fashionable

à la mode, tendance

Qui correspond aux styles de vêtements ou aux looks appréciés en ce moment.

En anglais simple : Popular at the moment because it matches the styles people currently like.

• Those shoes are fashionable.
• She bought a fashionable coat for winter.
• Wide trousers have become fashionable again.

Synonymes : trendy, stylish, in fashion

Contraires : unfashionable, outdated

Expressions courantes : fashionable clothes, a fashionable jacket, look fashionable

en vogue, à la mode

Qui est largement apprécié ou adopté à une époque, notamment une idée, une opinion ou une pratique.

En anglais simple : Widely accepted or favored at a particular time, especially an idea, opinion, or practice.

• That theory was once fashionable.
• It became fashionable to question every established belief.
• Her research challenged the fashionable opinions of the time.

Comment l'utiliser : it is fashionable to do something (It was fashionable to dismiss older theories.)

Synonymes : popular, current, prevailing

Contraires : unfashionable

Expressions courantes : a fashionable theory, fashionable opinion, fashionable thinking