à la
In the manner
À la is French for "in the style of" or "in the manner of," borrowed into English for describing how something is done or prepared.
It appears most often in cooking: pie à la mode (with ice cream), chicken à la king.
Outside food contexts, it signals imitation or tribute: a thriller à la Hitchcock, minimalism à la Marie Kondo.
- modeWay or method
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- fashionCurrent popular trend
- mannerWay of behaving
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
French cooking · cuisine · carte · cordon bleu · inspired · way · according · resembling · after · following · tradition · recipe · method · preparation · served · dressed · garnished · coq au vin
originality/derivation
à lasui generis
Of its own kind
original · originally · unprecedented · de novo · one of a kind
stylistic reference
à launlike
Not similar to
in contrast to · breaking with · idiosyncratically · distinctively · innovatively