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fashionable

/ˈfæʃənəbəl/FA-shuh-nuh-buhl
/ˈfæʃənəbəl/FA-shuh-nuh-buhl

Meaningable to be in the style

Common meaning: in the current style

Journey through time

  1. Latinfactionemsource
  2. Old Frenchfaceon‘fazon, fachon, form, shape’source
  3. Englishfashion‘a style’
  4. Englishformed in English from fashionfashionable‘in the current style’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from fashion + -able.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FASHION, p.204 · scan

Source words

  • factionem Latin · source word “a making”

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