today

English

Alternative forms

• to-day (archaic)

Etymology

Via Middle English, from Old English tōdæge, tō dæge, made from tō + dæge, the dative of dæg (“day”).

• The first component [to-] is from Middle English, from Old English tō (“towards, for the purpose of”), from West Germanic *to, from Proto-Indo-European *do- (“to, toward, upward”).
• The second component [-day] is from Middle English, from Old English dæg, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʰ- (“to burn”). It is not related to Latin dies (which is from Proto-Indo-European base *dyeu- (“to shine”)), but rather to Sanskrit दाह (dāha, “heat”), which came from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʰ- (“to burn”).
• Thus, today and day are not related to Spanish día, but instead to favor and fever.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪ
• IPA: /təˈdeɪ/

Adverb

today (not comparable)

1. On the current day or date.

   "I want this done today."

   Today is Monday.

2. In the current era; nowadays.

   In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.

Translations

on the current day

Afrikaans: vandag (af) Albanian: sot (sq) Alemannic German: heit, hit, hüt Arabic: اليوم (ar) (al-yawm) Egyptian Arabic: النهارده (ennaharda) Armenian: այսօր (hy) (aysòr) Basque: gaur, egun (eu) Belarusian: сёння (be) (sjónnja) Bengali: আজ (bn) (aj) Breton: hiziv Bulgarian: днес (bg) (dnes), днеска (bg) (dnéska) Campidanese: oi Catalan: avui Chinese: Cantonese: 今日 (gam1yat6) Mandarin: 今天 (cmn) (jīntiān), 今日 (cmn) (jīnrì) Croatian: danas (hr) Czech: dnes (cs) Danish: i dag (da) Dutch: vandaag (nl) Egyptian: mỉn Esperanto: hodiaŭ (eo) Estonian: täna (et) Fijian: nikua (fj) Finnish: tänään (fi) French: aujourd'hui (fr) Galician: hoxe (gl) Gallo: anoet Georgian: დღეს (ka) (dḡes) German: heute (de) Greek: σήμερα (el) (símera) Guaraní: ange, ko árape Gujarati: આજે (gu) (āje) Haitian Creole: jodi a Hebrew: היום (he) (ha-yóm) Hindi: आज (hi) (āj) Hungarian: ma (hu) Ido: hodie (io) Indonesian: hari ini Interlingua: hodie Irish: inniu (ga) Italian: oggi (it) Japanese: 今日 (ja) (きょう, kyō), きょう (ja) (kyō), 本日 (ja) (ほんじつ, honjitsu) Jèrriais: aniet Korean: 오늘 (ko) (oneul) Kurdish: ئه‌مرۆ

Lakota: anpetu ki le Latin: hodie (la) Lithuanian: šiandien Lower Sorbian: źinsa Luhya: luno Luxembourgish: haut (lb) Macedonian: денес (mk) (denes) Malagasy: anio (mg), androany (mg) Tsimihety: aniany (mg) Malayalam: ഇന്ന് (innu) Maltese: illum (mt) Manx: jiu (gv) Mongolian: өнөөдөр (mn) (önöödör) Nahuatl: axkan (nah), axan (nah) Navajo: díí jį́ Norwegian: idag (no) Occitan: uèi Ojibwe: noongom Ottoman Turkish: اليوم (elyevm), بوﮔون (bugün) Persian: امروز (fa) (emruz) Polish: dzisiaj (pl), dziś (pl) Portuguese: hoje (pt) Romanian: astăzi (ro), azi (ro) Russian: сегодня (ru) (segódnja) (read: sevódnja) Scots: the day Scottish Gaelic: an-diugh Serbo-Croatian: данас (sh), danas (sh) Sindhi: اَڄُ (ajju) m. Slovak: dnes (sk) Slovene: danes (sl) Sotho: kajeno (st) Spanish: hoy (es) Swedish: idag (sv), i dag (sv) Tagalog: ngayon (tl) Tarantino: ôsce Thai: วันนี้ (th) (wan née) Tibetan: ད་རིང་ (da ring) Tupinambá: (past) oîeí, (future) kori Turkish: bugün (tr) Ukrainian: сьогодні (uk) (s'ohódni) Urdu: آج (ur) (āj), امروز (ur) (irmoz) Uyghur: بۈگۈن (ug) Venetian: ancùo Vietnamese: hôm nay (vi) Volapük: adelo (vo) West Frisian: hjoed Yiddish: הײַנט (yi) (haynt)

nowadays

Afrikaans: deesdae Arabic: حاضر (ar) (HaaDir) Armenian: այսօր (hy) (aysòr) Basque: gaur egun (eu) Breton: bremañ, hiziv an deiz Bulgarian: сега (bg) (sega) Catalan: avui en dia, avui dia Chinese: Mandarin: 現代 (cmn), 现代 (cmn) (xiàndài) Danish: i dag (da), i vore dage (da) Dutch: tegenwoordig (nl), vandaag de dag (nl), heden ten dage (nl), vandaag (nl) Esperanto: nuntempe (eo) Finnish: nykyisin (fi), nykyään (fi) French: de nos jours (fr), actuellement (fr) Galician: hoxe en día (gl) German: heutzutage (de) Greek: σήμερα (el) (símera) Hebrew: היום (he) (ha-yóm) Hungarian: ma (hu), manapság (hu) Indonesian: masa sekarang / dewasa ini Interlingua: hodie, actualmente Irish: inniu (ga) Italian: oggi (it), oggigiorno (it), attualmente (it) Japanese: 今日 (ja) (こんにち, kónnichi) Korean: 오늘날 (ko) (oneulnal)

Lakota: apetu ki le Latin: hodie, hoc die Luxembourgish: hautdesdaags (lb) Macedonian: сега (sega), денес (denes) Maltese: illum il-ġurnata (mt) Navajo: dííshjį́ Occitan: uèi Ojibwe: noongom Polish: w dzisiejszych czasach Portuguese: hoje (pt), hoje em dia (pt), atualmente (pt) Romanian: astăzi, ziua de azi, acum Russian: сегодня (ru) (segódnja) (read: sevódnja), в настоящее время (ru) (v nastojáščeje vrémja), теперь (ru) (tepér’) Serbian: sadašnjica, današnjica, danas, dandanas Sindhi: اَڄُ (ajju) m. Slovene: danes (sl), dandanes (sl) Spanish: hoy, hoy en día, hoy día, actualmente Swedish: idag (sv), nuförtiden (sv) Tagalog: ngayon (tl) Thai: วันนี้ (th) (wan née), ตอนนี้ (th) (dton née), ปัจจุบัน (th) (bpàt-jù-ban) Turkish: bugün (tr), günümüz (tr), günümüzde (tr) Vietnamese: ngày nay (vi) Volapük: nutimo (vo) West Frisian: hjoed de dei, no Yiddish: הײַנט (yi) (haynt)

Noun

today (plural todays)

1. A current day or date.

   Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.

Synonyms

• current day
• this day

Usage notes

Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are these days and nowadays.

Translations

today (noun)

Afrikaans: vandag Alemannic German: heit, hit, hüt Arabic: اليوم (al-yáum) Armenian: այսօր (hy) (aysòr) Bulgarian: днес (dnes), днеска (dnéska) Campidanese Sardinian: oi Catalan: avui, hui Chinese: Cantonese: 今日 (gam1yat6) Mandarin: 今天 (jīntiān) Min Nan: 今仔日 (kin-á-ji̍t) Czech: dnešek (cs) m. Danish: i dag (da) Dutch: vandaag (nl) Estonian: täna (et) Finnish: tämä päivä ("this day") French: aujourd'hui (fr) m. Galician: hoxe (gl) Georgian: დღეს (ka) (dḡes) German: Heute (de) Greek: σήμερα (el) (símera) Guaraní: ko ára Gujarati: આજ (gu) (āj) f., આજ (gu) (āj) f. Hebrew: היום (ha-yóm) Hungarian: ma (hu) Ido: hodie Indonesian: hari ini Interlingua: hodie Irish: inniu (ga) Italian: oggi (it) Japanese: 今日 (きょう, kyō) Jèrriais: aniet Korean: 오늘 (oneul)

Kurdish: ئه‌مرۆ Lakota: anpetu ki le Lao: ມື້ນີ້ (lo) (myy-nii) Latin: hodie (la) Lithuanian: šiandiena f. Macedonian: денес (denes) Navajo: díí jį́ Norwegian: i dag (no) Occitan: ancuei Ojibwe: noongom Ottoman Turkish: بوﮔون (bugün) Papiamentu: awe Persian: امروز (fa) (emruz) Polish: dzisiaj (pl), dziś (pl) Portuguese: hoje (pt) Romanian: astăzi (ro), azi (ro) Russian: сегодня (sevódnja), сегодняшний день (sevódnjašnij den’) m. Serbian: danas (sr) Sindhi: اَڄُ (ajju) Spanish: hoy, hoy día Swedish: idag (sv) c. Tagalog: ngayon Tarantino: ôsce Thai: วันนี้ (wan nēē) Tibetan: ད་རིང་ (da ring) Tupinambá: kó 'ara Turkish: bugün (tr) Ukrainian: сьогодні (uk) (siohodni) Urdu: امروز (ur) (irmoz) Volapük: adel Welsh: heddiw (cy) West Frisian: hjoed Yiddish: הײַנט (yi) (haynt)

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Sinhalese: අද (ada)

See also

• nowadays
• yesterday
• tomorrow night
• tonight
• last night
• nudiustertian

Anagrams

• toady