À LA Definition & Meaning

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à la

or a la

[ ah lah, ah luh; French a la ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

preposition

according to; in the manner of:
a short poem à la Ogden Nash.
Cooking.
1. prepared in the manner of, to the taste of, or by:
  chicken à la provençale.
2. prepared with the ingredient of.

à la

/ a la; ɑː lɑː; æ lə /

preposition

in the manner or style of
as prepared in (a particular place) or by or for (a particular person)

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Origin of à la¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from French: short for à la mode de “in the style of”; à “at, in, to,” from Latin ad ad- ( def ); la, feminine of le “the,” from Latin ille “that” ( alligator ( def ) )

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Origin of à la¹

C17: from French, short for à la mode de in the style of

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Idioms and Phrases

Like, in the manner of, as in He hoped to break all records, à la Babe Ruth . This expression, an abbreviation of the French à la mode de (for “in the manner of”), has been used in English since the late 1500s.

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Example Sentences

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Decades of anti-Washington bombast, denunciations of expertise in favor of “common-sense solutions,” anti-intellectualism and faith in tough-guy bromides, à la “Dirty Harry,” have brought us to a disaster that causes intelligent foreigners to blink with astonishment.

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Any monster maven’s hopes for a mix of charmingly gonzo fare à la early Peter Jackson or sophisticated “Jurassic Park”-style awe will be regrettably dashed.

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While working at KFMB, he outed transgender professional tennis player Renée Richards after she won a women’s singles division title in a La Jolla tournament.

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Santa Ana police arrested a 48-year-old woman they believe stabbed to death her 11-year-old son inside a La Quinta Inn.

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The mother was taken into custody at a La Quinta Inn without incident shortly after she called police at 9:25 a.m. to report that she had killed her son, according to Natalie Garcia, a Santa Ana police public information officer.

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