à la
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ala"
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à la
- Alternative form of a la
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see à, la.
- 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
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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”).
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- 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, 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
- steak à la Lindström
- taklampen vår er noe à la den dere har
- our ceiling light is akin to the one you have
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- a la (alternative spelling)
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- a la, in the style of, manner of
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- la “à la” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Unadapted borrowing from French à la.
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à la
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From French à la (“in the style or manner of”).
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- “à la” in Svensk ordbok