vogue

V4O1G2U1E1
/vəʊɡ/

noun

The prevailing fashion or style.

“Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.”

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Meanings

vogue1

nounvogue (countable and uncountable, plural vogues)

plural vogues

  1. countableuncountableThe prevailing fashion or style.

    Miniskirts were the vogue in the '60s.

  2. countableuncountablePopularity or a current craze.

    Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.

    1 more example

    The rotation of nine years with two fallowings, which was formerly so much in vogue, is now seldom or never to be met with; it was, however, productive of very fine crops of corn on tenacious soils which require a great deal of tillage.

    1860, Albrecht Daniel Thaer, The Principles of Practical Agriculture
  3. countableuncountabledanceA highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
  4. PolaricountableuncountableA cigarette.

    Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides: the one with the bona blue ogles polarying the omi-palone with a vogue on and a cod sheitel.

    1997, James Gardiner, Who's a Pretty Boy Then?, page 137
verbvogue (third-person singular simple present vogues, present participle voguing, simple past and past participle vogued)

present singular third person vogues · participle present voguing · participle past vogued · past vogued

  1. intransitiveTo dance in the vogue dance style.

    “Come on, this is boring!” “Okay... little man, bring your best.” (crowd cheering, clamoring) “Okay, looks like the little guy's voguing now. Whoa!”

    2022 July 26, William Meny & Paul Simms, “The Night Market” (19:50 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ringmaster (Nick Corirossi)
    1 more example

    Tonight’s sumptuous two-hour gig butts up hard against the curfew. Minutes often go by during which Murphy dispenses entirely with the business of singing pop songs. She’ll vogue, or reanimate some acid house moves, letting the beat take over.

    2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian
  2. PolariTo light a cigarette for (someone).

    Vogue me up.

Vogue2

proper noun

Vogue3

proper noun
  1. A hamlet in St Day parish, east of Redruth, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7242).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe popular taste at a given time

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Origin

vogue · noun, verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-“to move, go, transport”
  2. Proto-Germanic*weganą“to move, carry, weigh”
  3. Proto-Germanic*wēgaz“water in motion”
  4. Proto-Germanic*wagōną“to sway, fluctuate”
  5. Old Saxonwogōn“to sway, rock”
  6. Old Frenchvogue
  7. Middle Frenchvogue“wave, course of success”
  8. Englishvogue

First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way). 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”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag. The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.

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Vogue · proper noun

Trade name, from vogue (“style, fashion”).

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Vogue · proper noun

From Cornish Fog, blowing house or smelting furnace.

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Translations

Bengali রেওয়াজ
  • রেওয়াজ (reōẇaj)the prevailing fashion or style
Bulgarian мода, популярност
  • мода (moda)the prevailing fashion or style
  • популярност (populjarnost)popularity or a current craze
Catalan voga, voga
  • vogathe prevailing fashion or style
  • vogapopularity or a current craze
Chinese Mandarin 時尚 /时尚, 流行
  • 時尚 /时尚 (shíshàng)the prevailing fashion or style
  • 流行 (liúxíng)the prevailing fashion or style
  • 時髦 /时髦 (shímáo)the prevailing fashion or style
  • 流行 (liúxíng)popularity or a current craze
Czech móda, popularita
  • módathe prevailing fashion or style
  • popularitapopularity or a current craze
  • oblibapopularity or a current craze
Dutch in zwang, modieus
  • in zwangthe prevailing fashion or style
  • modieusthe prevailing fashion or style
  • in zwangpopularity or a current craze
Finnish muoti, villitys
  • muotithe prevailing fashion or style
  • villityspopularity or a current craze
  • muotipopularity or a current craze
French vogue, mode
  • voguethe prevailing fashion or style
  • modethe prevailing fashion or style
  • voguepopularity or a current craze
German Mode
  • Modethe prevailing fashion or style
Icelandic tíska, tíska
  • tískathe prevailing fashion or style
  • tískapopularity or a current craze
  • æðipopularity or a current craze
Japanese 流行, ボーグ
  • 流行 (ryūkō)the prevailing fashion or style
  • ボーグ (bōgu)the prevailing fashion or style
  • 人気 (ninki)popularity or a current craze
  • 流行 (ryūkō)popularity or a current craze
Māori tāera
  • tāerathe prevailing fashion or style
Polish moda, moda
  • modathe prevailing fashion or style
  • modapopularity or a current craze
Portuguese voga
  • vogathe prevailing fashion or style
Romanian vogă
  • vogăthe prevailing fashion or style
Russian мо́да, популя́рность
  • мо́да (móda)the prevailing fashion or style
  • популя́рность (populjárnostʹ)popularity or a current craze
Spanish boga, voga
  • bogathe prevailing fashion or style
  • vogathe prevailing fashion or style
  • bogapopularity or a current craze
  • vogapopularity or a current craze
Swedish mode, mode
  • modethe prevailing fashion or style
  • modepopularity or a current craze
  • flugapopularity or a current craze

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APA

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