Word info

jour

Noun

Meaning

jour (plural jours)

(chiefly US) Abbreviation of journeyman, e.g. jour printer.

jour.

Abbreviation of journal.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

jour.

Examples

At the Republican National Convention, the topic du jour was "cancel culture" and Republicans' supposed defense of free speech against censorious progressives. Source: Internet

An early description of the roulette game in its current form is found in a French novel La Roulette, ou le Jour by Jaques Lablee, which describes a roulette wheel in the Palais Royal in Paris in 1796. Source: Internet

An overshadowed issue is now topic de jour on commissioner calls. Source: Internet

As every respectable waiter knows du jour means “of the day.” Source: Internet

Francesco Rognoni was another composer who specified the trombone in a set of divisions (variations) on the well-known song Suzanne ung jour (London Pro Musica, REP15). Source: Internet

Dombrowski reported that the soldiers he had sent to defend the ramparts of the city between Point du Jour and Porte d'Auteuil had retreated to the city; he had only 4,000 soldiers left at la Muette, 2,000 at Neuilly, and 200 at Asnieres and Saint Ouen. Source: Internet

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