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today

/tʊˈdeɪ/ UK
/tə-/ UK
/təˈdeɪ/ US
[tʰəˈɾeɪ̯] US
/tʊ-/ US
[tʰʊ-] US
[tʰʉ-] US
/ðəˈdeɪ/ Northumbria
/ˈʈʊ.ɖe/ South Asia
/ʈʊˈɖej/ South Asia

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

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”).

adverb to-day · to day · 2day

not comparable On the current day or date. I want this done today.
not comparable In the current era; nowadays; these days. In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
informal, not comparable On the day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening. We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days.

noun todays · to-day · to day · 2day

countable, uncountable The current day or date. Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
countable, informal, uncountable The 24-hour period beginning at 5 or 6 a.m. or sunrise of the current day.
countable, uncountable The present era; nowadays. This is the sporty jacket for today's modern man on the go.

adjective to-day · to day · 2day

informal, not comparable Current; up to date. Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's very today. It's what people respond to today.
Similar: now

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nowadays, now, yesterday, tomorrow, day, to-day, days, present-day, here, present, currently, new, modern, contemporary, moment, existing

Translations

Every language

adv on the current day

Español	hoy, hoy día, el día de hoy
한국어	오늘 oneul, 금일 geumil
日本語	今日 kyō, 本日 honjitsu
中文	今天, 今日 jīnrì, 今兒 /今儿 jīnr, 今兒個 /今儿个 jīnrgè
हिन्दी	आज āj, यौम yaum, अद्य adya
Kiswahili	leo
Português	hoje
Français	aujourd'hui
Deutsch	heute
Italiano	oggi
Ελληνικά	σήμερα símera, σάμερον sámeron
Română	astăzi, azi
Русский	сего́дня sevódnja
Tiếng Việt	hôm nay, bữa nay
العربية	الْيَوْمَ al-yawma
עברית	הַיּוֹם hayóm, כיום kayóm

adv nowadays — see also nowadays, these days, currently

Español	hoy, hoy día, el día de hoy
한국어	오늘날 oneullal
日本語	今日 konnichi
中文	現代 /现代 xiàndài
Português	hoje, hoje em dia, atualmente
Français	de nos jours, actuellement
Deutsch	heutzutage
Italiano	oggi, oggigiorno, attualmente
Ελληνικά	σήμερα símera
Română	astăzi, ziua de azi, acum
Русский	сего́дня sevódnja, в настоя́щее вре́мя v nastojáščeje vrémja, тепе́рь tepérʹ
Tiếng Việt	ngày nay
العربية	حَاضِر ḥāḍir
עברית	הַיּוֹם hayóm

noun today (noun)

Español	hoy, hoy día
한국어	오늘 oneul, 금일 geumil
日本語	今日 kyō
中文	今天 jīntiān, 今日 jīnrì
हिन्दी	आज āj
Português	hoje
Français	aujourd'hui
Deutsch	Heute
Italiano	oggi
Ελληνικά	σήμερα símera
Română	astăzi, azi
Русский	сего́дня sevódnja, сего́дняшний день sevódnjašnij denʹ
Tiếng Việt	bữa nay, hôm nay
العربية	الْيَوْم al-yawm
עברית	הַיּוֹם hayóm

adj Translations

Español	hodierno

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{today_2026,
  title = {today},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/today},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}