avui

Catalan

Alternative forms

• hui (Valencian or archaic)
• vui (dialectal)

Etymology

From a- +‎ vui, hui, from Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan uèi, uòi), from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodiē (compare Spanish hoy), constructed from hōc +‎ diē (literally “on this day”); see there for further cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈvuj/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbuj/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈvuj/
• Rhymes: -uj

Adverb

avui

1. today
2. nowadays

   Synonyms: avui dia, avui en dia

Coordinate terms

• ahir
• demà

Further reading

• “avui” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.