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From Middle English yesterday yisterday ȝesterdai ȝisterdai Old English ġiestrandæġ ġister dæġ ġestor dæġ ġeostran dæġ Scots yisterday yesterday ( “ yesterday ” ) , Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍃 ( gistradagis “ tomorrow ” , adverb ) . Compare further Dutch gisteren German gestern surface analysis , yester- day
yesterday (plural yesterdays
The day immediately before today ; one day ago.
Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow.
Yesterday was rainy, but by this morning it had begun to snow.
1899 Hughes Mearns , Antigonish Yesterday , upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
( figuratively ) past , often in terms of being outdated .
yesterday's technology
The worker of today is different from that of yesterday .
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Macbeth ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC [ Act V, scene v] :All our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death.
2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders ”, in The Economist 407 , number 8841 , page 76 :Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday , of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.
The plural yesterdays
While pronunciations with /ˈjɪ-/ are now dialectal, they were formerly found in the standard language. For example, writer and orthoepist Thomas Sheridan prescribed such a pronunciation in his work.[ 2] day before today
Afar: kimal
Afrikaans: gister
Ainu: ヌマン ( numan )
Albanian: dje (sq)
Aleut: yam
Amharic: ትናንት ( tənant ) , ትናንትና ( tənantəna )
Andi: суни ( suni )
Arabic: أَمْس ( ʔams )
Cypriot Arabic: imps
Egyptian Arabic: امبارح ( imbāriḥ )
Hijazi Arabic: أمس ( ʔams )
Moroccan Arabic: البارح ( el-bāriḥ )
South Levantine Arabic: مبارح ( mbāreḥ, mbēreḥ )
Aragonese: ahier
Armenian: երեկ (hy) ( erek )
Old Armenian: երէկ ( erēk )
Aromanian: aeri aieri ieri eri asearã
Assamese: কালি ( kali ) (may refer to tomorrow , depending on the context), যোৱাকালি ( züakali )
Asturian: ayeri (ast) m
Avar: сон ( son )
Azerbaijani: dünən (az) , dün (az)
Baluchi: زی ( zí )
Bashkir: кисә ( kisə ) , кисәге ( kisəge )
Basque: atzo (eu)
Belarusian: учо́ра ( učóra ) , ўчо́ра ( ŭčóra )
Bengali: গতকাল (bn) ( gotokal )
Bikol Central: kasu-udma kasuhapon
Bislama: yestedei
Bulgarian: вче́ра (bg) ( včéra )
Burmese: မနေ့က ( ma.ne.ka. )
Catalan: ahir (ca)
Cebuano: gahapon
Chechen: селхана ( selxana )
Chickasaw: oblaashaash
Chinese:
Cantonese: 昨天 ( zok6 tin1 ) , 琴日 (yue) ( kam4 jat6 ) , 尋日 ／ 寻日 (yue) ( cam4 jat6 ) , 昨日 (yue) ( zok3 jat6 )
Eastern Min: 昨暝 ( sŏ̤h-màng )
Hakka: 昨晡日 ( chô-pû-ngit )
Hokkien: 昨昏 (zh-min-nan) ( cha-hng, cha̍h-hng, chah-hng, chăng ) , 昨日 (zh-min-nan) ( cha-ji̍t, cha-li̍t, cha̍h-ji̍t, cha̍h-li̍t, cho̍h-ji̍t, cho̍h-li̍t ) , 昨暗 (zh-min-nan) ( cha-àm )
Mandarin: 昨天 (zh) ( zuótiān ) , 昨日 (zh) ( zuórì )
Wu: 昨日 ( zoq nyiq, zo nyiq )
Chuvash: ӗнер ( ĕner )
Crimean Tatar: dün tünevin
Czech: včerejšek (cs) m
Dalmatian: jere
Danish: i går (da)
Dutch: gisteren (nl)
Egyptian: (sf
Esperanto: hieraŭ (eo)
Estonian: eile (et) , eilnepäev
Faroese: í gjár gjárdagur m
Fijian: nanoa (fj)
Finnish: eilinen (fi) , eilispäivä (fi)
French: hier (fr)
Friulian: îr
Galician: onte (gl)
Georgian: გუშინ ( gušin )
German: gestriger Tag gestern (de)
Greek: χθες (el) ( chthes )
Ancient: χθές ( khthés )
Greenlandic: ippassaq
Gujarati: ગઈ કાલ f ( gaī kāl )
Hebrew: אֶתְמוֹל (he) ( 'etmól ) , ( formally or poetic ) אֶמֶשׁ (he) ( 'émesh )
Higaonon: gabi-a
Hindi: कल (hi) ( kal ) (may refer to tomorrow , depending on the context), कलि (hi) ( kali )
Hungarian: tegnap (hu)
Hunsrik: gester
Icelandic: gærdagur gærdagurinn í gær
Indonesian: kemarin (id)
Ingrian: egliin päivä eglelliin päivä
Ingush: селхан ( selxan )
Interlingua: heri (ia)
Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ ( ippaksaq )
Irish: inné (ga)
Istriot: ièri
Italian: ieri (it) m
Japanese: 昨日 (ja) ( きのう, kinō ) , 昨日 (ja) ( さくじつ, sakujitsu )
Kaingang: rãké tá
Kannada: ನಿನ್ನೆ (kn) ( ninne )
Kapampangan: napun
Kazakh: кеше ( keşe )
Khmer: ម្សិលមិញ ( msəl mɨñ ) , ថ្ងៃម្សិល ( tngay msəl ) , ម្សិល (km) ( msəl )
Konkani: कालि ( kāli )
Korean: 어제 (ko) ( eoje ) , 작일 (ko) ( jagil )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: duhî (ku)
Kyrgyz: кечээ (ky) ( kecee )
Ladin: inier m
Lakota: htalehã
Lao: ມື້ວານ (lo) ( mư̄ wān )
Latin: heri (la) , hesternus
Latvian: vakar (lv) , vakardiena f
Laz: ღომა ( ğoma )
Ligurian: vêi m
Lithuanian: vakar (lt) , vakardiena f vakarykštė diena f
Livonian: eggiļ
Lombard: jer (lmo) m
Luganda: jjo
Luxembourgish: gëschter (lb)
Macanese: onte
Macedonian: вче́ра ( včéra )
Malay: semalam (ms) , kelmarin (ms)
Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (ml) ( innale )
Maltese: bieraħ ilbieraħ m
Mansaka: kagabi
Maori: nanahi
Marathi: काल ( kāl )
Middle English: yesterday
Mongolian: өчигдөр (mn) ( öčigdör )
Nauruan: ngago nane nanahi
Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ
Ndzwani Comorian: vojana
Ngazidja Comorian: djana
Norman: hièr ( Jersey )
Northern Sami: ievttá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gårsdag (no) m
Nynorsk: gårdag m gårsdag m
Occitan: ièr (oc)
Odia: ଗତକାଲି (or) ( gatakāli )
Ojibwe: bijiinaago
Oromo: kaleessa
Papiamentu: ayera (á)
Pashto: پرون (ps) ( pron )
Persian: دیروز (fa) ( diruz )
Piedmontese: ier m
Polabian: ceră f
Polish: wczoraj (pl) n
Portuguese: ontem (pt)
Quechua: qayna
Romanian: ieri (ro)
Romansch: ier her
Russian: вчера́ (ru) ( včerá )
Saho: kumal
Samoan: ananafi
Sanskrit: ह्यस् (sa) ( hyás )
Sardinian: aiseru deris
Scots: yestreen
Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ју̀че̄р ју̀че
Roman: jùčēr (sh) , jùčē (sh)
Shona: nezuro
Sicilian: aieri (scn)
Sidamo: bero
Sindhi: ڪلهه (sd) f ( kalha )
Sinhalese: ඊයේ (si) ( īyē )
Skolt Sami: jåhtta
Slovak: včera (sk)
Slovene: včéraj (sl)
Somali: shalay
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cora
Upper Sorbian: wčera
Sotho: maobane (st)
Southern Sami: jååktan
Spanish: ayer (es)
Svan: ლა̄თ ( lāt )
Swahili: jana (sw)
Swedish: gårdag (sv) , i går (sv)
Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁꠟ ( xail ) (may refer to tomorrow , depending on the context)
Tagalog: kahapon
Tajik: дирӯз (tg) ( dirüz )
Tamil: நேற்று (ta) ( nēṟṟu )
Tarantino: ajère
Tatar: кичә (tt) ( kiçä )
Telugu: నిన్న (te) ( ninna )
Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ ( mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi )
Tibetan: ཁ་སང ( kha sang )
Tok Pisin: asde (tpi)
Tswana: maabane
Turkish: dün (tr)
Turkmen: düýn
Ukrainian: учо́ра ( učóra ) , вчо́ра (uk) ( včóra )
Urdu: کل ( kal ) (may refer to tomorrow , depending on the context)
Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن ( tünügün )
Uzbek: kecha (uz) , kechagi (uz)
Venda: mulovha mba-mulovha
Venetan: geri
Vietnamese: hôm qua (vi)
Volapük: ädel (vo)
Votic: egle
Vurës: nonor
Welsh: ddoe
West Frisian: juster (fy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: gevi'i
Wolof: démb (wo) , demba
Xhosa: izolo
Yagnobi: пиён ( piyon )
Yakut: бэҕэһээ ( beğehee )
Yao: liiso
Yiddish: נעכטן ( nekhtn )
Yup'ik: unuamek akwaugaq
Zazaki: vızêr (diq)
Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz ngoenzvaz ŋɵnƨlɯenƨ
Zulu: izolo class 5
yesterday (not comparable )
On the day before today .
Synonym: ( Ireland ) the last day Antonym: tomorrow I started to watch the video yesterday , but could only finish it this evening.
( informal ) possible .
I want this done yesterday !
on the day before today
Afrikaans: gister
Albanian: dje (sq)
Alviri-Vidari: ( Vidari ) ایزیره ( izzire )
Amharic: ትናንትና ( tənantəna )
Arabic: أَمْسِ ( ʔamsi )
Egyptian Arabic: امبارح ( imbāraḥ )
Moroccan Arabic: البارح ( el-bāriḥ )
Armenian: երեկ (hy) ( erek )
Old Armenian: երէկ ( erēk )
Asturian: ayeri (ast)
Avar: сон ( son )
Azerbaijani: dünən (az) , dün (az) , ötən gün ( formal )
Bashkir: кисә ( kisə )
Basque: atzo (eu)
Belarusian: учо́ра ( učóra ) , ўчо́ра ( ŭčóra )
Breton: dec'h (br)
Bulgarian: вче́ра (bg) ( včéra )
Burmese: မနေ့က ( ma.ne.ka. )
Buryat: үсэгэлдэр ( üsegelder )
Carpathian Rusyn: вче́ра ( včéra ) , уче́ра ( učéra ) , вчо́ра ( včóra ) , учо́ра ( učóra )
Catalan: ahir (ca)
Cebuano: gahapon
Chamicuro: likajpe'ta
Chechen: селхана ( selxana )
Chichewa: dzulo
Chickasaw: oblaashaash
Chinese:
Cantonese: 尋日 ／ 寻日 (yue) ( cam4 jat6 ) , 琴日 (yue) ( kam4 jat6 ) , 昨天 ( zok3 tin1 )
Dungan: зуәр ( zuər ) , зуәргә ( zuərgə ) , ели ( i͡əli ) , елигә ( i͡əligə )
Eastern Min: 昨暝 ( sŏ̤h-màng )
Gan: 昨日 ( 'coh7 nyit6 )
Hakka: 昨晡日 ( chhô-pû-ngit )
Hokkien: 昨昏 ( cha-hng )
Jin: 夜天 ( ie3 tie1 )
Mandarin: 昨天 (zh) ( zuótiān ) , 昨日 (zh) ( zuórì ) ( literary ) , 昨兒 ／ 昨儿 (zh) ( zuór ) , 昨兒個 ／ 昨儿个 (zh) ( zuórge )
Northern Min: 隔暝 ( gă-mâng ) , 昨暝 ( ciā-mâng )
Wu: 昨日 ( 8 zoq-gniq; 6 zo-gniq)
Xiang: 昨日 ( zo2 r6 )
Chuvash: ӗнер ( ĕner )
Cornish: de
Crimean Tatar: dün tünevin
Czech: včera (cs)
Dalmatian: jere
Danish: i går (da)
Dutch: gisteren (nl)
Egyptian: (sf
Esperanto: hieraŭ (eo)
Estonian: eile (et)
Extremaduran: ayel
Faroese: í gjár
Finnish: eilen (fi) , eilispäivänä (fi)
French: hier (fr)
Friulian: îr
Georgian: გუშინ ( gušin )
German: gestern (de)
Greek: χθες (el) ( chthes )
Ancient: χθές ( khthés )
Greenlandic: ippassaq
Guerrero Amuzgo: bja
Gujarati: ગઇકાલે ( gaikāle )
Gurani: ھیزی ( hîzî )
Haitian Creole: yè
Hebrew: אֶתְמוֹל (he) ( 'etmól )
Hindi: कल (hi) ( kal ) ( may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context ) , काल (hi) ( kāl )
Hungarian: tegnap (hu)
Icelandic: í gær (is)
Ido: hiere (io)
Indonesian: kemarin (id)
Ingrian: egle
Interlingua: heri (ia)
Irish: inné (ga)
Istriot: ièri
Italian: ieri (it) m
Japanese: 昨日 (ja) ( きのう, kinō; さくじつ, sakujitsu )
Kannada: ನಿನ್ನೆ (kn) ( ninne )
Kazakh: кеше ( keşe )
Khmer: ម្សិល (km) ( msəl ) , ពីម្សិលមិញ ( pii msəl mɨñ ) , ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ ( thngay msəl mɨñ )
Komi-Permyak: тӧн ( tön )
Korean: 어제 (ko) ( eoje ) , 작일(昨日) (ko) ( jagil )
Kyrgyz: кечээ (ky) ( kecee )
Lakota: (please verify ) htalehã
Lao: ມື້ວານ (lo) ( mư̄ wān )
Latin: heri (la) , here (la)
Latvian: vakar (lv)
Lithuanian: vakar (lt)
Livonian: eggiļ
Luxembourgish: gëschter (lb)
Macanese: onte
Macedonian: вче́ра ( včéra )
Malay: semalam (ms)
Malayalam: ഇന്നലെ (ml) ( innale )
Maltese: lbieraħ
Manx: jea
Marathi: काल ( kāl )
Middle English: yesterday
Mòcheno: gester
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: өчигдөр (mn) ( öčigdör )
Mongolian: ᠥᠴᠦᠭᠡᠳᠦᠷ ( öčügedür )
Nanai: чисэниэ ( čisenie )
Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ
Neapolitan: ajere
Ngan'gityemerri: kultyinimbi
Ngazidja Comorian: djana
Norman: hiaer ( Guernsey ) , hièr ( Jersey )
Northern Mansi: (please verify ) молхо̄тал ( molhōtal )
Northern Sami: ikte
Norwegian:
Bokmål: i går
Nynorsk: i går
Occitan: ièr (oc)
Odia: ଗତକାଲି (or) ( gatakāli )
Ojibwe: bijiinaago
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: вьчера ( vĭčera )
Old East Slavic: вьчера ( vĭčera )
Old English: geostran
Ossetian: знон ( znon )
Pannonian Rusyn: вчера ( včera )
Papiamentu: ayera
Pashto: پرون (ps) ( parún )
Persian:
Dari: دِیروز (fa) ( dīrōz )
Iranian Persian: دیروز (fa) ( diruz )
Pipil: yalua
Polish: wczoraj (pl)
Portuguese: ontem (pt)
Punjabi: ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ( kallh )
Romanian: ieri (ro)
Romansch: ier
Russian: вчера́ (ru) ( včerá )
Rwanda-Rundi: ejo
Sanskrit: ह्यस् (sa) ( hyás )
Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ју̀че̄р ју̀че
Roman: jùčēr (sh) , jùčē (sh)
Sicilian: aieri (scn)
Sindhi: ڪلهه (sd) f ( kalha )
Sinhalese: ඊයේ (si) ( īyē )
Slovak: včera (sk)
Slovene: včeraj (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cora
Upper Sorbian: wčera
Spanish: ayer (es) m
Swahili: jana (sw)
Swedish: i går (sv) , igår (sv)
Tagalog: kahapon
Tajik: дирӯз (tg) ( dirüz )
Talysh: ( Asalemi ) ایزر ( izər )
Tamil: நேற்று (ta) ( nēṟṟu )
Tarantino: ajère
Tatar: кичә (tt) ( kiçä )
Telugu: నిన్న (te) ( ninna )
Thai: เมื่อวานนี้ ( mʉ̂ʉa-waan-níi )
Tibetan: ཁེ་སང ( khe sang ) , ཁ་སང ( kha sang )
Tigrinya: ትማሊ (ti) ( təmali )
Tok Pisin: asde (tpi)
Turkish: dün (tr)
Turkmen: düýn
Ukrainian: учо́ра ( učóra ) , вчо́ра (uk) ( včóra )
Urdu: کَل ( kal ) ( may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context ) , دِیروز ( dīroz )
Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن ( tünügün )
Uzbek: kecha (uz) , kechagi (uz)
Venetan: geri
Volapük: ädelo (vo)
Welsh: ddoe
West Frisian: juster (fy)
Yiddish: נעכטן ( nekhtn )
Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz ngoenzvaz
Zulu: izolo
^ Hans Kurath and Raven Ioor McDavid (1961). The pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States: based upon the collections of the linguistic atlas of the Eastern United States . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, pp. 134–135.
^ Thomas Sheridan (1790 ) A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and Meaning [1] From Old English ġiestrandæġ yester- day
IPA (key ) : /ˈjɛstərdæi/ , /ˈjistərdæi/ , /ˈjustərdæi/ yesterday
On the preceding day
At another preceding point in time; in the past yesterday
The preceding day; yesterday
A preceding point in time; the past 
