du jour

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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Examples of DU JOUR

1. Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.
2. Long hair was the style du jour.

Origin of DU JOUR

French, literally, of the day

First Known Use: 1786

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

Related Words

semipopular; favorite, preferred, selected; desirable, liked, wanted; celebrated, famed, famous, noted, notorious, prominent, renowned, well-known; fabled, fabulous, legendary; leading, notable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; important, significant

Near Antonyms

washed-up; despised, detested, disliked, hated, rejected; insignificant, unimportant; indistinguished, unexceptional; anonymous, nameless, obscure, unknown; inconspicuous

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

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