Today we’re going to be looking at odierno, an adjective that you will regularly encounter once you begin reading the advanced texts such as the news or academic papers. It literally means “relevant to the current day, age or era” and in English, it would generally translate as of today, today’s, current or modern.
Odierno comes from the Latin hodiernus, which in turn derives from hodie (meaning ‘today’).
Because odierno is an adjective, its form changes in accordance with the gender and/or plurality of the subject it describes:
- odierno = masculine, singular
- odierna = feminine, singular
- odierni = masculine, plural
- odierne = feminine, plural
La lezione odierna è posticipata fino a nuovo avviso.
Today’s lesson is postponed until further notice.
Here are a few common examples of how odierno can be used in context:
- le tecnologie odierne = modern technology
- la situazione odierna = the current situation
- gli appuntamenti odierni = today’s appointments
- l’odierno bollettino meteorologico = today’s weather report
Heather Broster is a graduate with honours in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, proficient in English and Italian, as well as Japanese, Welsh, and French to varying degrees of fluency. Originally from Toronto, Heather has resided in various countries, notably Italy for a period of six years. Her primary focus lies in the fields of language acquisition, education, and bilingual instruction.
