hodiernal

== English == === Etymology === From hodiern (“of this day, present-day”) +‎ -al (suffix forming adjectives). Hodiern is derived from Latin hodiernus (“of today, today’s; present, present-day; actual”), from hodiē (“today”) (from hōc (“this (thing)”) + diē (“day”) (ultimately Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”))) + -rnus (suffix forming adjectives). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊdiˈɜːnl̩/, /hɒ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊˈdi.ərn(ə)l/, /hɑ-/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Hyphenation: ho‧di‧ern‧al === Adjective === hodiernal (not comparable) (archaic or literary, rare outside grammar) Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern. Synonyms: current, present-day ==== Coordinate terms ==== crastinal (rare) hesternal (archaic or literary, rare outside grammar) nudiustertian (obsolete, rare) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === hodiernal tense on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Holderian