MODERNE

Meaning of MODERNE in English

[ mə'də:n ]

■ adjective relating to a popularization of the art deco style marked by bright colours and geometric shapes.

Origin

1930s: Fr., 'modern'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

MODERNE — adj modern; (construer) al moderne (to build) in modern style
Interlingua English vocab
MODERNE — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French, modern Date: 1955 art deco , ~ adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MODERNE — I. məˈde(ə)rn adjective Etymology: French, modern, from Late Latin modernus : tastelessly or pretentiously modern a moderne front attached to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MODERNE — /moh dairn", meuh-/ , adj. pretentiously modern; striving to appear modern but lacking style or conviction. [ ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MODERNE — adj. pertaining to the growing popularity of the art deco style
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MODERNE — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French, modern Date: 1955 : art deco • moderne adjective
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MODERNE — [mo.derne] n, often cap [F, modern] (1955): art deco
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MODERNE — adj. Pronunciation: m ō - ' dern, m ə - Function: noun Usage: often cap Etymology: French, modern Date: 1955 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ART MODERNE — noun Usage: often capitalized A&M see: art deco Date: 1931 art deco
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ART MODERNE — ˌär(t)mȯˈde(ə)rn noun Usage: often capitalized A&M Etymology: French, literally, modern art : art deco herein
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ART MODERNE — noun Usage: often capitalized A&M Etymology: French — more at art deco Date: 1931 : art deco
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ART MODERNE — [art mo.derne] n, often cap A&M [F--more at art deco] (1931): art deco
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MODERNE GENNEMBRUD, DET — (Danish: the modern breakthrough), literary movement beginning about 1870, dominated by the Danish critic Georg Brandes, that introduced the literary …
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WAGNER, OTTO — born July 13, 1841, Penzing, near Vienna, Austrian Empire died April 11, 1918, Vienna Austrian architect and teacher. In 1893 …
Английский словарь Британика
ART DECO — or Style Moderne Movement in design, interior decoration, and architecture in the 1920s and '30s in Europe and the U.S. …
Английский словарь Британика
ATTRIBUTIVE — I. ə.ˈtribyəd.iv, -yətiv adjective Etymology: French attributif, from Middle French, from attribution, after such pairs as Middle French distribution: distributif …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MODERN CUT — Jewelry. any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MODERN — — modernly , adv. — modernness , n. /mod"euhrn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to present and recent time; …
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RHYTHMIC SPORTIVE GYMNASTICS — also called moderne gymnastics, or modern rhythmic gymnastics the performance of systematic physical exercise with the aid of such hand …
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PENTATHLON — athletic contest entailing five distinct types of competition. In the ancient Greek Olympics, the pentathlon included a race the length …
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NATURE, PHILOSOPHY OF — the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided …
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GLASSWARE
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CARICATURE AND CARTOON — in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are …
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BIBLICAL LITERATURE
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BIATHLON — Biathlon cross-country course and shooting range. winter sports event combining cross-country skiing with rifle marksmanship, probably developed from European military …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1999: ART-ANTIQUES-AND-COLLECTIBLES — ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS A strong market for fine antiquarian books marked the 1997-98 season. The rapid rise of commerce on the …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1998: ART-ANTIQUES-AND-COLLECTIBLES — ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS The 1996-97 market for rare books and manuscripts strengthened. Although prices for Americana manuscripts were low, material new …
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WEST GERMANIC LANGUAGES — Distribution of the Germanic languages in Europe. group of Germanic languages that developed in the region of the North Sea, …
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ROUAULT, GEORGES — born May 27, 1871, Paris, France died Feb. 13, 1958, Paris in full Georges-henri Rouault French painter, printmaker, ceramicist, and …
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MATISSE, HENRI — Additional reading Lawrence Gowing, Matisse (1979), a general introduction to his art; Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Matisse: His Art and …
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BLUNTSCHLI, JOHANN KASPAR — born March 7, 1808, Zrich died Oct. 21, 1881, Karlsruhe, Ger. writer on international law, whose book Das moderne Kriegsrecht …
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БЛЮНЧЛИ — (Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar) (1808-1881), швейцарский юрист и государственный деятель. Родился в Цюрихе 7 марта 1808. Получил образование в Институте политики …
Русский словарь Colier

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