à laprep.

Brit.

/ˌa ˈla/,

/ˌɑː ˈlɑː/,

/ˈa lə/,

/ˈa la/,

/ˈɑː lə/, U.S.

/ˈɑ ˌlɑ/,

/ˈɑ lə/

Forms: 1600s–1700s a-la, 1600s– a la, 1700s– à la. Before a vowel à l'

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à la.

Etymology: < Middle French a la, French à la according to the, in the manner of the ( < à , preposition + la , feminine definite article: see La adj.), in combination with either a feminine noun or the feminine form of an adjective.Development in French. In French, phrases with à la sometimes have a feminine noun showing essentially its usual meaning, as e.g. à la carte , literally ‘according to the menu’, à la mode , literally ‘according to (the) fashion’, à la débandade , literally ‘at a stampede’, à la fourchette , literally ‘with the fork’. From such expressions appear to have developed a group of constructions where à la appears to have become a lexical unit in its own right, with the sense ‘in the style of (a specified person or thing)’, and a grammatically feminine form (to agree with la ) is either selected or created to follow it. Compare the group of expressions where à la is followed by a use as noun of the feminine form of an adjective designating a country of origin, e.g. à la française , à l'anglaise , à la russe , etc., which have the meaning ‘in the French style’, etc. (rather than ‘in the style of a Frenchwoman’); these may perhaps result originally from shortening of phrases where the feminine adjective modified the noun mode style, manner, fashion, e.g. à la mode française . Compare also examples where a feminine form is created from a masculine noun, as e.g. à la garçonne (of dress) in the style of a boy, à la hussarde (of dress, of a dance) in the style of a hussar, and uses with the name of a masculine individual, as e.g. à la Napoléon . Compare Italian alla . History in English. Attested from the late 16th cent. in a number of phrases borrowed wholesale from French, earliest in à la Turquesque Turkish style (compare quot. 1579 at sense 1a) and à la Française adj. English formations are found from the early 17th cent., where the preposition combines either with a French word (compare e.g. à la roi adj.) or with an English word previously borrowed from French (see 1a), and subsequently also with names and English nouns (see 1b). Attested in the names of culinary dishes borrowed from French from the mid 17th cent., earliest in à la royale adj., and from the 18th cent. used commonly in this context with English names and nouns (compare sense 2). N.E.D. (1884) gives only the pronunciation (a· la:) /ˈa ˌla/.

1. In the manner or style of (a specified person or thing).

a. In phrases formed by English speakers using a French final element.See also à l'Anglaise adv., à la Française adj., à la page adj., à la Russe adj., etc.

ΚΠ

1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. F.1^v The practise of theyr mother and them in their own country at this present, is, to raze all auncient french houses and to reare vp new, bringing al, as neere as they can, A la Turkesque that all being there creatures may fall down and worship them.]

a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 61 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) As ill a Mine [= mien] as this Act has: 't was a-la-Romansci, as you may see by a line of Mr. Shakespears [cf. Jul. C. v. iii. 88].

1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vii. 123 Some of the organdie frocks had green legs and green feet, some had legs à la nature.

2009 New Yorker 5 Jan. 68/2 Finally.., rear-entry intercourse is no longer called sex ‘à la Négresse’.

b. With names and English nouns.

ΚΠ

1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon ii. iii. 25 I am extreamly pleas'd with these Habits, Cousin...They are A la Gothic and Uncomune.

1781 M. P. Andrews Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern Epilogue. sig. b3^v No wondering, good folks—I've done my best—Bedizen'd a-la-German, like the rest!

1795 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 18–22 Jan. (1914) vii. 169 I..wish you could see us sitting in form with our legs crossed (à la Cath. Stanley), on a sofa, making the agreeable to an Aga.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. x. 218 Her happiness on this occasion was very much a-la-mortal, finely chequered.

1860 M. Reid Quadrupeds (1868) 165 The power of clueing themselves up à la hedgehog.

1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience i. 13 An attachment à la Plato for a bashful young potato.

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. x. 191 As for Foggartism, they didn't—à la ‘Evening Sun’—pooh-pooh it.

1968 Listener 27 June 827/1 Departure by air could involve..lurking fears..of being sucked, à la James Bond, out of a porthole.

2001 Car & Driver Dec. 76/3 A..lever..emerges from..a shield-shaped center console just to the right of the wheel, à la rally cars.

2. Cookery. In the names of dishes: prepared in the manner or style or by the method of (a particular person, place, etc.).See also à la broche adj., à la brochette adj., etc.à la daube, à la meunière, à la reine: see the final element.Chicken à la King: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Oct. (1948) I. 48 We had a neck of mutton dressed à la Maintenon, that the dog could not eat.]

1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. E (heading) Beef a la Braise.

1836 I. Roberts Young Cook’s Guide 123 Cheese Soup, à la Biberon.

1882 Englishman 2 Dec. 3/5 Chicken à la Stanley. Lamb Cutlets à la Reform.

1918 B. E. L. Stockbridge Liberty Cook Bk. 129 Shrimp à la Newburg.

1959 Home Encycl. 24 Beef a la Lindstrom (from Scandinavia).

2010 New Yorker 22 Nov. 61/2 The dishes aren't complicated. For instance, Chicken a la Grande—..named after a horse trainer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	à la
释义	à laprep. Brit. /ˌa ˈla/, /ˌɑː ˈlɑː/, /ˈa lə/, /ˈa la/, /ˈɑː lə/, U.S. /ˈɑ ˌlɑ/, /ˈɑ lə/ Forms: 1600s–1700s a-la, 1600s– a la, 1700s– à la. Before a vowel à l' Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à la. Etymology: < Middle French a la, French à la according to the, in the manner of the ( < à , preposition + la , feminine definite article: see La adj.), in combination with either a feminine noun or the feminine form of an adjective.Development in French. In French, phrases with à la sometimes have a feminine noun showing essentially its usual meaning, as e.g. à la carte , literally ‘according to the menu’, à la mode , literally ‘according to (the) fashion’, à la débandade , literally ‘at a stampede’, à la fourchette , literally ‘with the fork’. From such expressions appear to have developed a group of constructions where à la appears to have become a lexical unit in its own right, with the sense ‘in the style of (a specified person or thing)’, and a grammatically feminine form (to agree with la ) is either selected or created to follow it. Compare the group of expressions where à la is followed by a use as noun of the feminine form of an adjective designating a country of origin, e.g. à la française , à l'anglaise , à la russe , etc., which have the meaning ‘in the French style’, etc. (rather than ‘in the style of a Frenchwoman’); these may perhaps result originally from shortening of phrases where the feminine adjective modified the noun mode style, manner, fashion, e.g. à la mode française . Compare also examples where a feminine form is created from a masculine noun, as e.g. à la garçonne (of dress) in the style of a boy, à la hussarde (of dress, of a dance) in the style of a hussar, and uses with the name of a masculine individual, as e.g. à la Napoléon . Compare Italian alla . History in English. Attested from the late 16th cent. in a number of phrases borrowed wholesale from French, earliest in à la Turquesque Turkish style (compare quot. 1579 at sense 1a) and à la Française adj. English formations are found from the early 17th cent., where the preposition combines either with a French word (compare e.g. à la roi adj.) or with an English word previously borrowed from French (see 1a), and subsequently also with names and English nouns (see 1b). Attested in the names of culinary dishes borrowed from French from the mid 17th cent., earliest in à la royale adj., and from the 18th cent. used commonly in this context with English names and nouns (compare sense 2). N.E.D. (1884) gives only the pronunciation (a· la:) /ˈa ˌla/. 1. In the manner or style of (a specified person or thing). a. In phrases formed by English speakers using a French final element.See also à l'Anglaise adv., à la Française adj., à la page adj., à la Russe adj., etc. ΚΠ 1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. F.1^v The practise of theyr mother and them in their own country at this present, is, to raze all auncient french houses and to reare vp new, bringing al, as neere as they can, A la Turkesque that all being there creatures may fall down and worship them.] a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 61 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) As ill a Mine [= mien] as this Act has: 't was a-la-Romansci, as you may see by a line of Mr. Shakespears [cf. Jul. C. v. iii. 88]. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serpent vii. 123 Some of the organdie frocks had green legs and green feet, some had legs à la nature. 2009 New Yorker 5 Jan. 68/2 Finally.., rear-entry intercourse is no longer called sex ‘à la Négresse’. b. With names and English nouns. ΚΠ 1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon ii. iii. 25 I am extreamly pleas'd with these Habits, Cousin...They are A la Gothic and Uncomune. 1781 M. P. Andrews Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern Epilogue. sig. b3^v No wondering, good folks—I've done my best—Bedizen'd a-la-German, like the rest! 1795 J. B. S. Morritt Let. 18–22 Jan. (1914) vii. 169 I..wish you could see us sitting in form with our legs crossed (à la Cath. Stanley), on a sofa, making the agreeable to an Aga. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park II. x. 218 Her happiness on this occasion was very much a-la-mortal, finely chequered. View more context for this quotation 1860 M. Reid Quadrupeds (1868) 165 The power of clueing themselves up à la hedgehog. 1881 W. S. Gilbert Patience i. 13 An attachment à la Plato for a bashful young potato. 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. x. 191 As for Foggartism, they didn't—à la ‘Evening Sun’—pooh-pooh it. 1968 Listener 27 June 827/1 Departure by air could involve..lurking fears..of being sucked, à la James Bond, out of a porthole. 2001 Car & Driver Dec. 76/3 A..lever..emerges from..a shield-shaped center console just to the right of the wheel, à la rally cars. 2. Cookery. In the names of dishes: prepared in the manner or style or by the method of (a particular person, place, etc.).See also à la broche adj., à la brochette adj., etc.à la daube, à la meunière, à la reine: see the final element.Chicken à la King: see the first element. ΚΠ 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Oct. (1948) I. 48 We had a neck of mutton dressed à la Maintenon, that the dog could not eat.] 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. E (heading) Beef a la Braise. 1836 I. Roberts Young Cook’s Guide 123 Cheese Soup, à la Biberon. 1882 Englishman 2 Dec. 3/5 Chicken à la Stanley. Lamb Cutlets à la Reform. 1918 B. E. L. Stockbridge Liberty Cook Bk. 129 Shrimp à la Newburg. 1959 Home Encycl. 24 Beef a la Lindstrom (from Scandinavia). 2010 New Yorker 22 Nov. 61/2 The dishes aren't complicated. For instance, Chicken a la Grande—..named after a horse trainer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < prep.a1642
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