Yesterday

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Related terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 See also

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/

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.

Translations

day before today

Arabic: أ٠ْسِ (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

• the last day (Ireland)

Antonyms

• tomorrow

Related terms

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

Translations

on the day before today

Afrikaans: gister Albanian: dje Amuzgo: bja Anglo-Saxon: geostran Arabic: أ٠ْسِ (ámsi), إ٠ْبَارِح (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., vakarykÅ¡tė diena f. Luxembourgish: gëschter Manx: jea Navajo: adÄ ÌÄ ÌdÄ ÌÄ Ì' Neapolitan: craje Ngan'gityemerri: kultyinimbi Norwegian: igÃ¥r 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 gÃ¥r, igÃ¥r Tatar: kiçä Telugu: నిన్న (ninna) Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (meùùa waan nēē) Tok Pisin: asde Turkish: dün Ukrainian: учора / вчора (učóra / včóra) Welsh: doe

See also

• today
• tomorrow night
• tonight
• last night
• nudiustertianfr:yesterday

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