vogue (v g)n. 1. The prevailing fashion, practice, or style: Hoop skirts were once the vogue. 2. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity: a party game no longer in vogue. See Synonyms at fashion. intr.v. vogued, vogue·ing or vogu·ing, vogues To dance by striking a series of rigid, stylized poses, evocative of fashion models during photograph shoots. [French, from Old French, probably from voguer, to sail, row, of Germanic origin; see wegh- in Indo-European roots. V., after the fashion magazine Vogue.] Word History: The history of the word vogue demonstrates how sense can change dramatically over time even while flowing, as it were, in the same channel. The Indo-European root of vogue is *wegh-, meaning "to go, transport in a vehicle." Among many other forms derived from this root was the Germanic stem *w  ga-, "water in motion." From this stem came the Old Low German verb wogn, meaning "to sway, rock." This verb passed into Old French as voguer, which meant "to sail, row." The Old French word yielded the noun vogue, which probably literally meant "a rowing," and so by extension "a course," and figuratively "reputation" and later "reputation of fashionable things" or "prevailing fashion." The French, who have given us many fashionable things, passed this noun on as well, it being first recorded in English in 1571. |
vogue
Noun
1. the popular style at a given time
2. in vogue fashionable
Adjective
fashionable: a vogue word [French]
voguish adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  vogue - the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" New Look - a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt fashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior bandwagon - a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon" |
| 2. | vogue - a current state of general acceptance and use acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
vogue
noun 1. fashion, trend, craze, style, the latest, the thing (informal) mode, last word, the rage, passing fancy, dernier cri (French)
adjective 2. fashionable, trendy Brit. (informal) in, now (informal) popular, with it (informal) prevalent, up-to-the-minute, modish, voguish >> in vogue popular, big, fashionable, all the rage, happening, accepted, current, cool, in favour, stylish, up to date, in use, prevalent, up to the minute, modish, trendsetting, schmick Austral. (informal)
Translations
n vogue [vəug]
in vogue
fashionable The French style of dress is in vogue just now. modieus في الموضَه، على الطِّراز الحَديث на мода v módě på mode in Mode στη μόδα de moda moes رایج muodissa à la mode בַּאוֹפנָה प्रचलन, रिवाज, चलन, लोकप्रियता u modi divatos sedang mode í tísku alla moda 流行の 유행하는, 인기를 얻고 있는 madingas modē; moderns menjadi ikut-ikutan in de mode moderne, på mote w modzie, modny na moda în vogă, la modă в моде v móde v modi u modi på modet ความเป็นที่นิยม moda 時行的 в моді فيشن ميں، رائج hợp thời trang 时行的
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
| ?Page tools | ||
|---|---|---|
|