moda Italian · revision 39267

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1648, Lampugnani|origins=la modus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ˈmɔ.da/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''moda''' ''f'' (plural mode)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|mode]], which has meant the current fashion in dress since 1549; the phrase [[m|fr|à la mode|t=in the manner (of)]] goes back to about 1393.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) The French word continues [[la|modus|t=measure; manner, way]], which became feminine in French.^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto 1968)^(REW 1935) Nocentini and GRADIT trace the sense to that phrase.^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003) From French the word also passed into [[es|moda]] and [[pt|moda]].^(REW 1935)

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+ The Latin noun first meant “measure”;^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary derives it from [[ine-pro|*med-|t=to measure]], the root of [[m|la|meditor]] and [[m|la|moderor]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) In the 19th century the Tommaseo–Bellini dictionary still weighed other origins, from [[m|la|mōs|t=custom]], from Spanish, or from Celtic or Hebrew words; the modern dictionaries all give French.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ DELI's first record is from 1648, in Lampugnani, in the sense of the current style of dress and grooming.^(DELI 1999) DEI dates the word to 1676, in Lippi.^(DEI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense widened at once: by 1666 Magalotti uses it for a custom in vogue in general.^(DELI 1999) The word came with the spread of French fashion, which also brought it into English and German in the 17th century.^(DEI) Before 1745 Crudeli uses it for women's clothing, and the plural ''mode'' still names articles of women's dress and the shops that sell them.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) In the 18th century it could still mean simply “manner”: Salvini writes that the Spartans had a law against altering the old ''moda'' of their singing.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Prati 1951|670)

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+ Derivatives also followed French. [[modista]] first meant a follower of fashion (French ''modiste'', 1661) and, from 1825, a milliner.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010) In the 20th century the word came to name the clothing industry itself, with ''alta moda'', haute couture, and ''moda pronta'', ready-to-wear (1973).^(DELI 1999)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GRADIT 2003) The Italian word was borrowed into Ottoman Turkish.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * About 1393 – French ''à la mode de'' “in the manner of” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1549 – French ''mode'' “fashion” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1648 – First Italian record, in Lampugnani.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1666 – Magalotti uses it for a custom in vogue.^(DELI 1999)

+ * Before 1745 – Crudeli uses it for women's clothing.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1825 – ''Modista'' “milliner” is recorded.^(Nocentini 2010)

+ * 1973 – ''Moda pronta'' “ready-to-wear” is recorded.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|fashion]], [[m|en|vogue]]: the general taste or way of behaving that prevails at a given time: ''la moda dei viaggi in bicicletta''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The prevailing style of dress and grooming: ''Lei segue sempre la moda di Parigi.''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # The fashion industry and its products: ''Mia sorella lavora nella moda.''.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(in the plural)'' Articles of women's clothing and accessories.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' Manner, way.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[modista]]

+ * [[modisteria]]

+ * [[modaiolo]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[modo]]

+ * [[fr|mode]]

+ * [[la|modus]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Di moda'' and ''alla moda'' mean fashionable;^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) ''fuori moda'' means out of fashion, and ''passare di moda'' to go out of fashion.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020)

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+ A second ''moda'', a term of statistics (the mode, the value that occurs most often in a distribution), is a separate borrowing from English [[m|en|mode]], introduced by Pearson in 1895; it is recorded in Italian from 1957.^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}