à la

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French à la.

Preposition

à la

1. Alternative form of a la

Anagrams

• AAL, Aal, aal

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Danish

Alternative forms

• a la

Etymology

Borrowed from French à la.

Preposition

à la

1. a la

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French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a la/

• Audio

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Preposition

à la

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see à,‎ la.
2. a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun)

   à la française

   in the French style

   à la Hugo

   in the style of Hugo

See also

• à l'
• au
• aux

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: à la, a la

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from French à la.

Preposition

à la

1. a la

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• a la

Etymology

From French à la (“in the style or manner of”), short for à la mode (“in fashion”), first part from French à (“to, on, in”), from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to, towards, belonging to”), from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”). Last part from French la (“the”), from Middle French la (“the”), from Old French la (“the”), from Latin illam (“that, those”), which is the accusative singular feminine of ille (“that, those”), from Old Latin olle (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no- or *h₂l̥-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alːa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alːa
• Hyphenation: à‧la
• Homophones: Allah, a la

Preposition

à la

1. à la (in the style or manner of)
   • 1899, Jonas Lie, Faste Forland, page 12:

     Fastes skjødesløse paaklædning – aldeles a la den gamle

     Faste's careless attire - completely a la the old one

   • 1931 November 14, A-magasinet:

     i «à la», som betyr «à la manière de», d.v.s. som det er brukt der og der hos den og den person, ligger ikke alene en historisk erindring, men deri skjuler sig ofte hemmeligheten ved [mat]rettenes egenartethet

     i «à la», which means «à la manière de», i.e. as it is used there and there in this and that person, lies not only a historical memory, but often hides the secret of the peculiarity of [food] dishes

   • 2005, Knut Borge and Tore Skoglund, Alt for Norge og vel så det:

     ymter noen om belønning a la permisjon til jul?

     does anyone claim rewards a la leave for Christmas?

   • 2008, Jon Michelet, Brev fra de troende:

     boka spiller opp mot det klassiske krim-mysteriet, a la Agatha Christie

     the book plays against the classic crime mystery, a la Agatha Christie

   biff à la Lindström

   beef à la Lindström

   taklampen vår er noe à la den dere har

   our ceiling lamp is something à la the one you have

Derived terms

• à la carte
• à la carte-servering
• à la grecque
• à la mode

 

References

• “à la” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “à_la” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “à la” in Store norske leksikon

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• a la (alternative spelling)

Etymology

From French à la.

Preposition

à la

1. a la, in the style of, manner of

References

• “à la” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• aal, ala, a la

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Polish

Alternative forms

• a la

Etymology

From French à la.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈla/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ala

Preposition

à la

1. a la [+nominatinve = a la what]

   Synonyms: na, niby

Further reading

• à la in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• à la in Polish dictionaries at PWN