a la

• à la (less common)
• ala (colloquial)

From French à la.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æ læ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑ lɑ/

a la

1. In the style or manner of.
   • 1971, The New York Times, Book review of Burning:

     […] the flaming purification of Diane Johnson's Los Angeles a la Sodom and Gomorrah […]

• AAL, Aal, aal

a la

1. Alternative form of à la

• à la

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”).

• IPA^(key): /alːa/

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

a la

1. Alternative spelling of à la

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

a la

1. Alternative spelling of à la

• ala, à la

Borrowed from French à la.

• IPA^(key): /aˈla/

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• Rhymes: -ala

a la

1. Alternative spelling of à la

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

Borrowed from French à la.

• IPA^(key): /a la/ [a la]
• Syllabification: a la

a la

1. a la; in the style or manner of