vogue
pronunciation
How to pronounce vogue in British English:
UK [vəʊɡ]
How to pronounce vogue in American English:
US [voʊɡ]
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- Noun:
- the popular taste at a given time
- a current state of general acceptance and use
Word Origin
- vogue
- vogue: [16] The etymological notion underlying the word vogue is of being borne along on the ‘waves’ of fashion. Its immediate source was French vogue. This was originally used for ‘rowing’, but was subsequently extended metaphorically via ‘smooth easy course’ and ‘successful course’ to ‘fashionable course’. French vogue itself, though, was of Germanic origin. It was a derivative of the verb voguer ‘row, go along smoothly’, which was probably borrowed from Old Low German *wogon ‘float on the waves’ (a relative of English waggon, way, etc).=> waggon, way
- vogue (n.)
- 1570s, the vogue, "height of popularity or accepted fashion," from Middle French vogue "fashion, success;" also "drift, swaying motion (of a boat)" literally "a rowing," from Old French voguer "to row, sway, set sail" (15c.), probably from a Germanic source. Compare Old High German wagon "to float, fluctuate," literally "to balance oneself;" German Wege "wave, billow," wogen "fluctuate, float" (see weigh). Perhaps the notion is of being "borne along on the waves of fashion." Italian voga "a rowing," Spanish boga "rowing," but colloquially "fashion, reputation" also probably are from the same Germanic source. Phrase in vogue "having a prominent place in popular fashion" first recorded 1643. The fashion magazine began publication in 1892.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Recently , though , the idea has come back into vogue .
- 2. E-readers seemed revolutionary when they came into vogue in 2007 .
- 3. American history is in vogue , if not well understood .
- 4. Villages near the mountain are nepal 's richest . Rare elsewhere , gold teeth are in vogue .
- 5. He was also into sustainable design and environmental conservation long before it was in vogue .