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daily

adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • dāli
  • /ˈdeɪli/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • India, North: /ˈɖeli/
  • India, South: /ˈɖɛjli/
  • India, South: /ˈɖe(j)li/
  • rhymes with -eɪli
  • CMU ARPABET: D EY1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally
  • daily life
  • on a daily basis
  • He follows a strict daily routine.
  • The daily newspaper arrives each morning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: circadianly, diurnally

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Diurnal: by daylight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nightly, at night

3

adv

Meaning 3

quotidianly, every day

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

diurnally, by daylight

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

A cleaner who comes in daily.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

A daily disposable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

A daily driver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, colloquial

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, colloquial

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly, colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adjective satellite

Meaning 15

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • casual clothes
  • everyday clothes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: casual, everyday

Antonyms: none provided

16

adjective satellite

Meaning 16

of or belonging to or occurring every day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • daily routine
  • a daily paper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day

Antonyms: none provided

17

adverb

Meaning 17

every day; without missing a day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he stops by daily

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

adverb

Meaning 18

gradually and progressively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his health weakened day by day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: day by day

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

a newspaper that is published every day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: newspaper, paper

History

Etymology

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

302 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: daagliks — that occurs every day
  • Arabic: يَوْمِيّ (yawmiyy) — that occurs every day
  • Armenian: օրական (ōrakan) — that occurs every day
  • Assamese: নিতৌ (nitou) — that occurs every day
  • Assamese: দৈনিক (doinik) — that occurs every day
  • Assamese: নিতে (nite) — that occurs every day
  • Assamese: দৈনন্দিন (doinondin) — that occurs every day
  • Assamese: প্ৰতিদিনে (protidine) — that occurs every day
  • Azerbaijani: gündəlik — that occurs every day
  • Basque: eguneroko — that occurs every day
  • Belarusian: штодзё́нны (štodzjónny) — that occurs every day
  • Belarusian: штосу́тачны (štosútačny) — that occurs every day
  • Central Bikol: aro-aldaw — that occurs every day
  • Bulgarian: всекидне́вен (vsekidnéven) — that occurs every day
  • Bulgarian: ежедне́вен (ežednéven) — that occurs every day
  • Burmese: နေ့စဉ် (ne.cany) — that occurs every day
  • Catalan: diari — that occurs every day
  • Catalan: quotidià — that occurs every day
  • Cherokee: ᏧᎩᏨᏅᏓ (tsugitsvnvda) — that occurs every day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 每天的 (měitiān de) — that occurs every day
  • Czech: denní — that occurs every day
  • Old Czech: denní — that occurs every day
  • Dalmatian: cotidiun — that occurs every day
  • Danish: daglig — that occurs every day
  • Dutch: dagelijks — that occurs every day
  • Esperanto: ĉiutaga — that occurs every day
  • Estonian: igapäevane — that occurs every day
  • Faroese: dagligur — that occurs every day
  • Finnish: päivittäinen — that occurs every day
  • French: quotidien — that occurs every day
  • French: journalier — that occurs every day
  • Galician: diario m diaria — that occurs every day
  • Galician: cotián — that occurs every day
  • Georgian: ყოველდღე (q̇oveldɣe) — that occurs every day
  • Georgian: ყოველდღიური (q̇oveldɣiuri) — that occurs every day
  • Georgian: დღიური (dɣiuri) — that occurs every day
  • German: täglich — that occurs every day
  • Middle High German: allertegelīch — that occurs every day
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (sinteins) — that occurs every day
  • Greek: εφήμερος (efímeros) — that occurs every day
  • Greek: καθημερινός (kathimerinós) — that occurs every day
  • Ancient Greek: ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros) — that occurs every day
  • Ancient Greek: καθημερινός (kathēmerinós) — that occurs every day
  • Gujarati: દરરોજ (darroj) — that occurs every day
  • Hawaiian: i kēlā me kēia lā — that occurs every day
  • Hebrew: יומיומי (yomiomy) — that occurs every day
  • Hebrew: יומיומית (yomiomyt) — that occurs every day
  • Hindi: रोज़ाना (rozānā) — that occurs every day
  • Hindi: दैनिक (dainik) — that occurs every day
  • Hindi: रोज़ का (roz kā) — that occurs every day
  • Hungarian: napi — that occurs every day
  • Hungarian: mindennapi — that occurs every day
  • Icelandic: daglegur — that occurs every day
  • Ido: diala — that occurs every day
  • Interlingua: quotidian — that occurs every day
  • Irish: laethúil — that occurs every day
  • Italian: quotidiano — that occurs every day
  • Italian: giornaliero — that occurs every day
  • Japanese: 毎日の (mainichi no) — that occurs every day
  • Kapampangan: aldo-aldo — that occurs every day
  • Khmer: ដែលប្រចាំថ្ងៃ (dael prɑcham tngay) — that occurs every day
  • Korean: 매일의 (maeirui) — that occurs every day
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژانە (rojane) — that occurs every day
  • Northern Kurdish: rojane — that occurs every day
  • Lao: ປະຈໍາວັນ (pa cham wan) — that occurs every day
  • Latin: quotīdiānus — that occurs every day
  • Latin: cōtīdiānus — that occurs every day
  • Luxembourgish: deeglech — that occurs every day
  • Macedonian: дневен (dneven) — that occurs every day
  • Macedonian: секојдневен (sekojdneven) — that occurs every day
  • Malay: harian — that occurs every day
  • Malayalam: ദൈനംദിന (dainandina) — that occurs every day
  • Maltese: kuljum praċett — that occurs every day
  • Norwegian Bokmål: daglig — that occurs every day
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dagleg — that occurs every day
  • Persian: روزانه (ruzâne) — that occurs every day
  • Polabian: dagliťă — that occurs every day
  • Polish: codzienny — that occurs every day
  • Portuguese: diário — that occurs every day
  • Portuguese: quotidiano — that occurs every day
  • Romanian: zilnic — that occurs every day
  • Romanian: cotidian — that occurs every day
  • Russian: ежедне́вный (ježednévnyj) — that occurs every day
  • Russian: каждодне́вный (každodnévnyj) — that occurs every day
  • Russian: ежесу́точный (ježesútočnyj) — that occurs every day
  • Sanskrit: द्यविद्यवि (dyávidyavi) — that occurs every day
  • Scottish Gaelic: làitheil — that occurs every day
  • Serbo-Croatian: сва̏кодне̄ван — that occurs every day
  • Serbo-Croatian: svȁkodnēvan — that occurs every day
  • Slovak: denný — that occurs every day
  • Slovene: vsakdanji — that occurs every day
  • Upper Sorbian: wšĕdny — that occurs every day
  • Spanish: diario — that occurs every day
  • Swahili: kila siku — that occurs every day
  • Swedish: daglig — that occurs every day
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠂꠔ꠆ꠔꠦꠇ ꠖꠤꠘ (foittex din) — that occurs every day
  • Tagalog: araw-araw — that occurs every day
  • Tajik: ҳаррӯза (harrüza) — that occurs every day
  • Tajik: рӯзмарра (rüzmarra) — that occurs every day
  • Tajik: явмия (yavmiya) — that occurs every day
  • Tamil: அன்றாட (aṉṟāṭa) — that occurs every day
  • Tamil: தினசரி (tiṉacari) — that occurs every day
  • Telugu: రోజువారి (rōjuvāri) — that occurs every day
  • Thai: ทุกวัน (túk-wan) — that occurs every day
  • Thai: รายวัน (raai-wan) — that occurs every day
  • Thai: ประจําวัน — that occurs every day
  • Turkish: günlük — that occurs every day
  • Turkish: gündelik — that occurs every day
  • Ukrainian: щоде́нний (ščodénnyj) — that occurs every day
  • Ukrainian: щодобови́й (ščodobovýj) — that occurs every day
  • Urdu: روزانہ (rozānā) — that occurs every day
  • Urdu: یَومِیَہ (yaumiyā) — that occurs every day
  • Uzbek: kunlik — that occurs every day
  • Vietnamese: hàng ngày — that occurs every day
  • Vietnamese: hằng ngày — that occurs every day
  • Vietnamese: mỗi ngày — that occurs every day
  • Volapük: aldelik — that occurs every day
  • Welsh: beunyddiol — that occurs every day
  • Yiddish: טעגלעך (teglekh) — that occurs every day
  • Afrikaans: daagliks — every day
  • Ainu: ケㇱト (kesto) — every day
  • Ainu: ケㇲト — every day
  • Arabic: يَوْمِيًّا (yawmiyyan) — every day
  • Arabic: كُلَّ يَوْمٍ (kulla yawmin) — every day
  • Armenian: օրական (ōrakan) — every day
  • Azerbaijani: hər gün — every day
  • Bashkir: һәр көн (hər kön) — every day
  • Basque: egunero — every day
  • Belarusian: штодня́ (štodnjá) — every day
  • Belarusian: штодзённа (štodzjonna) — every day
  • Belarusian: штодзе́нь (štodzjénʹ) — every day
  • Bhojpuri: रोज (rōj) — every day
  • Breton: bemdez — every day
  • Bulgarian: всекидне́вно (vsekidnévno) — every day
  • Bulgarian: ежедне́вно (ežednévno) — every day
  • Catalan: diàriament — every day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 每天 (měitiān) — every day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 每日 (měirì) — every day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 天天 (tiāntiān) — every day
  • Czech: denně — every day
  • Danish: dagligt — every day
  • Dutch: dagelijks — every day
  • Esperanto: ĉiutage — every day
  • Estonian: iga päev — every day
  • Estonian: päeviti — every day
  • Faroese: dagliga — every day
  • Finnish: päivittäin — every day
  • Finnish: joka päivä — every day
  • French: quotidiennement — every day
  • French: journellement — every day
  • French: tous les jours — every day
  • French: chaque jour — every day
  • Galician: diariamente — every day
  • Galician: decote — every day
  • Galician: acotío — every day
  • Galician: decotío — every day
  • German: täglich — every day
  • German: jeden Tag — every day
  • Greek: ημερησίως (imerisíos) — every day
  • Greek: καθημερινά (kathimeriná) — every day
  • Greek: κάθε μέρα (káthe méra) — every day
  • Ancient Greek: καθ’ ἡμέραν (kath’ hēméran) — every day
  • Haitian Creole: toulejou — every day
  • Hebrew: מדי יום (mi'dei yom) — every day
  • Hindi: रोज़ (roz) — every day
  • Hindi: हर रोज़ (har roz) — every day
  • Hindi: हर दिन (har din) — every day
  • Hindi: प्रतिदिन (pratidin) — every day
  • Hindi: दैनिक (dainik) — every day
  • Hungarian: mindennap — every day
  • Hungarian: naponta — every day
  • Ido: diale — every day
  • Indonesian: harian — every day
  • Interlingua: quotidianmente — every day
  • Irish: in éadan an lae — every day
  • Italian: quotidianamente — every day
  • Italian: giornalmente — every day
  • Italian: ogni giorno — every day
  • Italian: tutti i giorni — every day
  • Japanese: 毎日 (mainichi) — every day
  • Japanese: 日々 (nichinichi) — every day
  • Kazakh: әр күн (är kün) — every day
  • Khmer: រាល់ថ្ងៃ (roal tngay) — every day
  • Korean: 매일 (maeil) — every day
  • Korean: 맨날 (maennal) — every day
  • Northern Kurdish: rojane — every day
  • Northern Kurdish: her roj — every day
  • Kyrgyz: ар күн (ar kün) — every day
  • Latin: quotīdiē — every day
  • Lithuanian: kasdien — every day
  • Macedonian: секојдневно (sekojdnevno) — every day
  • Malay: setiap hari — every day
  • Malayalam: ദിവസേന (divasēna) — every day
  • Malayalam: ദൈനംദിനം (dainandinaṁ) — every day
  • Malayalam: ദിനംപ്രതി (dinamprati) — every day
  • Norwegian Bokmål: daglig — every day
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dagleg — every day
  • Polish: codziennie — every day
  • Polish: co dzień — every day
  • Polish: dziennie — every day
  • Polish: co dnia — every day
  • Polish: każdego dnia — every day
  • Portuguese: diariamente — every day
  • Romanian: zilnic — every day
  • Romanian: cotidian — every day
  • Russian: ежедне́вно (ježednévno) — every day
  • Russian: ка́ждый день (káždyj denʹ) — every day
  • Russian: каждодне́вно (každodnévno) — every day
  • Sanskrit: द्यविद्यवि (dyávidyavi) — every day
  • Serbo-Croatian: свакодневно — every day
  • Serbo-Croatian: svakodnevno — every day
  • Slovak: denne — every day
  • Spanish: diariamente — every day
  • Spanish: cotidianamente — every day
  • Swahili: kila siku — every day
  • Swedish: dagligen — every day
  • Swedish: varje dag — every day
  • Tamil: தினமும் (tiṉamum) — every day
  • Tamil: தினம் (tiṉam) — every day
  • Tamil: அன்றாடு (aṉṟāṭu) — every day
  • Thai: ทุกวัน (túk-wan) — every day
  • Thai: ทุก ๆ วัน (túk-túk-wan) — every day
  • Tocharian B: komt — every day
  • Turkish: her gün — every day
  • Turkmen: her gün — every day
  • Ukrainian: щоде́нно (ščodénno) — every day
  • Ukrainian: щодня́ (ščodnjá) — every day
  • Ukrainian: ко́жного дня (kóžnoho dnja) — every day
  • Urdu: روز (roz) — every day
  • Urdu: ہر روز (har roz) — every day
  • Urdu: ہر دن (har din) — every day
  • Uyghur: ھەر كۈنى (her küni) — every day
  • Vietnamese: mổi ngày — every day
  • Volapük: aldeliko — every day
  • Yiddish: יעדן טאָג (yedn tog) — every day
  • Yiddish: טאָג־טעגלעך (tog-teglekh) — every day
  • Yiddish: טעגווײַז (tegvayz) — every day
  • Afrikaans: dagblad — newspaper
  • Armenian: օրաթերթ (ōratʻertʻ) — newspaper
  • Basque: egunkari — newspaper
  • Belarusian: штодзё́ннік (štodzjónnik) — newspaper
  • Bulgarian: ежедне́вник (ežednévnik) — newspaper
  • Catalan: diari — newspaper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日報 /日报 (rìbào) — newspaper
  • Czech: deník — newspaper
  • Danish: dagblad — newspaper
  • Dutch: dagblad — newspaper
  • Estonian: päevaleht — newspaper
  • Faroese: dagblað — newspaper
  • Finnish: päivälehti — newspaper
  • French: quotidien — newspaper
  • Galician: diario — newspaper
  • German: Tageszeitung — newspaper
  • Hawaiian: puka lā — newspaper
  • Hebrew: יוֹמוֹן (yomon) — newspaper
  • Hindi: दैनिक (dainik) — newspaper
  • Hindi: दैनिक पत्रिका (dainik patrikā) — newspaper
  • Hindi: दैनिक अख़बार (dainik axbār) — newspaper
  • Hungarian: napilap — newspaper
  • Icelandic: dagblað — newspaper
  • Irish: páipéar laethúil — newspaper
  • Italian: quotidiano — newspaper
  • Japanese: 日報 (nippō) — newspaper
  • Japanese: 日刊新聞 (nikkan shimbun) — newspaper
  • Japanese: 日刊紙 (nikkanshi) — newspaper
  • Korean: 일보 (ilbo) — newspaper
  • Korean: 일간지 (ilganji) — newspaper
  • Korean: 일간신문 (ilgansinmun) — newspaper
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژنامە (rojname) — newspaper
  • Northern Kurdish: rojname — newspaper
  • Macedonian: дневен весник (dneven vesnik) — newspaper
  • Malayalam: ദിനപത്രം (dinapatraṁ) — newspaper
  • Norman: papi d'touos les jours — newspaper
  • Norman: papi journalyi — newspaper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dagsavis — newspaper
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dagsavis — newspaper
  • Polish: dziennik — newspaper
  • Portuguese: diário — newspaper
  • Romanian: ziar — newspaper
  • Russian: ежедне́вная газе́та (ježednévnaja gazéta) — newspaper
  • Russian: ежедне́вник (ježednévnik) — newspaper
  • Serbo-Croatian: дневне новине — newspaper
  • Serbo-Croatian: dnevne novine — newspaper
  • Slovak: denník — newspaper
  • Slovene: dnevni časopis — newspaper
  • Lower Sorbian: źenik — newspaper
  • Upper Sorbian: dźenik — newspaper
  • Spanish: diario — newspaper
  • Swedish: dagstidning — newspaper
  • Telugu: దినపత్రిక (dinapatrika) — newspaper
  • Thai: หนังสือพิมพ์รายวัน (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-pim-raai-wan) — newspaper
  • Turkish: günlük gazete — newspaper
  • Ukrainian: щоде́нник (ščodénnyk) — newspaper
  • Ukrainian: щоде́нна газе́та (ščodénna hazéta) — newspaper
  • Vietnamese: nhật báo — newspaper
  • Yiddish: טאָגצײַטונג (togtsaytung) — newspaper
  • Yiddish: טאָגבלאַט (togblat) — newspaper
  • Finnish: päiväsiivooja — cleaner
  • Italian: donna di servizio — cleaner
  • Portuguese: diarista — cleaner
  • Russian: подёнщица (podjónščica) — cleaner
  • Turkish: gündelikçi — cleaner
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