Etymology

air du temps

Today it means: Current popular opinion or trends of a very large group of people, a city or a country. Full definition →

French air du temps
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  1. French · borrowed fromair du temps
  2. English todayair du temps

Unadapted borrowing from French air du temps (literally “air of the time”).

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