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See also: Mode, mòde, and møde

English

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Etymology 1

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

Noun

mode (plural modes)

  1. (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
    1. (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
  2. A particular means of accomplishing something.
    What was the mode of entry?
    • 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 9, page 205:
      An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
    1. (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
      1. (especially engineering) A state related to signals or vibrations.
        common-mode
        differential-mode
        normal mode of vibration
      2. (electromagnetism) A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
        longitudinal mode
        transverse mode
    2. (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
      Hyponyms: emulation mode, immediate mode, local emulation mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode, strict mode
      In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.
    3. (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
      airplane mode; night mode
      • 2024 May 4, Mat Gallagher, “I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing”, in T3‎:
        The car was then placed into its Level 2 driving mode, much like you would for the current adaptive cruise control systems.
    4. (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
      • 2017 October 17, Jonathan M. Gitlin, “Gran Turismo Sport is extremely limited in offline mode”, in Ars Technica‎:
        Campaign mode (the career mode that includes the notorious Gran Turismo driving school) is off limits while offline. Also unavailable offline: buying new cars, viewing your garage, editing car liveries, and even the "taking photos of fancy cars in exotic scenery" mode.
      • 2018 March 6, Martin Robinson, “Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne”, in Eurogamer‎:
        I've stumbled over gaming's simplest hurdles, been humiliated by the lowliest of enemies and will often go for an easy mode if one's available, and yet I've run through Bloodborne twice without ever really breaking much of a sweat.
      • 2019 February 25, Jordan Erica Webber, “Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?”, in The Guardian‎:
        Selfie modes, meanwhile, let you add filters and change characters’ facial expressions, from Link in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker to Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2.
    5. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
      Synonyms: mood, grammatical mood
      Hyponyms: imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode
    6. (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
  3. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
    After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.
    After being stabbed, he went into survival mode until he got to the hospital.
  5. (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
    Hypernym: average (broad sense)
    Coordinate terms: mean (broad sense), mean (narrow sense), average (narrow sense), median
  6. (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
    1. (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
    2. (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.
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Etymology 2

From French mode f (“fashion, trend”).

Noun

mode (plural modes)

  1. Style or fashion; popular trend.
    Her wardrobe is always in mode.
    • 1922, Edith Van Dyne, chapter 4, in Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman:
      The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.
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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of moda, a borrowing through French.

Pronunciation

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

  1. way, manner
  2. (logic) modus
  3. (grammar) mood
  4. (music) mode
  5. (philosophy) mode
  6. (mathematics, physics) mode

Derived terms

  • mode d’ésser

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Danish

Etymology

From French mode, from Latin modus (“manner, method”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːdə/, [ˈmoːðə]

Noun

mode c (singular definite moden, plural indefinite moder)

  1. fashion

Inflection

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mode, from Latin modus. Doublet of modus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.də/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: mo‧de
  • Rhymes: -oːdə

Noun

mode f (plural modes, diminutive modetje n)

  1. fashion, trend
    Deze broek is totaal uit de mode. ― These pants are totally out of fashion.
  2. (obsolete) custom, tradition, manner

Derived terms

  • burgermode
  • damesmode
  • haarmode
  • herenmode
  • kindermode
  • modeartikel
  • modebewust
  • modeblad
  • modegek
  • modegril
  • modekleur
  • modekwaal
  • modemaakster
  • modemagazijn
  • modemerk
  • modenaaister
  • modeontwerp
  • modeontwerper
  • modeplaat
  • modepop
  • modeshow
  • modesnufje
  • modetijdschrift
  • modetint
  • modetrend
  • modevak
  • modeverschijnsel
  • modewinkel
  • modewoord
  • modezaak
  • modezot
  • modezucht
  • modieus

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: mode
  • → Indonesian: mode
  • → Sranan Tongo: modo
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: modo
    • → Kari'na: moto
  • → West Frisian: moade

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Esperanto

Etymology

From modo +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmode/
  • Rhymes: -ode
  • Hyphenation: mo‧de

Adverb

mode

  1. fashionably
    Synonym: laŭmode
    • 1937, British Esperantist:
      Li preferas jarcento ol centjaro; kaj aprobas la formojn bluokulo (blua okulo) ; belknabino (bela knabino), libertempo (libera tempo), kiujn lastatempo estas mode kondamni.
      He prefers jarcento to centjaro, and approves the forms bluokulo (blua okulo) ; belknabino (bela knabino), libertempo (libera tempo), which it has been fashionable to condemn lately.
    • 2002, Julian Modest, “La glita kaj danĝera vojo,”, in La Ondo de Esperanto:
      Li estis mode vestita per eleganta kolombkolora jako kaj blanka ĉemizo, kiu brilis kiel neĝo.
      He was fashionably dressed in an elegant dove-colored jacket and a white shirt that shined like snow.
    • 2003, Thierry Salomon, “La mondolingvo,”, in Monato:
      Tie, dudek jarojn post la milito, iu sinjoro Etiemble skribis libron „Ĉu vi parolas frermane?”. Kiu dum iom da tempo havis efiketon kaj forpuŝis kelkajn germanismojn, sed poste por unu forpuŝita dek novaj venis. Ne estas mode rezisti al tiu fenomeno.
      There, twenty years after the war, one Mr. Etiemble wrote a book, "Do you speak Frerman?" Which for a little while had a small effect and pushed out a few germanisms, but later for each one pushed out ten new ones arrived. It's not fashionable to resist this phenomenon.
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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of moderaattori.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmode/, [ˈmo̞de̞]
  • Rhymes: -ode
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧de
  • Hyphenation(key): mo‧de

Noun

mode (colloquial)

  1. synonym of moderaattori

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mode, from Old French mode f, ultimately from Latin modus m. The masculine gender was reintroduced for some senses during the Middle French period under influence of the Latin. Doublet of mœuf.

Pronunciation

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

  1. fashion, trend
    Il faut suivre la mode en France.
    You've got to follow fashion in France.

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Descendants

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

  1. method, means, way, mode
    mode de paiement ― method of payment
    Quel mode de transport est-ce que tu utilises ?
    What method of transport do you use?
  2. (grammar) mode, mood
    Synonym: (obsolete) mœuf
  3. (music) mode
    Synonym: (obsolete) mœuf
  4. (statistics) mode (most common value)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

modê (plural mode-mode)

  1. mode, style or fashion; popular trend
    Synonym: fesyen
  2. mode,
    1. (electronics) a series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose
    2. (computing) one of various related sets of rules for processing data

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɔde
  • Hyphenation: mò‧de

Noun

mode f

  1. plural of moda

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Latin

Noun

mode

  1. vocative singular of modus

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

mode (plural modes)

  1. Activity within one's mind or brain:
    1. One's current mindset or feelings; mood:
      1. Fortitude, braveness, bravery, heart.
      2. Vainness, proudness; the display of conceit.
      3. Sadness, lamenting; the state of being sad or upset.
      4. Angriness, ire, resentment.
    2. One's mental capacity or intellect; the fount of reasoning.
    3. One's overall or overarching feelings; an opinion or will.
    4. What one currently wants or likes; a goal or aim
    5. One's motivation or willpower; resoluteness.
    6. (rare) Part of one's thought process.
  2. A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
  3. One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
  4. (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
  5. (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
  6. (rare) An enterprise or endeavour.
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Adjective

mode (rare)

  1. Vain, boastful, conceited.
  2. Upset, distressed.
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Etymology 2

From Old French mode, from Latin modus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔːd(ə)/, /ˈmoːd(ə)/

Noun

mode (plural modes) (Late Middle English)

  1. Grammatical mood or modality.
  2. (rare) Songs; pieces or sources of music.
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Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

  1. (Jersey) fashion

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French mode (“fashion, trend”), from Middle French mode, from Old French mode, from Latin modus (“measure, manner”), from Proto-Italic *modōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ōs (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”). Doublet of mote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːd/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːd
  • Hyphenation: mode

Adverb

mode

  1. only used in à la mode (“a la mode”)
  2. only used in a la mode (“a la mode”)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Adjective

mode

  1. neuter singular of moden

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

mōde

  1. dative singular of mōd

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀫𑁄𑀤𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • मोदे (Devanagari script)
  • মোদে (Bengali script)
  • මොදෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • မောဒေ or မေႃၻေ (Burmese script)
  • โมเท (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩮᩣᨴᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ໂມເທ (Lao script)
  • មោទេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄮𑄘𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

mode

  1. inflection of modati (“to rejoice”):
    1. optative active singular
    2. first-person singular present/imperative middle

Swedish

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

Noun

mode n

  1. fashion, a fashion trend
    senaste modet ― the latest fashion

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Hyponyms

  • dammode
  • herrmode
  • höstmode
  • kvinnomode
  • sommarmode
  • vintermode
  • vårmode

Derived terms

  • modeaffär
  • modeartikel
  • modebetonad
  • modebild
  • modebutik
  • modedocka
  • modedrottning
  • modeindustri
  • modejournal
  • modekung
  • modelejon
  • modemagasin
  • modemedveten
  • modenyck
  • modeord
  • moderiktig
  • moderiktning
  • modeshow
  • modeskapare
  • modeströmning
  • modetidning

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