Etymology

à la nage

Today it means: Served in a broth in which it was poached or cooked. Full definition →

French à la nage
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  1. French · borrowed fromà la nage“swimming”
  2. English todayà la nage

French à la nage (“swimming”, literally “in the (act of) swimming”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.