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diary

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/
  • /ˈdaɪ.ɹi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪ.əɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY1 ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D AY1 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Lasting for one day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer's hard drive.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: daybook, journal

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A personal organizer or appointment diary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: agenda

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To keep a diary or journal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a personal journal (as a physical object)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: journal

6

noun

Meaning 6

a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: journal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: writing, written material, piece of writing

Narrower terms: web log, blog

History

Etymology

From Latin diārius.

From Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”).

Across languages

Translations

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dagboek — daily log of experiences
  • Albanian: ditar — daily log of experiences
  • Arabic: دَفْتَرُ يَوْمِيّاتٍ (daftaru yawmiyyātin) — daily log of experiences
  • Arabic: يَوْمِيَّات (yawmiyyāt) — daily log of experiences
  • Arabic: دَفْتَرُ مُذَكِّراتٍ (daftaru muḏakkirātin) — daily log of experiences
  • Arabic: مُذَكِّرَات (muḏakkirāt) — daily log of experiences
  • Arabic: مفكرّة يومية — daily log of experiences
  • Armenian: օրագիր (ōragir) — daily log of experiences
  • Asturian: diariu — daily log of experiences
  • Azerbaijani: gündəlik — daily log of experiences
  • Bashkir: көндәлек (köndəlek) — daily log of experiences
  • Belarusian: дзённік (dzjónnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Belarusian: дзе́ньнік (dzjénʹnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Belarusian: дзёньнік (dzjónʹnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Bengali: দিনলিপি (dinlipi) — daily log of experiences
  • Bengali: রোজনামচা (rojnamca) — daily log of experiences
  • Bengali: রোজনামা (rojnama) — daily log of experiences
  • Bulgarian: дне́вник (dnévnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Burmese: ဒိုင်ယာရီ (duing-yari) — daily log of experiences
  • Burmese: နေ့စဉ်မှတ်တမ်း (ne.canyhmattam:) — daily log of experiences
  • Catalan: diari — daily log of experiences
  • Catalan: dietari — daily log of experiences
  • Catalan: llibre diari — daily log of experiences
  • Chinese Cantonese: 日記 /日记 (jat6 gei3) — daily log of experiences
  • Chinese: 日記 /日记 (zh-min-nan) — daily log of experiences
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日記 /日记 (rìjì) — daily log of experiences
  • Wu Chinese: 日記 /日记 (8zeq-ci) — daily log of experiences
  • Czech: deník — daily log of experiences
  • Danish: dagbog — daily log of experiences
  • Central Dusun: diari — daily log of experiences
  • Dutch: dagboek — daily log of experiences
  • Esperanto: taglibro — daily log of experiences
  • Estonian: päevik — daily log of experiences
  • Faroese: dagbók — daily log of experiences
  • Fijian: ivola — daily log of experiences
  • Finnish: päiväkirja — daily log of experiences
  • French: journal intime — daily log of experiences
  • Galician: diario — daily log of experiences
  • Georgian: დღიური (dɣiuri) — daily log of experiences
  • German: Tagebuch — daily log of experiences
  • Greek: ημερολόγιο (imerológio) — daily log of experiences
  • Ancient Greek: ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís) — daily log of experiences
  • Gujarati: ડાયરી (ḍāyarī) — daily log of experiences
  • Hebrew: יוֹמָן (yomán) — daily log of experiences
  • Hindi: रोज़नामा (roznāmā) — daily log of experiences
  • Hindi: रोज़नामचा (roznāmcā) — daily log of experiences
  • Hindi: दैनन्दिनी (dainandinī) — daily log of experiences
  • Hindi: डायरी (ḍāyarī) — daily log of experiences
  • Hungarian: napló — daily log of experiences
  • Icelandic: dagbók — daily log of experiences
  • Ido: diario — daily log of experiences
  • Indonesian: buku harian — daily log of experiences
  • Indonesian: diari — daily log of experiences
  • Interlingua: diario — daily log of experiences
  • Irish: dialann — daily log of experiences
  • Italian: diario — daily log of experiences
  • Italian: diario intimo — daily log of experiences
  • Japanese: 日記 (nikki) — daily log of experiences
  • Japanese: 日記帳 (nikkichō) — daily log of experiences
  • Kalmyk: өдрлг (ödrlg) — daily log of experiences
  • Kannada: ಡೈರಿ (ḍairi) — daily log of experiences
  • Kannada: ದಿನಚರಿ (dinacari) — daily log of experiences
  • Kazakh: күнделік (kündelık) — daily log of experiences
  • Khmer: ជំនិតដៃ (cumnɨt day) — daily log of experiences
  • Korean: 일기 (ilgi) — daily log of experiences
  • Korean: 일기장 (ilgijang) — daily log of experiences
  • Northern Kurdish: rojnivîsk — daily log of experiences
  • Kyrgyz: күндөлүк (kündölük) — daily log of experiences
  • Kyrgyz: дневник (dnevnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Lao: ສມຸດບັນທຶກ (sa mut ban thưk) — daily log of experiences
  • Lao: ບົດບັນທຶກປະຈໍາວັນ (bot ban thưk pa cham wan) — daily log of experiences
  • Lao: ສະມຸດປະຈໍາມື້ (sa mut pa cham mư̄) — daily log of experiences
  • Latin: ephēmeris — daily log of experiences
  • Latin: commentārius — daily log of experiences
  • Latin: diārium — daily log of experiences
  • Latvian: dienasgrāmata — daily log of experiences
  • Lithuanian: dienoraštis — daily log of experiences
  • Macedonian: дневник (dnevnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Malay: diari — daily log of experiences
  • Malayalam: ഡയറി (ḍayaṟi) — daily log of experiences
  • Māori: pukapuka rātaka — daily log of experiences
  • Māori: rātaka — daily log of experiences
  • Marathi: दैनंदिनी (dainandinī) — daily log of experiences
  • Marathi: रोजनिशी (rojniśī) — daily log of experiences
  • Mongolian: өдрийн тэмдэглэл (ödriin temdeglel) — daily log of experiences
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dagbok — daily log of experiences
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dagbok — daily log of experiences
  • Occitan: jornal — daily log of experiences
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дньовнїк (dnʹovnjik) — daily log of experiences
  • Pashto: ورځپاڼه (wrajpāṇa) — daily log of experiences
  • Dari: کِتَابْچَهٔ خَاطِرَات (kitābča-yi xātirāt) — daily log of experiences
  • Dari: روزْنَامَه (rōznāma) — daily log of experiences
  • Iranian Persian: دَفْتَرِ خاطِرات (daftar-e xâterât) — daily log of experiences
  • Iranian Persian: دَفْتَرِ خاطِراتِ روزانِه (daftar-e xâterât-e ruzâne) — daily log of experiences
  • Iranian Persian: روزْنامِه (ruznâme) — daily log of experiences
  • Polish: dziennik — daily log of experiences
  • Polish: pamiętnik — daily log of experiences
  • Polish: dzienniczek — daily log of experiences
  • Portuguese: diário — daily log of experiences
  • Romanian: jurnal intim — daily log of experiences
  • Russian: дневни́к (dnevník) — daily log of experiences
  • Russian: ежедне́вник (ježednévnik) — daily log of experiences
  • Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-latha — daily log of experiences
  • Serbo-Croatian: дне̑внӣк — daily log of experiences
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐлежница — daily log of experiences
  • Serbo-Croatian: dnȇvnīk — daily log of experiences
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèležnica — daily log of experiences
  • Sinhalese: දින පොත (dina pota) — daily log of experiences
  • Slovak: denník — daily log of experiences
  • Slovene: dnevnik — daily log of experiences
  • Southern Altai: кӱнлик (künlik) — daily log of experiences
  • Spanish: diario — daily log of experiences
  • Spanish: diario personal — daily log of experiences
  • Spanish: dietario — daily log of experiences
  • Swahili: tarihi — daily log of experiences
  • Swahili: shajara — daily log of experiences
  • Swedish: dagbok — daily log of experiences
  • Tagalog: talaarawan — daily log of experiences
  • Tajik: дафтари хотира (daftar-i xotira) — daily log of experiences
  • Tajik: рӯзнома (rüznoma) — daily log of experiences
  • Tamil: நாட்குறிப்பு (nāṭkuṟippu) — daily log of experiences
  • Tatar: көндәлек (köndälek) — daily log of experiences
  • Telugu: డైరీ (ḍairī) — daily log of experiences
  • Thai: อนุทิน (à-nú-tin) — daily log of experiences
  • Thai: ไดอารี (dai-aa-rîi) — daily log of experiences
  • Tigrinya: መዝገበ-ዕለት (mäzgäbä-ʿəlät) — daily log of experiences
  • Turkish: günlük — daily log of experiences
  • Turkish: ruzname — daily log of experiences
  • Turkish: jurnal — daily log of experiences
  • Ottoman Turkish: روزنامه (ruzname) — daily log of experiences
  • Turkmen: gündelik — daily log of experiences
  • Ukrainian: щоде́нник (ščodénnyk) — daily log of experiences
  • Urdu: روز نامْچَہ (roz nāmca) — daily log of experiences
  • Urdu: روزْنامْچَہ (roznāmca) — daily log of experiences
  • Urdu: ڈائِری (ḍāirī) — daily log of experiences
  • Urdu: روزْنامَہ (roznāma) — daily log of experiences
  • Uyghur: كۈندىلىك (kündilik) — daily log of experiences
  • Uzbek: kundalik — daily log of experiences
  • Vietnamese: sổ nhật ký — daily log of experiences
  • Vietnamese: nhật kí — daily log of experiences
  • Vietnamese: nhật ký — daily log of experiences
  • Volapük: delabuk — daily log of experiences
  • Welsh: dyddiadur — daily log of experiences
  • Welsh: dyddlyfr — daily log of experiences
  • Yiddish: טאָג־בוך (tog-bukh) — daily log of experiences
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