fashionable

English

Etymology

From fashion +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

fashionable (comparative more fashionable, superlative most fashionable)

1. Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.

   Synonyms: styleworthy; see also Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unfashionable

   a fashionable dress

   a fashionable man

2. Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.

   the fashionable philosophy

   fashionable opinions

3. (archaic) genteel; well-bred

   fashionable society

   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], column 1:

     For time is like a faſhionable Hoſte / That ſlightly ſhakes his parting Gueſt by th'hand;

Derived terms

• fashionable lateness
• fashionably

Descendants

• → Danish: fashionabel
• → French: fashionable
• → German: fashionable

Translations

characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style

Bulgarian: модерен (bg) (moderen) Chinese: Mandarin: 時髦／时髦 (zh) (shímáo), 風靡／风靡 (zh) (fēngmǐ), 時興／时兴 (zh) (shíxīng), 入時／入时 (zh) (rùshí), 當令／当令 (zh) (dānglìng), 流行 (zh) (liúxíng) Dutch: modieus (nl) Esperanto: mojosa (eo) Finnish: muodikas (fi) French: à la mode (fr), en vogue (fr), fashionable (fr) (dated) Galician: á moda f German: modisch (de), fashionable Greek: μοδάτος (el) (modátos) Hungarian: divatos (hu) Icelandic: í tísku Ido: enmoda Irish: galánta Japanese: はやりの (ja) (hayari-no), 洒落た (しゃれた, shareta), 流行の (ja) (りゅうこうの, ryūkō-no) Kazakh: сәнді (sändı) Maori: rorotu, tōingo Polish: modny (pl) m, gustowny (pl) m, szykowny (pl) m, na topie (pl) Portuguese: moderno (pt), na moda Russian: мо́дный (ru) (módnyj), фешене́бельный (ru) (fešenɛ́belʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: nòsach, nòsail, nòsmhor, modhail, fasanta Slovak: módny Spanish: a la moda, de moda (es), en voga m or f, estar fashion m or f (Mexico) Swedish: inne (sv) Tagalog: asak Ukrainian: модний (modnyj)

Noun

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. A fashionable person; a fop.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy

   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     Just as I was stepping up to offer my hand to a very pleasing and witty fashionable, the brilliant and exclusive Mrs. Rawdon Crawley,"—he wrote […]

   • 1860, Various, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI.‎:

     We speculated upon the astonishment that would have seized upon their simple, innocent hearts, had they beheld, instead of us, a bevy of our city fashionables in full bloom.

   • 1891, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), “At the Shrine of St. Wagner”, in What Is Man? and Other Essays‎:

     In large measure the Metropolitan is a show-case for rich fashionables who are not trained in Wagnerian music and have no reverence for it, but who like to promote art and show their clothes.

   • 1991 September 20, George Grass, “Star Show”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables, to enchant the yokelry with their splendor.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashionable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ʃɔ.nabl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

fashionable (plural fashionables)

1. (dated) fashionable
   • 1849, François-René de Chateaubriand, Mémoires d’outre-tombe [Memoirs from Beyond the Grave], Livre IX, published 1910:

     La comtesse de Lieven avait eu des histoires assez ridicules avec madame d’Osmond et George IV. Comme elle était hardie et passait pour être bien en cour, elle était devenue extrêmement fashionable.

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Further reading

• “fashionable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Alternative forms

• fashionabel (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from English fashionable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

fashionable (strong nominative masculine singular fashionabler, comparative fashionabler, superlative am fashionabelsten)

1. fashionable

   Synonym: modisch

   • 2021 January 6, Harald Martenstein, “Über das Schicke, das Gemütliche – und die Liebe zum Kitsch”, in ZEITmagazin‎:

     Beim Umbau der neuen Wohnung werden wir von einer Freundin unterstützt, die einen guten Geschmack hat. Ihr Geschmack ist cool, fashionable und State of the Art, klar, sie stammt ja aus dem Großbürgertum.

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   • 2023 November 10, Tania Martini, “Über „Philosophy for Palestine“: Mainstream der Avantgarde”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:

     Aber was, wenn es eine solche Bewegung längst gibt auf den Straßen und die vermeintliche Avantgarde einem fashionablen Mainstream hinterhängt?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• fesch

Further reading

• “fashionable” in Duden online
• “fashionable” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache