui en dia (ca), avui dia (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 現代 (cmn), 现代 (cmn) (xiàndài)
- Czech: dnes (cs), v dnešní době (cs)
- Danish: i dag (da), i vore dage (da)
- Dutch: tegenwoordig (nl), vandaag de dag (nl), heden ten dage (nl), vandaag (nl)
- Esperanto: nuntempe (eo)
- Finnish: nykyisin (fi), nykyään (fi)
- French: de nos jours (fr), actuellement (fr)
- Galician: hoxe en día (gl)
- German: heutzutage (de)
- Greek: σήμερα (el) (símera)
- Hebrew: היום (he) (ha-yóm)
- Hungarian: ma (hu), manapság (hu)
- Indonesian: masa sekarang, dewasa ini
- Interlingua: hodie (ia), actualmente (ia)
- Irish: inniu (ga)
- Italian: oggi (it), oggigiorno (it), attualmente (it)
- Japanese: 今日 (ja) (こんにち, kónnichi)
- Korean: 오늘날 (ko) (oneulnal)
- Lakota: apetu ki le
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- Latin: hodie (la), hoc die (la)
- Luxembourgish: hautdesdaags (lb)
- Macedonian: сега (mk) (sega), денес (mk) (denes)
- Maltese: illum il-ġurnata (mt)
- Navajo: dííshjį́
- Occitan: uèi (oc)
- Ojibwe: noongom
- Polish: w dzisiejszych czasach
- Portuguese: hoje (pt), hoje em dia (pt), atualmente (pt)
- Romanian: astăzi (ro), ziua de azi (ro), acum (ro)
- Russian: сегодня (ru) (segódnja) (read: sevódnja), в настоящее время (ru) (v nastojáščeje vrémja), теперь (ru) (tepér’)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: садашњица (sh), данашњица (sh), данас (sh), данданас (sh)
- Roman: sadašnjica (sh), današnjica (sh), danas (sh), dandanas (sh)
- Sindhi: اَڄُ (sd) (ajju) m
- Slovene: dánes (sl), dándánes (sl)
- Spanish: hoy (es), hoy en día (es), hoy día (es), actualmente (es)
- Swedish: idag (sv), nuförtiden (sv)
- Tagalog: ngayon (tl)
- Thai: วันนี้ (th) (wan née), ตอนนี้ (th) (dton née), ปัจจุบัน (th) (bpàt-jù-ban)
- Turkish: bugün (tr), günümüz (tr), günümüzde (tr)
- Vietnamese: ngày nay (vi)
- Volapük: nutimo (vo)
- West Frisian: hjoed de dei (fy), no (fy)
- Yiddish: הײַנט (yi) (haynt)
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Noun
today (plural todays)
- A current day or date.
- Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
Synonyms
Usage notes
Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are these days and nowadays.
Translations
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