du jour au lendemain
French, adverb/dy ʒu.ʁ‿o lɑ̃.d(ə).mɛ̃/
du jour au lendemain is a French adverb meaning “from one day to the next, overnight (very rapidly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Très promptement, dans un laps de temps très bref”.
What does du jour au lendemain mean in English?
adverb
- 1
from one day to the next, overnight (very rapidly)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Très promptement, dans un laps de temps très bref.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce du jour au lendemain?
- /dy ʒu.ʁ‿o lɑ̃.d(ə).mɛ̃/
- \dy ʒu.ʁ‿o lɑ̃.də.mɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to du jour au lendemain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.