today

== English == === Alternative forms === to-day (archaic), to day (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to +‎ day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈdeɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /təˈdeɪ/, [tʰəˈdeɪ]; /tʊˈdeɪ/, [tʰʊˈdeɪ], [tʰʉɾeɪː] (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ðəˈdeɪ/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ʈʊˈɖe(j)/ Hyphenation: to‧day Rhymes: -eɪ === Adverb === today (not comparable) On the current day or date. In the current era; nowadays; these days. (informal) On the day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === today (plural todays) The current day or date. (informal or meteorology) The 24-hour period beginning at 5am or 6am or sunrise of the current day. The present era; nowadays. ==== Usage notes ==== Todays is a mostly literary plural. It refers to days that we experience, have experienced or will experience as "today". More colloquial are these days and nowadays. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === today (not comparable) (informal) Current; up to date. Synonym: now ==== Translations ==== === See also === nowadays hodiernal hodiernally yesterday tomorrow night tonight last night nudiustertian hesternal hesternally === Anagrams === toady == Middle English == === Alternative forms === todai, todaie, to day te day, todæg, todæig (Early Middle English); to daȝȝ (Ormulum) te dei, to dæi, to dei (Early Middle English, West Midland) === Etymology === From Old English tōdæġ, equivalent to to- +‎ day. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toːˈdæi̯/, /tɔˈdæi̯/ === Adverb === today On the current day. On this date in past years. (used substantively) The current day. ==== Descendants ==== English: today Yola: to-die, to die === References === “tọ̄̆dai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.