Meanings
preposition
alternative à la · alternative ala
- In the style or manner of.
[…] the flaming purification of Diane Johnson's Los Angeles a la Sodom and Gomorrah […]
1971, The New York Times, Book review of Burning1 more example
I’m also not totally ready to get rid of my beachy summer blonde. But instead of scrapping the highlights I worked so hard for, I’m asking my stylist for a root smudge à la Tate McRae above.
2024 September 5, Beth Gillette, “24 Fall Hair Colors Every Celebrity Is Asking for Rn”, in Cosmopolitan
Origin
- Frenchà la
- Frenchà la
- Englisha la
Borrowed from French à la.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Indonesian ala
- alain the style or manner of
Polish à la, a la
- à lain the style or manner of
- a lain the style or manner of
Portuguese à
- àin the style or manner of
Russian а-ля
- а-ля (a-lja)in the style or manner of
Slovak à la, dľa
- à lain the style or manner of
- dľain the style or manner of
- podľain the style or manner of
- poin the style or manner of
Spanish a la, al
- a lain the style or manner of
- alin the style or manner of
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APA
a la. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20la
MLA
“a la.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20la. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “a la,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20la.
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