Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de jour

/də ˈʒʊɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: de jour
IPA: /də ˈʒʊɹ/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Contemporary or most recent; en vogue; trendy.

Example Sentences

"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."
"They existed at a time in history when shock therapy, brain tissue manipulation, implants, drug experimentation and lobotomies were treatments de jour."
"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."

Etymology

Variation of du jour, from French du jour (“of the day”). This specific expression in French (see below) means “for daytime” or “during daytime”.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: du jour

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /də ˈʒʊɹ/
British English: /də ˈʒʊə/

Rhymes With

combure pastorpreneur teenpreneur ecopreneur wantrepreneur agripreneur artpreneur seniorpreneur fakepreneur kinosseur

Questions

How do you pronounce de jour?: The recorded pronunciation is /də ˈʒʊɹ/.
What does de jour mean?: Contemporary or most recent; en vogue; trendy.
Where does de jour come from?: It is traced to French.

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