vogue

See also Vogue

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: vōg, IPA: /vəʊɡ/, SAMPA: /v@Ug/
• Rhymes: -əʊɡ

Etymology

(1565) From Middle French vogue, from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue (“a rowing”), from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), of Germanic origin, from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōnan (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganan (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”). Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”). More at wag.

Noun

vogue (plural vogues)

1. the prevailing fashion or style

   Miniskirts were the vogue in the '60s.

2. popularity or a current craze

   Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.

3. A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.

Derived terms

• voguer

Translations

the prevailing fashion or style

Finnish: muoti (fi) Icelandic: tíska (is) f. Kurdish: باو (ku) (baw)

Romanian: vogă (ro) f. Russian: мода (ru) (moda) f. Spanish: boga (es) f.

popularity or a current craze

Finnish: villitys (fi), muoti (fi) Icelandic: tíska (is) f., æði (is) n.

Kurdish: باو (ku) (baw)

Verb

vogue (third-person singular simple present vogues, present participle voguing, simple past and past participle vogued)

1. (intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style.

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French

Etymology

From Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue (“a rowing”), from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), of Germanic origin, from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōnan (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganan (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”). Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”). More at wag.

Noun

vogue f. (plural vogues)

1. vogue

Verb

vogue

1. first-person singular present indicative of voguer
2. third-person singular present indicative of voguer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of voguer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of voguer
5. second-person singular imperative of voguer