moderne

noun

mo·​derne mō-ˈdern 

mə-

often capitalized

: art deco

moderne adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

The design of the Triple Underpass was the product of anonymous highway department engineers, but the result was a work of refined moderne style, the same idiom as the buildings of the contemporaneous Centennial Exposition at Fair Park. —Mark Lamster, Reimagining Dealey: We asked a team of leading designers to redesign one of Dallas' most significant spaces, 20 Oct. 2022

The same nautical moderne architecture that makes the villa so charming is reprised in the two modern wings, which were added during a thorough yet sensitive renovation of the original building so that the place is pure Indochine. —Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017

Plans are in the works to turn a 1941 moderne-style Texaco station in Koreatown into an independent coffee shop. —Neal Broverman, Los Angeles Magazine, 16 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

French, modern

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing moderne

• art moderne

• art moderne