Meanings
adverbtoday (not comparable)
alternative archaic to-day · alternative obsolete to day · alternative Internet 2day
- not comparableIn the current era; nowadays; these days.
In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
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Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2013, page 70
nountoday (countable and uncountable, plural todays)
plural todays · alternative archaic to-day · alternative obsolete to day · alternative Internet 2day
- countableuncountableThe current day or date.
Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
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We could've spent today at the seaside if it weren't gusty.
Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish
adjectivetoday (not comparable)
alternative archaic to-day · alternative obsolete to day · alternative Internet 2day
- informalnot comparableCurrent; up to date.
Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's very today. It's what people respond to today.
1965, Tom Wolfe, quoting Phil Spector, “The First Tycoon of Teen”, in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 671 more example
[…] she (Françoise Hardy) is so today, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.
1966 December 18, Joan Barthel, “Francoise from France: White Boots and Ye-Ye”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: now
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCurrent; up to date.
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Origin
- Old Englishtōdæġ
- Middle Englishtoday
- Englishtoday
From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
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Afrikaans vandag, deesdae
- vandagon the current day
- deesdaenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- vandagtoday (noun)
Ancient Greek σήμερον, τήμερον
- σήμερον (sḗmeron)on the current day
- τήμερον (tḗmeron)on the current day
Arabic الْيَوْمَ, النهارده
- الْيَوْمَ (al-yawma)on the current day
- النهارده (en-nɑhɑ́r-dɑ)on the current day
- اليوم (il-yōm)on the current day
- اليوم (al-yōm)on the current day
- اليوم (el-yūma, el-yūm)on the current day
- اليوم (il-yōm)on the current day
- حَاضِر (ḥāḍir)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- الأيام دي (el-ayyām di)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- هاد الإيام (hād el-ʔiyyām)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- هاد الوقت (hād el-waqt)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- هاد الساعة (hād es-sāʕa)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- الْيَوْم (al-yawm)today (noun)
- النهرده (ennɑhɑ́rdɑ)today (noun)
- اليوم (al-yōm)today (noun)
- اليوم (el-yūma, el-yūm)today (noun)
- هاد النهار (hād en-nhār)today (noun)
Basque gaur, egun
- gauron the current day
- egunon the current day
- gaur egunnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- gaurtoday (noun)
Bavarian German haid, haint
- haidon the current day
- hainton the current day
Bengali আজ, আজকাল
- আজ (aj)on the current day
- আজকাল (ajkal)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
Bulgarian днес, дне́ска
- днес (dnes)on the current day
- дне́ска (dnéska)on the current day
- сега́ (segá)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- днес (dnes)today (noun)
- дне́ска (dnéska)today (noun)
Catalan avui, avui en dia
- avuion the current day
- avui en dianowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- avui dianowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- avuitoday (noun)
- huitoday (noun)
Chinese җинтян, җир
- җинтян (jintian)on the current day
- җир (jir)on the current day
- җиргә (jirgə)on the current day
- җер (jiər)on the current day
- җергә (jiərgə)on the current day
- 今仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t/kin-á-li̍t)on the current day
- 今仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t, kin-á-li̍t)today (noun)
Chinese Cantonese 今日, 今日
- 今日 (gam¹ jat⁶)on the current day
- 今日 (gam¹ jat⁶)today (noun)
- 今天 (gam¹ tin¹)today (noun)
Chinese Mandarin 今天, 今日
- 今天on the current day
- 今日 (jīnrì)on the current day
- 今兒 /今儿 (jīnr)on the current day
- 今兒個 /今儿个 (jīnrgè)on the current day
- 現代 /现代 (xiàndài)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- 今天 (jīntiān)today (noun)
- 今日 (jīnrì)today (noun)
Czech dnes, dneska
- dneson the current day
- dneskaon the current day
- dnesnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- v dnešní doběnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- dnešektoday (noun)
Danish i dag, idag
- i dagon the current day
- idagon the current day
- i dagnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- i vore dagenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- i dagtoday (noun)
Dari اِمْروز
- اِمْروز (imrōz)on the current day
Dutch vandaag, tegenwoordig
- vandaagon the current day
- tegenwoordignowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- vandaag de dagnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- heden ten dagenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- vandaagnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- vandaagtoday (noun)
Esperanto hodiaŭ, nuntempe
- hodiaŭon the current day
- nuntempenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hodiaŭtoday (noun)
- hodiaŭotoday (noun)
Estonian täna, täna
- tänaon the current day
- tänanowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- tänatoday (noun)
Finnish tänään, nykyisin
- tänäänon the current day
- nykyisinnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- nykyäännowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- tämä päivätoday (noun)
French aujourd'hui, de nos jours
- aujourd'huion the current day
- de nos joursnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- actuellementnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- aujourd'huitoday (noun)
German heute, heit
- heuteon the current day
- heiton the current day
- hiton the current day
- hüton the current day
- heutzutagenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- Heutetoday (noun)
- heittoday (noun)
- hittoday (noun)
- hüttoday (noun)
Greek σήμερα, σάμερον
- σήμερα (símera)on the current day
- σάμερον (sámeron)on the current day
- σήμερα (símera)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- σήμερα (símera)today (noun)
Hawaiian kēia lā
- kēia lāon the current day
Hebrew הַיּוֹם, כיום
- הַיּוֹם (hayóm)on the current day
- כיום (kayóm)on the current day
- הַיּוֹם (hayóm)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- הַיּוֹם (hayóm)today (noun)
Hindi आज, यौम
- आज (āj)on the current day
- यौम (yaum)on the current day
- अद्य (adya)on the current day
- आज (āj)today (noun)
Hungarian ma, ma
- maon the current day
- manowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- manapságnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- napjainkbannowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- a mai naptoday (noun)
- matoday (noun)
Icelandic í dag
- í dagon the current day
Indonesian hari ini, masa sekarang
- hari inion the current day
- masa sekarangnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- dewasa ininowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hari initoday (noun)
Iranian Persian اِمْروز
- اِمْروز (emruz)on the current day
Irish inniu, inniu
- inniuon the current day
- inniunowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- an lá inniutoday (noun)
Italian oggi, oggi
- oggion the current day
- ogginowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- oggigiornonowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- attualmentenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- oggitoday (noun)
Japanese 今日, 本日
- 今日 (kyō)on the current day
- 本日 (honjitsu)on the current day
- 今日 (konnichi)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- 今日 (kyō)today (noun)
Korean 오늘, 금일
- 오늘 (oneul)on the current day
- 금일 (geumil)on the current day
- 오늘날 (oneullal)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- 오늘 (oneul)today (noun)
- 금일 (geumil)today (noun)
Latin hodie, hodie
- hodieon the current day
- hodienowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hoc dienowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hodietoday (noun)
- hic diēstoday (noun)
Latvian šodien, šodien
- šodienon the current day
- šodiennowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- šodienatoday (noun)
Lithuanian šiandien, šiandiena
- šiandienon the current day
- šiandienatoday (noun)
Malay hari ini
- hari inion the current day
Māori tēnei rā
- tēnei rāon the current day
Norwegian Bokmål i dag, idag
- i dagon the current day
- idagon the current day
- i dagtoday (noun)
Persian امروز
- امروز (emruz)today (noun)
Polish dzisiaj, dziś
- dzisiajon the current day
- dziśon the current day
- w dzisiejszych czasachnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- dzisiajtoday (noun)
- dziśtoday (noun)
Portuguese hoje, hoje
- hojeon the current day
- hojenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hoje em dianowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- atualmentenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hojetoday (noun)
Punjabi ਅੱਜ
- ਅੱਜ (ajja)on the current day
Romanian astăzi, azi
- astăzion the current day
- azion the current day
- astăzinowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- ziua de azinowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- acumnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- astăzitoday (noun)
- azitoday (noun)
Russian сего́дня, сего́дня
- сего́дня (sevódnja)on the current day
- сего́дня (sevódnja)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- в настоя́щее вре́мя (v nastojáščeje vrémja)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- тепе́рь (tepérʹ)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- сего́дня (sevódnja)today (noun)
- сего́дняшний день (sevódnjašnij denʹ)today (noun)
Scottish Gaelic an-diugh
- an-diughon the current day
Slovak dnes, dnes
- dneson the current day
- dnesnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- dnešoktoday (noun)
Spanish hoy, hoy día
- hoyon the current day
- hoy díaon the current day
- el día de hoyon the current day
- hoynowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hoy díanowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- el día de hoynowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- hoytoday (noun)
- hoy díatoday (noun)
- hodiernoTranslations
Swahili leo
- leoon the current day
Swedish idag, i dag
- idagon the current day
- i dagon the current day
- idagnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- nu för tidennowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- nuförtidennowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- idagtoday (noun)
Tagalog ngayon, ngayon
- ngayonon the current day
- ngayonnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- ngayontoday (noun)
Tamil இன்று
- இன்று (iṉṟu)on the current day
Thai วันนี้, วันนี้
- วันนี้ (wan-níi)on the current day
- วันนี้ (wan-níi)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- ตอนนี้ (dtɔɔn-níi)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- ปัจจุบัน (bpàt-jù-ban)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- วันนี้ (wan-níi)today (noun)
Turkish bugün, bugün
- bugünon the current day
- bugünnowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- günümüznowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- günümüzdenowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- bugüntoday (noun)
Ukrainian сього́дні, ни́ні
- сього́дні (sʹohódni)on the current day
- ни́ні (nýni)on the current day
- сього́дні (sʹohódni)today (noun)
Urdu آج, ادیہ
- آج (āj)on the current day
- ادیہ (adya)on the current day
- امروز (imroz)on the current day
- آج کل (āj kal)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- امروز (irmoz)today (noun)
Vietnamese hôm nay, bữa nay
- hôm nayon the current day
- bữa nayon the current day
- ngày naynowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- bữa naytoday (noun)
- hôm naytoday (noun)
Welsh heddiw, heddiw
- heddiwon the current day
- heddiwtoday (noun)
Yiddish הײַנט, הײַנט
- הײַנט (haynt)on the current day
- הײַנט (haynt)nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently
- הײַנט (haynt)today (noun)
Zulu namhlanje
- namhlanjeon the current day
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