du Jourとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: də zho͝or′, do͞o zho͝or′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /duː ˈʒʊə/
• (General American) IPA: /də ˈʒʊɹ/, /du ˈʒʊɹ/
• 韻: -ʊə(ɹ)

形容詞

du jour (not comparable)

1. Of the day; prepared for the day in question

   The soup du jour is French onion.

2. (by extension) Currently stylish; en vogue; trendy; favoured now but likely temporary; latest.

   Beth came to the party with her boyfriend du jour.

   The high unemployment numbers are the government's excuse du jour for not doing anything about the environment.

   • 2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times‎:

     So much for pandemic frustration. Or tax fatigue. Or government backlash. Or all the controversies du jour about masks or wokified curricula or anything else that’s been in the news. Seattle voters set all that aside, en masse.

派生語

• de jour
• plat du jour
• soup du jour

参考

• de jure

Further reading

• “du jour”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.