la

feminine

/mɔd/

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Translation

fashion (la mode, feminine); also le mode, masculine - mode, method, way

Word origin

From Latin modus ('measure, manner, way'). The feminine 'fashion' sense developed from the idea of a prevailing manner. The same root gives English 'mode' and 'model'.

Origin: Latin
Root: modus
English cognates: mode, model

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralmodes

Examples

Cette cet .

This colour is very fashionable this summer.

l' .

She works in the fashion industry in Paris.

Ripped jeans have come back into fashion.

' ' .

Read the instructions before switching on the machine.

My phone is on silent mode.

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This word is part of lesson 29.