fashionable

English

Etymology

fashion +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/

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Adjective

fashionable (comparative more fashionable, superlative most fashionable)

1. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.

   a fashionable dress; a fashionable man

2. Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.

   the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions

3. (archaic) genteel; well-bred

   fashionable society

   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Time is like a fashionable host / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

Synonyms

• styleworthy

Derived terms

• fashionably

Translations

characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style

• Bulgarian: модерен (bg) (moderen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時髦／时髦 (zh) (shímáo), 时髦 (zh) (shímáo), 風靡／风靡 (zh) (fēngmǐ), 风靡 (zh) (fēngmǐ), 時興／时兴 (zh) (shíxīng), 时兴 (zh) (shíxīng), 入時／入时 (zh) (rùshí), 入时 (zh) (rùshí), 當令／当令 (zh) (dānglìng), 当令 (zh) (dānglìng), 流行 (zh) (liúxíng)

• Dutch: modieus (nl)
• Finnish: muodikas (fi)
• French: à la mode (fr), en vogue (fr)
• Galician: á moda f
• German: modisch (de)
• Greek: μοδάτος (el) (modátos)
• Hungarian: divatos (hu)
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• Ido: enmoda
• Japanese: はやりの (hayari-no), 洒落た (しゃれた, shareta), 流行の (ja) (りゅうこうの, ryūkō-no)
• Maori: rorotu, tōingo
• Portuguese: moderno (pt), na moda
• Russian: мо́дный (ru) (módnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: nòsach, nòsail, nòsmhor, modhail, fasanta
• Slovak: módny
• Spanish: a la moda, de moda
• Tagalog: asak

Noun

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. A fashionable person; a fop
   • 1860, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI.‎^[1]:

     We speculated upon the astonishment that would have seized upon their simple, innocent hearts, had they beheld, instead of us, a bevy of our city fashionables in full bloom.

   • 1891, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), “At the Shrine of St. Wagner”, in What Is Man? and Other Essays‎^[2]:

     In large measure the Metropolitan is a show-case for rich fashionables who are not trained in Wagnerian music and have no reverence for it, but who like to promote art and show their clothes.

   • 1991 September 20, George Grass, “Star Show”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor.