vogue

vogue  (vg)

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.

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[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 *wga-, "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.

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vogue

Noun

1. the popular style at a given time

2. in vogue fashionable

Adjective

fashionable: a vogue word [French]

voguish adj

Thesaurus

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" style, trend 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"

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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

vogue [vəug] n → boga, moda;

to be in vogue, be the vogue → estar de moda or en boga

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vogue [vəug] n → mode f (= popularity); vogue f;

to be in vogue → être en vogue or à la mode

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vogue [vəug] n (fashion) → Mode f;

(popularity) → Popularität f;

in vogue → in Mode

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vogue [vəug] n → moda (= popularity); popolarità, voga;

to be in vogue, be the vogue → essere di moda