English Online Dictionary. What means today? What does today mean?
English
Alternative forms
- to-day (archaic), to day (obsolete)
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈdeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /təˈdeɪ/, [tʰəˈdeɪ], /tʊˈdeɪ/, [tʰʊˈdeɪ], [tʰʉɾeɪː]
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- Hyphenation: to‧day
Adverb
today (not comparable)
- On the current day or date.
- In the current era; nowadays; these days.
- (informal) The day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening.
Translations
Noun
today (plural todays)
- A current day or date.
- Synonyms: current day, this day
- (informal or meteorology) From approximately 6am to 6pm on the current day.
- The present time period; nowadays.
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.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
today (not comparable)
- (informal) Current; up to date.
- Synonym: now
See also
- nowadays
- hodiernal
- hodiernally
- yesterday
- tomorrow night
- tonight
- last night
- nudiustertian
- hesternal
- hesternally
Anagrams
- toady
Middle English
Alternative forms
- todæg, todæig, todai, todaie, todæi, todei, tedai, tedei, todaȝȝ
Etymology
From Old English tōdæġ, equivalent to to- + day.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˈdɛi̯/, /tɔˈdɛi̯/, /tuˈdɛi̯/
Adverb
today
- On the current day.
- On this date in past years.
- (used substantively) The current day.
Descendants
- English: today
- Yola: to-die, to die
References
- “todai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.