à la mode
English
Adjective
- Alternative form of a la mode.
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French à la mode (“in fashion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ ˈlɑ ˈmod/, [ˈɑ̝ ˈlɑ̝ 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:
French
Etymology
Literally, “at the fashion.”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a la mɔd/
Adjective
- in fashion, fashionable
- Synonyms: en vogue, au goût du jour
Related terms
- à la mode de
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: alamòd
- → English: a la mode
- → Finnish: à la mode, a la mode
- → Norwegian Bokmål: à la mode, a la mode
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French à la mode (“in fashion”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
- 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
- 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
- “à la mode” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “à_la_mode” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “à la mode” in Store norske leksikon