Standard Lemma guide

vogue

name · noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /vəʊɡ/
  • vōg
  • /vəʊɡ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊɡ
  • CMU ARPABET: V OW1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A fashion and lifestyle magazine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A hamlet in St Day parish, east of Redruth, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7242).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The prevailing fashion or style.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Miniskirts were the vogue in the '60s.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Popularity or a current craze.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A cigarette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Polari, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To dance in the vogue dance style.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To light a cigarette for (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Polari

Examples

  • Vogue me up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the popular taste at a given time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • leather is the latest vogue
  • he followed current trends
  • the 1920s had a style of their own

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trend, style

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness

Narrower terms: New Look, fashion, bandwagon

10

noun

Meaning 10

a current state of general acceptance and use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acceptance

History

Etymology

Trade name, from vogue (“style, fashion”).

From Cornish Fog, blowing house or smelting furnace.

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.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: রেওয়াজ (reōẇaj) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Bulgarian: мода (moda) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Catalan: voga — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時尚 /时尚 (shíshàng) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流行 (liúxíng) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時髦 /时髦 (shímáo) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Crimean Tatar: mot — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Crimean Tatar: moda — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Czech: móda — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Dutch: in zwang — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Dutch: modieus — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Finnish: muoti — the prevailing fashion or style
  • French: vogue — the prevailing fashion or style
  • French: mode — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Georgian: მოდა (moda) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • German: Mode — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Icelandic: tíska — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Japanese: 流行 (ryūkō) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Japanese: ボーグ (bōgu) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Central Kurdish: باو (baw) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Māori: tāera — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Polish: moda — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Portuguese: voga — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Romanian: vogă — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Russian: мо́да (móda) — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Spanish: boga — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Spanish: voga — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Swedish: mode — the prevailing fashion or style
  • Bulgarian: популярност (populjarnost) — popularity or a current craze
  • Catalan: voga — popularity or a current craze
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流行 (liúxíng) — popularity or a current craze
  • Crimean Tatar: mot — popularity or a current craze
  • Crimean Tatar: moda — popularity or a current craze
  • Czech: popularita — popularity or a current craze
  • Czech: obliba — popularity or a current craze
  • Dutch: in zwang — popularity or a current craze
  • Finnish: villitys — popularity or a current craze
  • Finnish: muoti — popularity or a current craze
  • French: vogue — popularity or a current craze
  • Georgian: პოპულარობა (ṗoṗularoba) — popularity or a current craze
  • Icelandic: tíska — popularity or a current craze
  • Icelandic: æði — popularity or a current craze
  • Japanese: 人気 (ninki) — popularity or a current craze
  • Japanese: 流行 (ryūkō) — popularity or a current craze
  • Central Kurdish: باو (baw) — popularity or a current craze
  • Polish: moda — popularity or a current craze
  • Russian: популя́рность (populjárnostʹ) — popularity or a current craze
  • Spanish: boga — popularity or a current craze
  • Spanish: voga — popularity or a current craze
  • Swedish: mode — popularity or a current craze
  • Swedish: fluga — popularity or a current craze
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