mode

fashion, trend

“Il faut suivre la mode en France.” — You've got to follow fashion in France.

Related: à la mode, défilé de mode, passé de mode, tripes à la mode de Caen

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.

method, means, way, mode; mode, mood; mode; mode (most common value)

“mode de paiement” — method of payment

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.