Today

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage Note 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Adverb 1.4 See Also

English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old English tōdæge , tō dæge (on [the] day), made from tō (at, on) + dæge (the dative of dæg, "day").

• The first component (to-) is from Middle English < Old English tō (towards, for the purpose of) < West Germanic *to < Proto-Indo-European pronomial base *do- (to, toward, upward).
• The second component (-day) is from Middle English < Old English dæg < Proto-Germanic *dagaz < Proto-Indo-European *dhegh- (to burn). It is not related to Latin dies (which is from PIE base *dyeu- [to shine]), but rather to Sanskrit dāhas (heat), which came from PIE *dhegh- (to burn).
• Thus, today and day are not related to Spanish día, but to favor and fever.

Noun

today

1. current day or date

   Today is Wednesday

Usage Note

Today has no simple plural; the closest equivalents are phrases:

these days

nowadays

Synonyms

• current day
• this day

Translations

today (noun)

Afrikaans: vandag Basque: gaur Breton: hiziv Bulgarian: днес (dnes), днеска (dnéska) Cantonese: 今日 (gam1yat6) Catalan: avui , hui Chinese: 今天 (jīntiān) Dutch: vandaag Esperanto: hodiaŭ Estonian: täna tänään , tämä päivä French: aujourd'hui Frisian: hjoed Galician: hoxe German: heute Greek: σήμερα (símera) Guaraní: ko ára Hebrew: היום (ha-yóm) Hungarian: ma  : hodie Indonesian: hari ini Interlingua: hodie Italian: oggi

Japanese: 今日 (きょう, kyō) Jèrriais: aniet Korean: 오늘 (o-neul) Lakota: anpetu ki le Latin: hodie Lithuanian: šiandiena f Macedonian: денеска (deneska) Norwegian: i dag Occitan: ancuei Ojibwe: noongom Polish: dzisiaj , dziś Portuguese: hoje Romanian: astăzi , azi Russian: сегодня (sevódnja), сегодняшний день (sevódnjašnij den') m Spanish: hoy , hoy día Swedish: idag Tagalog: ngayon Thai: วันนี้ (wan nēē) ད་རིང་ (da ring) Tupinambá: kó 'ara Turkish: bu gün Welsh: heddiw Volapük: adel

Adverb

today

1. On the current day or date: "I want this done today."

   Translations

Afrikaans: vandag Breton: hiziv Bulgarian: днес (dnes), днеска (dnéska) Cantonese: 今日 (gam1yat6) Catalan: avui Chinese: 现在 (xiàn zài) Dutch: vandaag Esperanto: hodiaŭ Finnish: tänään French: aujourd'hui Frisian: hjoed heute Galician: hoxe Greek: σήμερα (símera) Guarani: ange, ko árape Hebrew: היום (ha-yóm) Hungarian: ma Indonesian: hari ini Interlingua: hodie Italian: oggi

Japanese: 今日 (きょう, kyō) Korean: 오늘 (o-neul) Lakota: anpetu ki le Latin: hodie Lithuanian: šiandien Macedonian: денеска (deneska) Ojibwe: noongom Polish: dzisiaj , dziś Portuguese: hoje Romanian: astăzi , azi Russian: сегодня (sevódnja) Spanish: hoy Swedish: idag Tagalog: ngayon Thai: วันนี้ (wan nēē) Tibetan : ད་རིང་ (da ring) Tupinambá: (past) oîeí , (future) kori Volapük: adelo

1. In the current era; nowadays: "In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric tin openers."

1. Translations

Afrikaans: deesdae Breton: bremañ , hiziv an deiz Bulgarian: сега (sega) Catalan: avui en dia , avui dia Chinese: 现代 (xiàn dài) Czech: dnes Dutch: tegenwoordig , vandaag de dag , heden ten dage , vandaag Esperanto: nuntempe Finnish: nykyisin , nykyään French: actuellement Frisian: hjoed de dei , no German: heutzutage Galician: hoxe en día Greek: σήμερα (símera) Hungarian: ma, manapság Indonesian: masa sekarang / dewasa ini Interlingua: hodie, actualmente Italian: oggi, oggigiorno , attualmente

Japanese: 今日 (こんにち, kónnichi) Korean: 오늘날 (o-neul-nal) Lakota: apetu ki le Latin: hodie, hoc die Macedonian: сега (sega), денеска (deneska) Ojibwe: noongom Polish: w dzisiejszych czasach Portuguese: hoje , hoje em dia , atualmente Romanian: astăzi , ziua de azi , acum Russian: сегодня (sevódnja), в настоящее время (v nastojáščeje vrémja), теперь (tepér') Spanish: hoy , hoy en día , hoy día , actualmente Swedish: idag, nuförtiden Thai: วันนี้ (wan nēē), ตอนนี้ (dtaawn nēē), ปัจจุบัน (bpàt jòò ban) Volapük: adelo

See Also

• nowadays