du jour

adjective

dü-ˈzhər How to pronounce du jour (audio)
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

Examples of du jour in a Sentence

Our soup du jour is chicken noodle. Long hair was the style du jour.
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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 See All Example Sentences for du jour

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, of the day

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of du jour was in 1786

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“Du jour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/du%20jour. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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