jour

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• 1 day quel jour sommes-nous? = what day is it today? un jour ou l'autre = some day jour pour jour = to the day à ce jour = to date à jour = up to date mettre à jour = to bring up to date [work]; = to revise [edition] mise à jour = updating de nos jours = nowadays d'un jour à l'autre [expected] = any day now; [change] = from one day to the next du jour au lendemain = overnight d'un jour [fashion] = passing; [queen] = for a day vivre au jour le jour = to live one day at a time le jour se lève = it's getting light au lever du jour = at daybreak le petit jour = the early morning de jour [work] = days; [travel] = in the daytime Definition of day in the British & World English dictionary Definition of day in the US English dictionary Translate day | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2 daylight; light en plein jour = in broad daylight se faire jour [truth] = to come to light éclairer qch d'un jour nouveau = to shed new light on sth je t'ai vu sous ton vrai jour = I saw you in your true colours (GB) Definition of daylight in the British & World English dictionary Definition of daylight in the US English dictionary Translate daylight | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 3 (figurative) donner le jour à qn = to bring sb into the world voir le jour [person] = to come into the world; [work of art] = to see the light of day mes jours sont comptés = my days are numbered des jours difficiles = hard times les beaux jours reviennent = spring will soon be here

• 4 (in wall) gap jours = openwork (embroidery) Definition of gap in the British & World English dictionary Definition of gap in the US English dictionary Translate gap | into German | into Italian | into Spanish