style

Signification

Noun

1. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
2. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
3. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
4. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
5. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
6. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
7. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
8. A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
9. A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
10. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
11. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
12. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
13. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
14. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.

Verb

1. To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)
2. To call or give a name or title to.
3. (informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
4. (informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/staɪl/

Étymologie

The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”), from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus.
The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

Phrases

Revenge is not my style , but obviously accidents will happen .

La vengeance n'est pas mon style, mais évidemment des accidents se produiront.

It is a romantic landscape garden designed in the English style .

C'est un jardin paysager romantique conçu dans le style anglais.

The Greek musicians play on small portable folk style instruments .

Les musiciens grecs jouent sur de petits instruments de style folk portable.

His style has always been a hybrid of all his favorite genres .

Son style a toujours été un hybride de tous ses genres préférés.