# quotidian

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kwə(ʊ)ˈtɪdɪən/ · frequency rank #72,684

## Definitions
1. Happening every day; daily.
2. Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly.
3. Recurring every twenty-four hours or (more generally) daily (of symptoms, etc).
4. Something which is considered humdrum or dull.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman cotidian, cotidien, Middle French cotidian, cotidien, and their source, Latin cottīdiānus, quōtīdiānus (“happening every day”), from adverb cottīdiē, quōtīdiē (“every day, daily”), from an unattested adjective derived from quot (“how many”) + locative form of diēs (“day”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/quotidian