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à la

à la is the alternative form of a la.

Meaning of a la

Preposition

a la

  1. 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 Burning

Origin of à la

Borrowed from French à la.

Questions about à la

What is à la the alternative form of?
À la is the alternative form of a la.

Words near à la in the dictionary

  1. à contre-coeur
  2. à contrecoeur
  3. à contrecœur
  4. à deux
  5. à gogo
  6. à la
  7. à la carte
  8. à la king
  9. à la minute
  10. à la mode
  11. à la nage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: à la (page history and authors); a la (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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