ereyesterday
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ere (“before”) + yesterday. Compare French avant-hier, Dutch eergisteren, German vorgestern, Swedish förrgår or Danish forgårs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛə(ɹ)ˈjɛstə(ɹ)deɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
Adverb
[edit]ereyesterday (not comparable)
- (obsolete) On the day before yesterday.
- Antonym: (obsolete) overmorrow
- 1535, Coverdale, Bible, Genesis 31:2
- And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, & beholde, it was not towarde him as yesterday and ereyesterday.
Translations
[edit]on the day before yesterday — see day before yesterday
Noun
[edit]ereyesterday (uncountable)
- (archaic) The day before yesterday.
- Antonym: (obsolete) overmorrow
Translations
[edit]the day before yesterday — see day before yesterday
See also
[edit]- (rare, obsolete) nudiustertian (of the day before yesterday)
- morrow
- tomorrow
- yesterday
- yester
- yestereven
- yestern
- yesternight
- yesteryear
- yestreen
Categories:
- English compound terms
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪ
- Rhymes:English/eɪ/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adverbs
- English uncomparable adverbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- en:Past