lamode

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

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This colour is very fashionable this summer.

l'industrie .

She works in the fashion industry in Paris.

jeans déchirés .

Ripped jeans have come back into fashion.

' 'allumer .

Read the instructions before switching on the machine.

silencieux.

My phone is on silent mode.

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This word is part of lesson 32.