du jour

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(də zhʊr, dū) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Prepared for a given day: The soup du jour is cream of potato.
  2. Most recent; current: the trend du jour.

[French : du, of the + jour, day.]


[doo-ZHEUR] French for "of the day," referring culinarily to a menu item made especially for that day, as in "soup du jour". The Italian form is del giorno.

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