today

Signification (Anglais)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) On the current day or date.
2. (not-comparable) In the current era; nowadays; these days.
3. (informal, not-comparable) The day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening.

Noun

1. The current day or date.
2. (informal) The 24-hour period beginning at 5am or 6am or sunrise of the current day.
3. The present era; nowadays.

Adj

Current; up to date.

Concepts

aujourd’hui

aujourd'hui

actuellement

de nos jours

maintenant

jour

ce jour

désormais

temps

⌚

présentement

Synonymes

now

nowadays

this day

at present

these days

recently

this moment

to-day

day

currently

present

just now

modern era

future tense

presently

present time

then

the present

this

this morning

today’s

tomorrow

at this hour

on this day

same day

earlier today

after a while

teedee

at the present time

bootlick

daily

day by day

earlier

immediately

just

modern

modernly

modern times

past tense

present day

present-day

Traductions

oggi

hoy

heute

vandaag

hoje

σήμερα

hodie

avui

bugün

اليوم

hoy día

heutzutage

heden

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/təˈdeɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: today

Hérité de ancien anglais: tōdæġ

Appartenant à saterlandais: däälich

Appartenant à néerlandais: vandaag

Appartenant à Old Saxon: hindag

Appartenant à suédois: i dag

In summary

From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).

Phrases

What is today ?

Qu'est-ce que aujourd'hui?

Today , however , they were not playing .

These two are the only remaining works from him today .

Ces deux sont les seules œuvres restantes de lui aujourd'hui.

Today this industrial past has all but vanished .

Aujourd'hui, ce passé industriel a presque disparu.

These are still used today in libraries .

Ceux-ci sont toujours utilisés aujourd'hui dans les bibliothèques.

These paintings hang today in the Pilgrim Hall Museum .

Ces peintures sont suspendues aujourd'hui au Pilgrim Hall Museum.