air du temps

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air du temps

/ɛɹ du tɑn/ US

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Unadapted borrowing from French air du temps (literally “air of the time”).

noun

uncountable Current popular opinion or trends of a very large group of people, a city or a country. With the global financial crisis still hitting hard, the air du temps today is a countrywide depressive mood.
Similar: trend, craze, fashion

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@misc{air_du_temps_2026,
  title = {air du temps},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/air%20du%20temps},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}