ajourd'hui
French, adverb/a.ʒuʁ.d‿ɥi/
ajourd'hui is spelled A-J-O-U-R-D-H-U-I (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajourd'hui is a French adverb meaning “alternative form of aujourd'hui (“today; nowadays”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ajourd'hui mean in English?
adverb
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alternative form of aujourd'hui (“today; nowadays”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of ajourd'hui
- àjourd'hui alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ajourd'hui?
- /a.ʒuʁ.d‿ɥi/
- /aʒurdɥi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ajourd'hui in French?
ajourd'hui appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).