de jour
English
editEtymology
editVariation of du jour, from French du jour, "of the day" (French de jour means "for daytime" or "during daytime").
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Adjective
editde jour (not comparable)
- (usually postpositive) Contemporary or most recent; en vogue; trendy.
- 2005, G. John Ikenberry, American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays, Pearson/Longman, published 2005, →ISBN, page 431:
- Foreign-policy chiefs deal most often with the hottest issue de jour, though they can get the attention of the president and other members of the government for other issues which they judge important.
- 2009, Ora C. McWilliams, “Not Just Another Racist Honkey: A History of Racial Representation in Captain America and Related Publications”, in Robert G. Weiner, editor, Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero: Critical Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 68:
- When reading The Young Allies, it seems that Whitewash's purpose, besides representing the black community, is to get captured by the villain de jour and be saved by Bucky and the other Allies.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:de jour.
French
editPronunciation
editAdverb
edit- during the day, by day
Descendants
edit- → English: de jour
- → Polish: dyżur
- → Russian: дежурный (dežurnyj)
- → Mongolian: жижүүр (žižüür)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
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- fr:Day