à la mode
See also: alamode and a la mode
English
Adjective
à la mode (not comparable)
- Alternative form of a la mode
Finnish
Alternative forms
- a la mode
Etymology
Borrowed from French à la mode (“in fashion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ ˈlɑ ˈmod/, [ˈɑ ˈlɑ ˈmo̞d]
Adverb
à la mode
- fashionable; in a particular style or fashion.
- 2003 May 17, Helena Ylänen, “Poliittinen elokuva à la mode [Political cinema à la mode]”, in Helsingin Sanomat:
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French
Etymology
From à (“in”) + la mode (“the fashion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a la mɔd/
Adjective
à la mode (invariable)
- in fashion
- Synonyms: en vogue, au goût du jour
Descendants
- → English: a la mode
- → Finnish: à la mode, a la mode
- → Norwegian Bokmål: à la mode, a la mode
See also
- en vue
- dans l'air du temps
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- a la mode
Etymology
Borrowed from French à la mode (“in fashion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.laˈmɔːd/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -mɔːd
- Hyphenation: a‧la‧mode
- Homophone: a la mode
Adverb
à la mode
- à la mode, fashionable; in a particular style or fashion.
- 1970, Dagbladet:
- her gis ingen konsesjoner til à-la-mode-radikalisme
- here no licenses are granted for à-la-mode radicalism
- 2008, Nils Johan Ringdal, Georg Valentin von Munthe af Morgenstiernes forunderlige liv og reiser, page 43:
- Bertha trengte naturligvis et utall kjoler – og ingen vet hvor mange hatter – for å kunne kle seg kongelig à la mode til hver middag
- Bertha naturally needed countless dresses - and no one knows how many hats - to be able to dress royally à la mode for every dinner
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- modern, the latest trend
- sangerens bryllup ble et kjendisbryllup à la mode
- the singer's wedding became a celebrity wedding à la mode
- sangerens bryllup ble et kjendisbryllup à la mode
References
- la mode “à la mode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “à_la_mode” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “à la mode” in Store norske leksikon