du jour en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- do͞o zho͝or′
- də zho͝or′
- /də ˈʒʊɹ/ (General-American)
- /du ˈʒʊɹ/ (General-American)
- /duː ˈʒʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French du jour (literally “of the day”).
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Of the day; prepared for the day in question
The soup du jour is French onion.
-
(broadly, not-comparable) Currently stylish; en vogue; trendy; favoured now but likely temporary; latest.
So much for pandemic frustration. Or tax fatigue. Or government backlash. Or all the controversies du jour about masks or wokified curricula or anything else that’s been in the news. Seattle voters set all that aside, en masse.
2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times:Beth came to the party with her boyfriend du jour.
The high unemployment numbers are the government's excuse du jour for not doing anything about the environment.
Deriveds
plat du jour · de jour · soup du jour