different between vogue vs pogue

English

Etymology

[1565] Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wog?n (“to sway, rock”), var. of wag?n (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wag?n? (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *w?gaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *wegan? (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way).

Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag.

The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?g, IPA^(key): /v???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

vogue (countable and uncountable, plural vogues)

1. The prevailing fashion or style.

2. Popularity or a current craze.

3. (dance) A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
4. (Polari) A cigarette.

Derived terms

• in vogue
• voguie
• (dance): voguer

Translations

Verb

vogue (third-person singular simple present vogues, present participle voguing, simple past and past participle vogued)

1. (intransitive) To dance in the vogue dance style.
2. (Polari) To light a cigarette.

Anagrams

• vouge

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue (“a rowing”), from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wog?n (“to sway, rock”), var. of wag?n (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wag?n? (“to sway, fluctuate”) and *w?gaz (“water in motion”), from *wegan? (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move, go, transport”).

Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”). More at wag. Alternatively the verb may be derived from Italian vogare (“to row”).

Noun

vogue f (plural vogues)

1. vogue

Derived terms

• en vogue

Related terms

• voguer

Descendants

• ? English: vogue
• ? German: Vogue
• ? Romanian: vog?
• ? Spanish: boga

Etymology 2

Verb

vogue

1. first-person singular present indicative of voguer
2. third-person singular present indicative of voguer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of voguer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of voguer
5. second-person singular imperative of voguer

Further reading

• “vogue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /po??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???/
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

From Irish póg, from Latin p?x. Doublet of peace.

Noun

pogue (plural pogues)

1. (Ireland) A kiss.

Etymology 2

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Noun

pogue (plural pogues)

1. (dated, slang) A purse; hence money.
2. (US, slang) A young, male, passive homosexual.
3. (US, military slang) A soldier who is assigned administrative rather than combat duties.

   Coordinate term: grunt

   • 2002, Jonathan Shay, Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming

     Although he is noteworthy for the staff jobs he does for the commander in chief, Agamemnon, he's no rear-echelon pogue.

Alternative forms

• poge, POG

Further reading

• pogue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• OED (online) 2008
• pogue at OneLook Dictionary Search
• pogue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.