vogue

American  

[vohg] / voʊg /

noun

1. something in fashion, as at a particular time.

   Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.

   Synonyms:

   mode

2. popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity.

   The book is having a great vogue.

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vogue British  

/ vəʊɡ /

noun

1. the popular style at a specified time (esp in the phrase in vogue )

2. a period of general or popular usage or favour

   the vogue for such dances is now over

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adjective

1. (usually prenominal) popular or fashionable

   a vogue word

Related Words

See fashion.

Other Word Forms

• prevogue noun
• voguish adjective

Etymology

Origin of vogue

First recorded in 1565–75; Middle French: literally, “wave or course of success,” from Old Italian voga “a rowing,” derivative of vogare “to row, sail,” of unknown origin

Example Sentences

“It is vogue now to pick on private credit,” says Andrew Jacobs van Merlen, who runs target-date funds at T. Rowe Price Group.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Always ahead of the curve, LeCun studied machine learning before it was en vogue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

"Aussie-isms are in vogue over there at the moment".

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

The AI-trade, led by Nvidia, was back in vogue to start the week after a recent beat down, but signs of stress from CoreWeave seem to be weighing on sentiment for Tuesday.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 11, 2025

In Handel’s London, the vogue for adult soloist castrati was short-lived, and Italian-style opera itself soon came up against stiff competition in the shape of what we would today call jukebox musicals.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall