vogue

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The prevailing fashion or style.
2. (countable, uncountable) Popularity or a current craze.
3. (countable, uncountable) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
4. (Polari, countable, uncountable) A cigarette.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style.
2. (Polari) To light a cigarette for (someone).

Synonyms

fashion

trend

style

fad

mode

craze

currency

popularity

favor

favour

furore

hit

newness

popular

rage

😡

relevance

ton

twig

acclamation

validity

authority

bandwagon

binge

consequence

cult

custom

fashionable

Translations

Mode

mode

boga

vogue

μόδα

mode

συρμός

moda

in zwang

voga

moda

voga

tendance

باو

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vəʊɡ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Saxon: wegan

Cognate with Old High German: wegan

Cognate with Old English: wegan

Cognate with Old Norse: vaga

Cognate with Old English: wagian

Cognate with German: Woge

Cognate with Swedish: våg

In summary

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.