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vogue

/ˈvəʊɡ/VOHG
/ˈvoʊɡ/VOHG

Meaningto row, to sail along

Common meaning: the fashion of the moment

Journey through time

  1. Italianvoga‘a rowing’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsa rowing → a sway, a fashionvogue‘a sway, a fashion’source
  3. Englishvogue‘the fashion of the moment’ · 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: Built on Italian voga ‘to row, to sail along’.

Roots

  • voga Italian “to row, to sail along”

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