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yesterday (English)

Etymology

From - ang - lang=ang, equivalent to - day; compounded from

Old English - lang=ang||yesterday, from - gestra-, from - dʰǵʰyes-;

Old English - lang=ang, from - dagaz, from - dʰegʰ-|to burn

Pronunciation

- /ˈjɛstədeɪ/

- /ˈjɛstɚdeɪ/

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Rhymes: eɪ

Noun

The day before today. 'Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow'. It can also understand as a day ago.

Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.

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

Usage notes

The term yesterdays is unusual and often poetic for the recent past, e.g. "all our yesterdays have come back to haunt us."

Derived terms

born_yesterday

Translations

day before today

Afrikaans - gister

Arabiska - أمس

: Egyptian Arabic - امبارح|tr=imbaaraH|sc=Arab|xs=Egyptian Arabic

Armenian - երեկ|tr=erek

: Old Armenian - երէկ|tr=erēk|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian

Aromanian - asearã

Baluchi - زی|tr=zí

Basque - atzo|xs=Basque

Vitryska - учора

Bengali - গতকাল|tr=gôtôkāl|sc=Beng

Bulgariska - вчера

Catalan: ahir

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 昨天|tr=zuótiān|sc=Hani

Tjeckiska - včerejšek

Holländska - gisteren

Esperanto - hieraŭ|xs=Esperanto

Faroese - í gjár

Fijian - nanoa

Finska - eilinen

, eilispäivä

Franska - hier

Tyska - gestern

Grekiska - χθες

Greenlandic - ippassaq|xs=Greenlandic

Hebrew - אתמול|tr=etmól

Hindiska - कल

(may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)

Ungerska - tegnap

Isländska - gærdagur

Isländska - gærdagurinn

)

: The adverb í_gær is much more frequently used than the noun equivalent.

Indonesiska - kemarin

Interlingua - heri

Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ

Irländska - inné

Italienska - ieri

Japanska - 昨日

, 昨日

Khmer - ម្សិលមិញ|tr=msəl mɨñ|sc=Khmr, - ថ្ងៃម្សិល|tr=tngay msəl|sc=Khmr

Koreanska - 어제

Lakota: htalehã

Latin - heri, - hesternus

Laz - ღომა

Lower Sorbian: cora

Luganda - jjo

Luxembourgish - gëschter

Macedonian: вчера (včera)

Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (innale)

Maori - nanahi

Mongolian - өчигдөр|tr=öčigdör|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian

Nauruan - ngago nane, - nanahi

Navajo - adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ

Norska - i går

Ojibwe: bijiinaago

Papiamentu - ayera (á)

Persiska - دیروز

Polska - wczoraj

Portugisiska - ontem

Quechua - qayna

Rumänska - ieri

Romansch - ier

Ryska - вчера

Samoan - ananafi

Scots - dé, - yestreen

Serbo-Croatian:

: Cyrillic - јучер|alt=ју̀че̄р|sc=Cyrl|xs=Serbo-Croatian, - јуче|alt=ју̀че|sc=Cyrl|xs=Serbo-Croatian

: Roman - jučer|alt=jùčēr|xs=Serbo-Croatian, - juče|alt=jùčē|xs=Serbo-Croatian

Shona - nezuro

Sindhi:

ڪلهه

(kalha)

Sinhalese - ඊයේ|tr=īyē|sc=Sinh|xs=Sinhalese

Slovakiska - včera

Slovenska - včeraj

Sotho - maobane

Spanska - ayer

Swahili - jana

Svenska - gårdag

, i går

Filippinska - kahpon

Tajik - дирӯз|tr=dirūz|sc=Cyrl

Tarantino - ajère

Telugu: నిన్న (ninna)

Thailändska - เมื่อวานนี้

Tok Pisin: asde

Tswana - maabane

Turkiska - dün

Ukrainska - учора

, вчора

Upper Sorbian: wčera

Urdu - کل|tr=kal|xs=Urdu (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)

Uyghur - تۈنۈگۈن|sc=ug-Arab

Venda - mulovha, - mba-mulovha

Vietnamesiska - hôm qua

Volapük - ädel

Walesiska - doe

West Frisian - juster|xs=West Frisian

Wolof - démb, - demba

Xhosa - izolo

Yao - liiso

Zulu - izolo

the recent past

Armenian - երեկ|tr=erek

Finska - eilinen

, eilispäivä

Isländska - gærdagur

Isländska - gærdagurinn

)

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - forleden dag

Portugisiska - ontem

Swahili - jana

Svenska - gårdag

Turkiska - dün

Adverb

yesterday

On the day before today

I started to watch the video yesterday, but could only finish it this evening.

Synonyms

the_last_day (Ireland)

Antonyms

tomorrow

Related terms

yester

yesterevening

yestern

yesternight

yesternoon

yesteryear

yestreen

Translations

on the day before today

Afrikaans: gister

Albanian: dje

Amuzgo: bja

Arabiska - أمس

, إمبارح

: Egyptian Arabic - امبارح|tr=imbaaraH|sc=Arab|xs=Egyptian Arabic

Armenian - երեկ|tr=erek

: Old Armenian - երէկ|tr=erēk|sc=Armn|xs=Old Armenian

Basque: atzo

Breton: dec'h

Bulgariska - вчера

Catalan: ahir

Chamicuro - likajpe'ta

Chickasaw: oblashush

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 昨天|tr=zuótiān|sc=Hani

Cornish: dé#Cornish|dé

Tjeckiska - včera

Danska - i går

Holländska - gisteren

Esperanto - hieraŭ|xs=Esperanto

Faroese - í gjár|xs=Faroese

Finska - eilen

, eilispäivänä

Franska - hier

Tyska - gestern

Grekiska - χθές

Greenlandic: ippassaq

Guernésiais - hiaer

Haitian Creole: yè

Hebrew: אתמול (etmól)

Ungerska - tegnap

Isländska - í gær

Ido - hiere|xs=Ido

Indonesiska - kemarin

Interlingua: heri

Irländska - inné

Italienska - ieri

Japanska - 昨日

Japanska - きのう

, さくじつ

formal

Kazakh - keşe|xs=Kazakh

Khmer - ពីម្សិលមិញ|tr=pii msəl mɨñ|sc=Khmr

Korean: 어제 (eoje)

Lakota: htaleha|htalehã

Latin - heri, - here

Lettiska - vakar

Lithuanian: adverb: vakar; noun: vakardiena , vakarykštė_diena

Luxembourgish: gëschter

Manx: jea

Nangikurrunggurr: kultyinimbi (Ngan'gityemerri)

Navajo - adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ

Neapolitan: craje

Norska - igår

Occitan: gèr

Ojibwe: bijiinaago

Old English: geostran

Papiamentu: ayera

Persiska - دیروز

Polska - wczoraj

Portugisiska - ontem

Rumänska - ieri

Romansch - ier

Ryska - вчера

Sanskrit - ह्यस्|tr=hyas|xs=Sanskrit

Scottish Gaelic - an-dè|xs=Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian:

: Cyrillic - јучер|alt=ју̀че̄р|sc=Cyrl|xs=Serbo-Croatian, - јуче|alt=ју̀че|sc=Cyrl|xs=Serbo-Croatian

: Roman - jučer|alt=jùčēr|xs=Serbo-Croatian, - juče|alt=jùčē|xs=Serbo-Croatian

Sindhi:

ڪلهه

(kalha)

Slovakiska - včera

Slovenska - včeraj

Spanska - ayer

Swahili - jana

Svenska - i går

, igår

Tajik - дирӯз|tr=dirūz|sc=Cyrl

Tarantino - ajère

Tatar: kiçä

Telugu: నిన్న (ninna)

Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ (meùùa waan nēē)

Tok Pisin: asde

Turkiska - dün

Ukrainian: учора / вчора (učóra / včóra)

Uyghur - تۈنۈگۈن|sc=ug-Arab

Volapük - ädelo

Walesiska - ddoe

West Frisian: juster

See also

today

tomorrow_night

tonight

last_night

nudiustertian

tpi:yesterday simple:yesterday

Fullständig information på

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yesterday