First Known Use: 1786
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du jour
adjective \dü-ˈzhər, də-, -ˈzhu̇r, -ˈzhür\
: served in a restaurant as a special item on a particular day
: happening or popular at a particular time
Full Definition of DU JOUR
1
: made for a particular day —used of an item not specified on the regular menu <soup du jour>
2
: popular, fashionable, or prominent at a particular time <the buzzword du jour>
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Origin of DU JOUR
French, literally, of the day
Related to DU JOUR
- Synonyms
- big, crowd-pleasing, popular, faddish, faddy, fashionable, favorite, happening, hot, in, large, modish, pop, popularized, red-hot, vogue, voguish
- Antonyms
- out, unfashionable, unpopular
Rhymes with DU JOUR
as per, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, Big Sur, Bonheur, chasseur, chauffeur, claqueur, coiffeur, concur, confer, Crèvecoeur, danseur, defer, demur, deter, douceur, farceur, flaneur, frondeur, hauteur, him/her, his/her, incur, infer, inter, jongleur, larkspur, liqueur, longspur, masseur, millefleur, occur, Pasteur, poseur, prefer, recur, refer, sandbur, sandspur, seigneur, transfer, voyeur, white fir
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