today
Part of speech: adv
noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
Etymology: 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”).
Base: to
Inflected forms:
form: to-day
pos: adv
tags: alternative
archaic
form: to day
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: 2day
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Internet
form: todays
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: to-day
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
form: to day
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: 2day
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Internet
form: to-day
pos: adj
tags: alternative
archaic
form: to day
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: 2day
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Internet
Senses:
gloss: On the current day or date.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I want this done today.
Today, my brother went to the shops.
gloss: In the current era; nowadays; these days.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
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.
gloss: On the day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening.
pos: adv
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days.
gloss: The current day or date.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
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 …
gloss: The 24-hour period beginning at 5 or 6 a.m. or sunrise of the current day.
pos: noun
tags: countable
informal
uncountable
gloss: The present era; nowadays.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This is the sporty jacket for today's modern man on the go.
The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
gloss: Current; up to date.
pos: adj
tags: informal
not-comparable
examples: 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.
[…] 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.
Derived words: todayness
better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
here today, gone tomorrow
jam today
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
today is a good day to die
today's lucky 10,000
today's lucky ten thousand
today we are all
today years old
what date is it today
what day is it today
yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
yesterday-today-tomorrow
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: vandag
lang: Ainu
word: タント
roman: tanto
lang: Arabic
word: الْيَوْم
roman: al-yawm
lang: Arabic
word: النهرده
roman: ennɑhɑ́rdɑ
lang: Arabic
word: اليوم
roman: al-yōm
lang: Arabic
word: هاد النهار
roman: hād en-nhār
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܕܝܘܡ
lang: Armenian
word: այսօր
roman: aysōr
lang: Asturian
word: güei
lang: Basque
word: gaur
lang: Bulgarian
word: днес
roman: dnes
lang: Bulgarian
word: дне́ска
roman: dnéska
lang: Catalan
word: avui
lang: Catalan
word: hui
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 今日
roman: gam¹ jat⁶
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 今天
roman: gam¹ tin¹
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 今晡日
roman: kîm-pû-ngit
lang: Chinese
word: 今仔日
roman: kin-á-ji̍t, kin-á-li̍t
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 今天
roman: jīntiān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 今日
roman: jīnrì
lang: Czech
word: dnešek
lang: Danish
word: i dag
lang: Dongxiang
word: ene
lang: Dutch
word: vandaag
lang: Ifè
word: òní
lang: Egyptian
word: mi-n:N5
roman: mjn
lang: Esperanto
word: hodiaŭ
lang: Esperanto
word: hodiaŭo
lang: Estonian
word: täna
lang: Finnish
word: tämä päivä
lang: Finnish
word: kuluva päivä
lang: French
word: aujourd'hui
lang: West-Frisian
word: hjoed
lang: Galician
word: hoxe
lang: Georgian
word: დღეს
roman: dɣes
lang: German
word: Heute
lang: German
word: heit
lang: German
word: hit
lang: German
word: hüt
lang: Greek
word: σήμερα
roman: símera
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: ko ára
lang: Gujarati
word: આજ
roman: āja
lang: Hebrew
word: הַיּוֹם
roman: hayóm
lang: Hindi
word: आज
roman: āj
lang: Hungarian
word: a mai nap
lang: Hungarian
word: ma
lang: Ido
word: hodie
lang: Igala
word: èñíni
lang: Indonesian
word: hari ini
lang: Interlingua
word: hodie
lang: Irish
word: an lá inniu
lang: Italian
word: oggi
lang: Japanese
word: 今日
roman: kyō
lang: Javanese
word: ꦢꦶꦤꦲꦶꦏꦶ
roman: dina iki
lang: Javanese
word: ꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦥꦸꦤꦶꦏ
roman: dinten punika
lang: Javanese
word: ꦢꦶꦤꦏꦶꦪꦶ
roman: dina kiyi
lang: Javanese
word: ꦢꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦤ꧀ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦏ
roman: dinten menika
lang: Javanese
word: ꦢꦶꦤꦏꦪꦺ
roman: dina kiyè
lang: Javanese
word: ꦢꦶꦤꦏꦶꦲꦼꦤ꧀
roman: dina kien
lang: Jeju
word: 오널
roman: oneol
lang: Jingpho
word: daini
lang: Kabuverdianu
word: oji
lang: Kazakh
word: бүгінгі күн
roman: bügıñı kün
lang: Kikuyu
word: ũmũthĩ
lang: Korean
word: 오늘
roman: oneul
lang: Korean
word: 금일
roman: geumil
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئەمرۆ
roman: emro
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: îro
lang: Lakota
word: anpetu ki le
lang: Lao
word: ມື້ນີ້
roman: mư̄ nī
lang: Latin
word: hodie
lang: Latin
word: hic diēs
lang: Latvian
word: šodiena
lang: Lithuanian
word: šiandiena
lang: Macedonian
word: денес
roman: denes
lang: Manchu
word: ᡝᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ
roman: enenggi
lang: Marathi
word: आज
roman: āj
lang: Marathi
word: आजचा दिवस
roman: ājcā divas
lang: Mongolian
word: өнөөдөр
roman: önöödör
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠥᠨᠦᠳᠦᠷ
roman: önüdür
lang: Navajo
word: díí jį́
lang: Navajo
word: jį́į́dą́ą́ʼ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: i dag
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: i dag
lang: Nupe
word: yínna
lang: Occitan
word: ancuei
lang: Ojibwe
word: noongom
lang: Old English
word: þēs dæġ
lang: Olukumi
word: òní
lang: Papiamentu
word: awe
lang: Persian
word: امروز
roman: emruz
lang: Polish
word: dzisiaj
lang: Polish
word: dziś
lang: Portuguese
word: hoje
lang: Romanian
word: astăzi
lang: Romanian
word: azi
lang: Russian
word: сего́дня
roman: sevódnja
lang: Russian
word: сего́дняшний день
roman: sevódnjašnij denʹ
lang: Northern Sami
word: otná
lang: Sardinian
word: oi
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: да̀нас
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: dànas
lang: Sindhi
word: اَڄُ
roman: ajju
lang: Slovak
word: dnešok
lang: Slovene
word: dánes
lang: Slovene
word: današnji dan
lang: Spanish
word: hoy
lang: Spanish
word: hoy día
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮕᮧᮆ ᮃᮚᮩᮔ
roman: poé ayeuna
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮕᮧᮆ ᮄᮉ
roman: poé ieu
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮓᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ ᮃᮚᮩᮔ
roman: dinten ayeuna
lang: Sundanese
word: ᮓᮤᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪ ᮄᮉ
roman: dinten ieu
lang: Swedish
word: idag
lang: Sylheti
word: ꠀꠁꠎ
roman: aiz
lang: Tagalog
word: ngayon
lang: Tarantino
word: ôsce
lang: Thai
word: วันนี้
roman: wan-níi
lang: Tibetan
word: ད་རིང
lang: Tupinambá
word: kó 'ara
lang: Turkish
word: bugün
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: بوگون
roman: bugün
lang: Tuvan
word: бо хүн
roman: bo xün
lang: Ukrainian
word: сього́дні
roman: sʹohódni
lang: Urdu
word: امروز
roman: irmoz
lang: Uzbek
word: bugun
lang: Vietnamese
word: bữa nay
lang: Vietnamese
word: hôm nay
lang: Volapük
word: adel
lang: Welsh
word: heddiw
lang: Woiwurrung
word: yalingboo
lang: Yakut
word: бүгүн
roman: bügün
lang: Yakut
word: бүгүҥҥү күн
roman: bügüŋŋü kün
lang: Yiddish
word: הײַנט
roman: haynt
lang: Yoruba
word: òní
lang: Yoruba
word: èní
lang: Zhuang
word: ngoenzneix