style

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French estile (French: style), from Latin stilus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /staɪl/, SAMPA: /staIl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪl
• Homophone: stile

Noun

style (plural styles)

1. A manner of doing things, especially in a fashionable one.
2. (botany) the stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
3. A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
4. A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
5. (nonstandard) stylus

Derived terms

• stylish
• stylist
• hairstyle
• style guide
• style manual

Translations

manner of doing things

Armenian: ոճ (hy) (oč̣) Chinese: Mandarin: 樣式 (zh), 样式 (zh) (yàngshì), 風格 (zh), 风格 (zh) (fēnggé), 格調 (zh), 格调 (zh) (gédiào), 式樣 (zh), 式样 (zh) (shìyàng) Croatian: stȉl (hr) m., náčin (hr) m. Czech: styl (cs) m., sloh (cs) m. Dutch: stijl (nl) m. Esperanto: stilo (eo) Finnish: tyyli (fi) French: modèle (fr) m. German: Stil (de) m. Greek: ύφος (el) (ýfos) n. Hebrew: סגנון m. (Signon) Hungarian: stílus (hu) Ido: stilo (io)

Indonesian: gaya, stail (id) Irish: stíl (ga) f. Italian: stile (it) m. Japanese: 様式 Korean: 작풍 Latin: stilus (la) m. Latvian: stils (lv) Norwegian: stil (no) Portuguese: estilo (pt) m. Romanian: stil (ro) n., fel (ro), gen (ro) Russian: тип m. (tip) Scottish Gaelic: stoidhle (gd) f., modh (gd) m. and f. Spanish: estilo (es) m. Swedish: stil (sv) c. Telugu: పద్ధతి (te) (paddhati), తరహా (te) (tarahaa), శైలి (te) (saili)

connector between ovary and stigma

Finnish: vartalo (fi) Greek: στύλος (el) (stýlos) m.

Irish: stíl (ga) f.

term preceding a reference to a person

term to address a person

Norwegian: tiltaleform (no) m.

See also

• substance

Verb

style (third-person singular simple present styles, present participle styling, simple past and past participle styled)

1. To create or give a style, fashion or image.
2. To call or give a name or title.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 10

     Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, stiled ^[sic] Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal inquiries.

Translations

to create or give a style

Finnish: suunnitella, stailata Hungarian: stilizál

Indonesian: gaya (id) Norwegian: stilisere (no)

to call or give a name or title

Norwegian: tiltale (no)

---

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stilus.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

style m. (plural styles)

1. style