vogue

vogue
[[t]vo͟ʊg[/t]]
1) N-SING: oft N for n If there is a vogue for something, it is very popular and fashionable.

Despite the vogue for so-called health teas, there is no evidence that they are any healthier...

In Britain there's been something of a vogue for these books.

Syn:
trend, fad
2) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If something is in vogue, is very popular and fashionable. If it comes into vogue, it becomes very popular and fashionable.

Pale colours are much more in vogue than autumnal bronzes and coppers.

...the hippie-ethnic look which came into vogue in the late 60s.

Syn:
in fashion

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  • vogue — vogue …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • vogué — vogué …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • vogue — [ vɔg ] n. f. • 1466; p. ê. it. voga; même orig. que voguer 1 ♦ État de ce qui est apprécié momentanément du public; de ce qui est à la mode. « C est l opinion qui toujours fait la vogue » (La Fontaine). ⇒ 1. mode. Sa vogue augmente, baisse. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Vogue — steht für: Vogue, den französischen Begriff für Mode Vogue, eine internationale Zeitschrift für Damenmode; siehe Vogue (Zeitschrift) Vogue, ein französisches Plattenlabel; siehe Disques Vogue Vogue, ein US amerikanisches Plattenlabel; siehe Vogue …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vogüé — Vogüé …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Vogue — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda VOGUE logo de la revista Editor Anna Wintour (Estados Unidos y editora en jefe) Alexandra Shulman (Reino Unido) Carine Roitfeld (Francia) Franca Sozzani (Italia) Angelica Cheung (China) Patrí …   Wikipedia Español

  • vogue — VOGUE. s. fem. L impulsion, le mouvement d une galere ou autre vaisseau par la force des rames. Vogue lente & foible, vogue pressée & forte. Il sign. fig. Le credit, l estime, la reputation où est une personne. Ce Predicateur avoit fort la vogue …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Vogue — Vogue, n. [F. vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, It. voga, fr. vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. OHG. wag?n to move, akin to E. way. Cf. {Way}.] 1. The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Vogue — 〈[vo:g] f.; ; unz.〉 1. Bewegung, Antrieb 2. Beliebtheit; →a. en vogue [<frz. vogue „Zulauf, Schwung; Ansehen, Beifall; Glück, Ruf“; zu voguer „fahren, schwimmen, rudern“] * * * Vogüé   [vɔ gɥe], Eugène …   Universal-Lexikon

  • vogue — [vəug US voug] n [C usually singular, U] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: act of rowing, course, fashion , from Old Italian voga, from vogare to row ] a popular and fashionable style, activity, method etc = ↑fashion vogue for ▪ the vogue for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vogue — [ voug ] noun 1. ) singular something that is popular or fashionable: Thin mustaches used to be the vogue. 2. ) uncount the state of being popular or fashionable: in vogue: Platform shoes are back in vogue …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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