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Definition for: yesterday

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English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old English geostran dæg , compounded from geostran (yesterday) < Proto-Germanic *gestra- < Proto-Indo-European *ghes ; + Middle English day < Old English dæg < Proto-Germanic *dagaz < Proto-Indo-European *dhegh- (to burn).

Pronunciation

  • RP: IPA: /ˈjestədeɪ/
  • US: IPA: /ˈjestərdeɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

yesterday

  1. The day before today.
    Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
  2. The (recent) past, often disparaging.
    Yesterday's technology.
    All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. [Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act 5, Scene 5]

Translations

day before today

  • Arabic: أمْسِ (ams)
  • Bosnian: jučer
  • Catalan: ahir
  • Chinese: 昨天 (zuótiān)
  • Czech: včerejšek m .
  • Dutch: gisteren
  • Finnish: eilinen, eilispäivä
  • French: hier
  • German: gestern
  • Greek: εχτές (ekhtés)
  • Hebrew: אתמול (etmól)
  • Hungarian: tegnap
  • Italian: ieri m .
  • Japanese: 昨日 (きのう, kinō)
  • Korean: 어제 (eoje)
  • Lakota: htalehã
  • Mongolian: өчигдөр (öčigdör)
  • Ojibwe: bijiinaago
  • Polish: wczoraj
  • Portuguese: ontem
  • Romanian: ieri
  • Russian: вчера (včerá)
  • Sindhi: ڪَلهَه (kalha) f .
  • Spanish: ayer
  • Swedish: gårdag
  • Telugu: నిన్న (ninna)
  • Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (meùùa waan nēē)
  • Tok Pisin: asde
  • Ukrainian: учора / вчора (učóra / včóra)

Adverb

yesterday

  1. On the day before today
    I started to watch the video yesterday , but could only finish the movie this evening.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Related terms

  • yester
  • yestereven
  • yestern
  • yesternight
  • yesteryear
  • yestreen

Translations

on the day before today

  • Afrikaans: gister
  • Albanian: dje
  • Amuzgo: bja
  • Anglo-Saxon: geostran
  • Arabic: أمْسِ (ámsi), إمْبَارِح (imbá:riħ)
  • Basque: atzo
  • Breton: dec'h
  • Bulgarian: вчера (včera)
  • Catalan: ahir
  • Chickasaw: oblashush
  • Chinese: 昨天 (zuótiān)
  • Cornish: dé
  • Croatian: jučer
  • Czech: včera
  • Danish: i går
  • Dutch: gisteren
  • Esperanto: hieraŭ
  • Faeroese: í gjár
  • Finnish: eilen
  • French: hier
  • Frisian: juster
  • German: gestern
  • Greek: χθές (khthés)
  • Haitian Creole: yè
  • Hebrew: אתמול (etmól)
  • Hungarian: tegnap
  • Icelandic: gær
  • Indonesian: kemarin
  • Interlingua: heri
  • Italian: ieri m .
  • Japanese: 昨日 (きのう, kinō; さくじつ, sakújitsu)
  • Kazakh: keşe
  • Korean: 어제 (eoje)
  • Lakota: htalehã
  • Latin: heri, here
  • Latvian: vakar
  • Lithuanian: adverb: vakar; noun: vakardiena f . , vakarykštė diena f .
  • Luxembourgish: gëschter
  • Manx: jea
  • Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́'
  • Neapolitan: craje
  • Ngan'gityemerri: kultyinimbi
  • Norwegian: igår
  • Occitan: gèr
  • Ojibwe: bijiinaago
  • Papiamentu: ayera
  • Polish: wczoraj
  • Portuguese: ontem m .
  • Romanian: ieri
  • Russian: вчера (včerá)
  • Sanskrit: (hyas)
  • Serbian: јуче (juče)
  • Sindhi: ڪَلهَه (kalha) f .
  • Slovak: včera
  • Slovene: včeraj
  • Spanish: ayer m .
  • Swedish: i går, igår
  • Tatar: kiçä
  • Telugu: నిన్న (ninna)
  • Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (meùùa waan nēē)
  • Tok Pisin: asde
  • Turkish: dün
  • Ukrainian: учора / вчора (učóra / včóra)
  • Welsh: doe

See also

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