à jour

== French == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a ʒuʁ/ Homophone: ajour === Adjective === à jour (invariable) up-to-date, current ==== Related terms ==== mettre à jour tenir à jour ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: ajour → Norwegian Bokmål: à jour, a jour → Swedish: ajour == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === a jour === Etymology === From French à jour (“up-to-date”), first part from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to”). Last part from French jour (“day”), from Old French jorn, jor (“day”), from Latin diurnum [tempus], from diurnus (“daily”), from earlier *diusnus, from both diūs, from Old Latin, from Proto-Italic *djous (“day”) from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky”), from earlier *dyéws, from *dyew- (“to be bright”) and *s (creates nouns) + and from -nus (forms adjectives), from Proto-Italic *-nos, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (forms verbal adjectives). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈʃʉːr/ Rhymes: -ʉːr Hyphenation: à‧jour Homophone: a jour === Adverb === à jour up to date (especially in accounting) bringe/føre/holde à jour ― bringing/keeping/staying up to date komme/bli à jour ― become up to date (with all of today's work, finish all of today's tasks) være à jour ― be up to date (in accounting), be oriented about something, have the most knowledge about a subject være à jour med betalingen being up to date with payments holde (seg/noen) à jour ― keep (themselves or someone) up to date, keep (themselves or someone) informed of something (geology) transparent en edelsten som er à jour a gemstone which is transparent ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “à jour” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “à jour” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “à jour” in Store norske leksikon == Swedish == === Adjective === à jour alternative spelling of ajour