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mode

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English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /moʊd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məʊd/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /mod/
  • Rhymes: -əʊd
  • Homophone: mowed (except Scotland)

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.
    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.
      2. (electromagnetism) A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
    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
    3. (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
    4. (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
    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.
  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.
Derived terms
  • (grammar): See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
  • (music): Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mode (plural modes)

  1. Style or fashion; popular trend.
Derived terms
Translations

See also

  • bimodal distribution
  • median
  • mean
  • modal

Anagrams

  • Dome, E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, demo, demo-, dome

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ðe]

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

Related terms

  • modal

Further reading

  • “mode”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

Further reading

  • mode on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.də/
  • 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

Descendants

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

Anagrams

  • doem, moed

Esperanto

Etymology

From modo +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

mode

  1. fashionably
    Synonym: laŭmode

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

Anagrams

  • Edmo, demo

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

  • IPA(key): /mɔd/

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

  1. fashion, trend

Derived terms

  • à la mode
  • défilé de mode
  • passé de mode
  • tripes à la mode de Caen

Descendants

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

  1. method, means, way, mode
    mode de paiement ― method of payment
  2. (grammar) mode, mood
    Synonym: (obsolete) mœuf
  3. (music) mode
    Synonym: (obsolete) mœuf
  4. (statistics) mode (most common value)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “mode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • démo, dôme

Indonesian

Etymology

  • From Dutch mode f, from Middle French mode f, from Latin modus m. Doublet of moda, model, modern, modul, and modus.
  • Semantic loan from English mode in electronics and computing sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmo.də]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dê

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

Alternative forms

  • mod (electronics, computing, Standard Malay)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “mode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

mode f

  1. plural of moda

Anagrams

  • demo, demo-, medo

Latin

Noun

mode

  1. vocative singular of modus

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • mod, mood, moode

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːd/
  • Rhymes: -oːd

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.
Related terms
  • drerimod
  • mody
  • modilich
  • modinesse
Descendants
  • English: mood
  • Scots: mude, muid
References
  • “mọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 September 2018.

Adjective

mode (rare)

  1. Vain, boastful, conceited.
  2. Upset, distressed.
References
  • “mọ̄de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 September 2018.

Etymology 2

From Old French mode, from Latin modus.

Alternative forms

  • mood, moode, moodd, moede

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.
Descendants
  • English: mode, mood
References
  • “mōd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 September 2018.

Norman

Etymology

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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/
  • 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”)

Anagrams

  • demo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • modent

Adjective

mode

  1. neuter singular of moden

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoː.de/

Noun

mōde

  1. dative singular of mōd

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

mode

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

Swedish

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²muːdɛ/

Noun

mode n

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

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • mod

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