mode
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /moʊd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊd
- Homophone: mowed
Etymology 1
From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”)
Noun
mode (plural modes)
- (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.
- (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.
- 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.
- (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
- (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
- (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data.
- In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer
- (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.
- (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
- (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.
Synonyms
- (grammar): mood, grammatical mood
Hyponyms
- collective mode
- dual mode
- soft mode
- (computing): emulation mode, immediate mode, local emulation mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode, strict mode
- (grammar): imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode. See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
- (music): Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode
Translations
in music
means of accomplishing something
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in statistics
state of a system represented by an eigenfunction of that system
in computing
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grammatical mood — see grammatical mood
Translations
style or fashion
Dutch
Pronunciation
audio (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧de
Noun
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmode/
- Hyphenation: mo‧de
- Rhymes: -ode
Adverb
mode
- fashionably
- 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," 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," 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.
- 1937, British Esperantist:
Synonyms
- laŭmode
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔd/
audio (file)
Noun
mode f (plural modes)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Vietnamese: mốt
Noun
mode m (plural modes)
Further reading
- “mode” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːd/
- Rhymes: -oːd
Noun
mode (plural modes)
- Activity within one's mind or brain:
- A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
- One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
- (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
- (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
- (rare) A enterprise or endeavour.
References
- “mọ̄d (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.
Adjective
mode (rare)
- Vain, boastful, conceited.
- Upset, distressed.
References
- “mọ̄de (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.
Etymology 2
From Old French mode, from Latin modus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔːd(ə)/, /ˈmoːd(ə)/
Noun
mode (plural modes) (Late Middle English)
- Grammatical mood or modality.
- (rare) Songs; pieces or sources of music.
References
- “mōd(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.
Swedish
Etymology
From French
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Declension
Declension of mode | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mode | modet | moden | modena |
Genitive | modes | modets | modens | modenas |
Related terms
- höstmode
- modelejon
- modetidning
- vårmode
See also
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