aujourd'hui French · revision 17412

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=12th century|origins=la hodiē}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /o.ʒuʁ.d‿ɥi/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /o.ʒɔʁ.d‿ɥi/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): /o.ʒɔ(ɾ).d‿ɥɪ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Louisiana): /a.ʒɔ(ɾ).d‿ɥi/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aujourd'hui'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from ''au jour d'hui'' “on the day of today”, from [[au]], [[jour]], the preposition “de” and Old French [[m|fro|hui|t=today]], a strengthened form of “hui”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)^(FEW|4, 448a) “Hui” continues [[la|hodiē|t=today]], from [[m|la|hōc diē|t=on this day]].^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary) Since “hui” alone meant “the present day”, Littré points out that the phrase is already a pleonasm.^(Littré 1873)

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+ ''Aujourd'hui“ gradually replaced ”hui“ (about 1180); it reached only some of the dialects, chiefly in the north-east and east, while ”hui“ lives on in Walloon, Franco-Provençal and the south, strengthened to ”ahui“ and ”ancui“; many dialects of the east, west and centre say ”anuit'', properly “until night”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the 12th century, Bloch and Wartburg date the compound to about 1180.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Besides “on this day”, the adverb came to mean “nowadays, at the present time”, in contrast with ''autrefois'' and ''demain''; used as a noun, ''l'aujourd'hui'' is literary for the present day.^(Petit Robert 2007) The doubled ''au jour d'aujourd'hui'' repeats the pleonasm once more, and ''c'est pour aujourd'hui ou pour demain ?'' expresses impatience.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1180 – ''Aujourd'hui''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 12th century – First record.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|today]], on this day: ''il part aujourd'hui'', ''aujourd'hui en huit'', a week today.^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # Nowadays, at the present time.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(literary)'' The present day; the present.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[jour]]

+ * [[demain]]

+ * [[hier]]

+ * [[la|hodiē]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Jusqu'aujourd'hui'' and ''jusqu'à aujourd'hui'' are both used, ''au jour d'aujourd'hui'' is a deliberate or familiar pleonasm.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}