Style

French Meaning

English Meaning

1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.
2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.
3. Sort; type: a style of furniture.
4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.
5. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.
6. A mode of living: the style of the very rich.
7. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.
8. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.
9. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.
10. A form of address; a title.
11. An implement used for etching or engraving.
12. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.
13. The needle of a phonograph.
14. The gnomon of a sundial.
15. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.
16. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.
17. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.
18. Obsolete A pen.
19. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.
20. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.
21. To give style to: style hair.