du jour

adjective

dü-ˈzhər 

də-,

-ˈzhu̇r,

-ˈzhür

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

Synonyms

• big
• crowd-pleasing
• faddish
• faddy
• fashionable
• favorite
• happening
• hot
• in
• large
• modish
• pop
• popular
• popularized
• red-hot
• vogue
• voguish

Examples of du jour in a Sentence

Our soup du jour is chicken noodle.

Long hair was the style du jour.

Recent Examples on the Web

Each episode is themed, with eclectic panels of famous guests (Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Pete Davidson, Quinta Brunson, etc.) and relevant experts responding to viewers’ live call-in anecdotes on the topic du jour (lending money, cruises, funerals). —Judy Berman, Time, 28 Mar. 2025

Last night, Selena Gomez combated the nippy New York City weather with the outerwear trend du jour: the bathrobe. —Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2025

Glaser surely knew the joke would kill with the A-listers in the room, since a good chunk of them had likely undergone blepharoplasty, the official name for the industry’s cosmetic procedure du jour. —Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025

Yamazaki Home Tosca Cookbook Stand $25 Amazon If collecting cookbooks is a hobby, use a cookbook holder for the tome du jour, and bring the rest out of the kitchen. —Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, of the day

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for du jour

• labour
• bour
• dower
• lour
• hydropower