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vogue.

vogue

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɔɡ/
  1. vogue

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue (“a rowing”), from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”). 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”). More at wag. Alternatively the verb may be derived from Italian vogare (“to row”).

verb/vɔɡ/
  1. inflection of voguer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of voguer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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