diary

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪəɹi/, /ˈdaɪɹi/
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -aɪəri, -aɪɹi

Noun[edit]

diary (plural diaries)

A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer's hard drive.
- 2005 January 30, Jef Biederman, “Feng Shui Is Like So Passe”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 3, episode 19, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Andrea Baker as Clover and Katie Griffin):
  No, I’m just going over the stuff Tara wrote in my diary.
  She’s writing your diary? Could you be any lazier?
(Britain, Canada) A personal organizer or appointment diary.
- 2004, Victoria Kidwell, Homework, page 29:
  It is recommended that teachers and pupils are issued with homework diaries to help implement and monitor the homework timetable.

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Descendants[edit]

→ Hindi: डायरी (ḍāyrī)

Translations[edit]

daily log of experiences

Afrikaans: dagboek (af)
Albanian: ditar (sq)
Arabic: دَفْتَرُ يَوْمِيّاتٍ‎ (daftaru yawmiyyātin); يَوْمِيَّات‎ f pl (yawmiyyāt); دَفْتَرُ مُذَكِّراتٍ‎ (daftaru muḏakkirātin); مُذَكِّرات‎ (muḏakkirāt)
Armenian: օրագիր (hy) (ōragir)
Asturian: diariu m
Azerbaijani: gündəlik (az)
Bashkir: көндәлек (köndälek)
Belarusian: дзённік m (dzjónnik)
Bengali: দিনলিপি (dinlipi), রোজনামচা (roznamca), রোজনামা (roznama)
Bulgarian: дне́вник (bg) m (dnévnik)
Burmese: ဒိုင်ယာရီ (my) (duing-yari), နေ့စဉ်မှတ်တမ်း (my) (ne.canyhmattam:)
Catalan: diari (ca) m
Central Dusun: diari
Chinese:
Cantonese: 日記, 日记 (jat⁶ gei³)

Mandarin: 日記 (zh), 日记 (zh) (rìjì)
Czech: deník (cs) m
Danish: dagbog (da) c
Dutch: dagboek (nl)
Esperanto: taglibro
Estonian: päevik
Faroese: dagbók f
Finnish: päiväkirja (fi)
French: journal intime (fr) m
Galician: diario (gl) m
Georgian: დღიური (dɣiuri)
German: Tagebuch (de) n
Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) n (imerológio)
Ancient: ἐφημερίς f (ephēmerís)
Gujarati: ડાયરી m (ḍāyarī)
Hebrew: יוֹמָן‎ (he) m (yomán)
Hindi: दैनन्दिनी (hi) f (dainandinī), डायरी (hi) f (ḍāyrī)
Hungarian: napló (hu)
Icelandic: dagbók (is) f
Ido: diario (io)
Indonesian: buku harian (id), diari
Interlingua: diario
Irish: dialann f
Italian: diario (it)
Japanese: 日記 (ja) (にっき, nikki), 日記帳 (にっきちょう, nikkichō)
Kalmyk: өдрлг (ödrlg)
Kannada: ಡೈರಿ (kn) (ḍairi)
Kazakh: күнделік (kündelik)

Khmer: ជំនិតដៃ (cumnɨtday)
Korean: 일기 (ko) (ilgi), 일기장 (ko) (ilgijang)
Kyrgyz: күндөлүк (ky) (kündölük), дневник (dnevnik)
Lao: ສມຸດບັນທຶກ (sa mut ban thưk)
Latin: ephemeris, commentārius (la) m
Latvian: dienasgrāmata
Lithuanian: dienoraštis (lt)
Macedonian: дневник m (dnevnik)
Malay: diari
Maori: pukapuka rātaka, rātaka
Mongolian: өдрийн тэмдэглэл (ödriin temdeglel)
Norwegian: dagbok (no) m
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Persian: دفتر خاطرات روزانه‎ (daftar-e xâterât-e ruzâne), دفتر خاطرات‎ (daftar-e xâterât)
Polish: dziennik (pl) m, pamiętnik (pl) m
Portuguese: diário (pt) m
Romanian: jurnal intim
Russian: дневни́к (ru) m (dnevník)
Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-latha m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дне̑внӣк m, бѐлежница f

Roman: dnȇvnīk (sh) m, bèležnica (sh) f
Slovak: denník m
Slovene: dnevnik (sl) m
Spanish: diario (es) m
Swahili: tarihi, shajara (sw)
Swedish: dagbok (sv)
Tagalog: talaarawan
Tajik: дафтари хотира (daftari xotira)
Tamil: நாட்குறிப்பு (ta) (nāṭkuṟippu)
Tatar: көндәлек (tt) (köndälek)
Telugu: డైరీ (te) (ḍairī)
Thai: อนุทิน (th) (à-nú-tin), ไดอารี (dai-aa-rîi)
Turkish: günlük (tr)
Turkmen: gündelik
Ukrainian: щоде́нник (uk) m (ščodénnyk)
Urdu: ڈائری‎ f (ḍāyarī)
Uyghur: كۈندىلىك‎ (kündilik)
Uzbek: kundalik (uz)
Vietnamese: sổ nhật ký
Volapük: delabuk (vo)
Welsh: dyddiadur, dyddlyfr m
Yiddish: טאָג־בוך‎ n (tog-bukh)

Adjective[edit]

diary (not comparable)

(obsolete) Lasting for one day.
- 1605, Francis Bacon, a letter to the Lord Chancellor, touching the History of Britain
  the offer of a usurpation, though it were but as a diary ague

Verb[edit]

diary (third-person singular simple present diaries, present participle diarying, simple past and past participle diaried)

(intransitive) To keep a diary or journal.
- 2015, Hugh O'Donovan, Mindful Walking
  As part of her mindful movement practise, diarying is important to Sarah. 'It gives me a chance to see what is going on, to reflect on my experience.'

Anagrams[edit]

dairy, yaird