vogue
French, noun
vogue is spelled V-O-G-U-E (5 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vogue is a French feminine noun meaning “vogue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of voguer. With an accent, vogué is a different word: “past participle of voguer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Popularité ; succès ; mode”.
What does vogue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevogue
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of voguer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Popularité ; succès ; mode. 2. Impulsion, mouvement d’une galère ou autre bâtiment, causé par la force des rames. 3. Danse moderne caractérisée par des poses photographiques et des mouvements rigides.
noun: 1. Fête votive ; fête patronale ; fête foraine 2. Nom que prenait autrefois la fête baladoire dans certaines régions de France (e.g. région lyonnaise). 3. Endroit en désordre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vogue
- vogues plural
- voguée feminine
- vogués masculine plural
- voguées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vogue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vogue in French?
vogue appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).