du jour
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adjective \dü-ˈzhər, də-, -ˈzhu̇r, -ˈzhür\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>
See Examples of DU JOUR
- Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.
- 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
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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