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|/�jest�deɪ/
US: IPA|/�jest�rdeɪ/
audio|en-us-yesterday.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ|-eɪ

Noun
yesterday

1. The day before today.

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

1. 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]

Italian: t+|it|ieri|m
Inuktitut: ������
Japanese: �� (���, kin�)
Korean: �� (eoje)
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Lakota: htalehã
Latin: t-|la|heri
Lower Sorbian: cora
Macedonian: в�е�а (v�era)
Malayalam: �ന�നല� (innale)
Mongolian: t-|mn|ө�игдө�|trö�igdör|scRUchar|xs=Mongolian
Ojibwe: bijiinaago
Polish: t|pl|wczoraj
Portuguese: t-|pt|ontem
Romanian: t+|ro|ieri
Russian: t+|ru|в�е�а|trv�erá|scCyrl
Sindhi: SDchar|ڪ����� (kalha) f
Spanish: t+|es|ayer
Swedish: t+|sv|gårdag
Telugu: నిన�న (ninna)
Thai: THchar|�มื�อวา��ี� (meùùa waan n��)
Tok Pisin: asde
Ukrainian: ��о�а / в�о�а (u�óra / v�óra)
Upper Sorbian: w�era
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trans-top|the recent past
Finnish: t+|fi|eilinen, t-|fi|eilispäivä
Icelandic: gærdagur m (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn)
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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
trans-top|on the day before today
Afrikaans: gister
Albanian: dje
Amuzgo: bja
Anglo-Saxon: geostran
Arabic: ا�س|أ��س� (ámsi), ا�بارح|إ��ب�ار�ح (imbá:riħ)
Basque: atzo
Breton: dec'h
Bulgarian: t-|bg|в�е�а|trv�era|scCyrl
Catalan: ahir
Chickasaw: oblashush
Chinese: �天 (zuóti�n)
Cornish: dé#Cornish|dé
Croatian: t-|hr|ju�er
Czech: t-|cs|v�era
Danish: t-|da|i går
Dutch: t+|nl|gisteren
Esperanto: t-|eo|hieraÅ­|xs=Esperanto
Faroese: t-|fo|í gjár|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|eilen
French: t+|fr|hier
Frisian: juster
German: t+|de|gestern
Greek: �θέ� (khthés)
Haitian Creole: yè
Hebrew: �ת��� (etmól)
Hungarian: t+|hu|tegnap
Icelandic: t+|is|í gær
Indonesian: t+|id|kemarin|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: heri
Italian: t+|it|ieri|m
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Japanese: �� (���, kin�; ����, sakújitsu)
Kazakh: ke�e
Korean: �� (eoje)
Lakota: htaleha|htalehã
Latin: t-|la|heri, t+|la|here
Latvian: t-|lv|vakar|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: adverb: vakar; noun: vakardiena f, vakarykšt� diena f
Luxembourgish: gëschter
Manx: jea
Navajo: ad����d����'
Neapolitan: craje
Ngan'gityemerri: kultyinimbi
Norwegian: t-|no|igår
Occitan: gèr
Ojibwe: bijiinaago
Papiamentu: ayera
Polish: t+|pl|wczoraj
Portuguese: t-|pt|ontem|m
Romanian: t+|ro|ieri
Russian: t+|ru|в�е�а|trv�erá|scCyrl
Sanskrit: (hyas)
Serbian: ���е (ju�e)
Sindhi: SDchar|ڪ����� (kalha) f
Slovak: t-|sk|v�era
Slovene: t+|sl|v�eraj
Spanish: t+|es|ayer|m
Swedish: t-|sv|i går, t+|sv|igår
Tatar: kiçä
Telugu: నిన�న (ninna)
Thai: �มื�อวา��ี� (meùùa waan n��)
Tok Pisin: asde
Turkish: t+|tr|dün
Ukrainian: ��о�а / в�о�а (u�óra / v�óra)
Welsh: t-|cy|doe|xs=Welsh
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See also
today
tomorrow night
tonight
last night
nudiustertian

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Time

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