a la mode meaning in Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from French
a la mode meaning in Cooking Dictionary
Meaning "when you look at the style"
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- [French] served with or in the style of. Desserts served a la mode are offered with ice cream; meats served a la mode are braised with veggies and served with gravy.
a la mode meaning in General Dictionary
in the current style or style
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- with ice-cream over the top or privately
a la mode - German to English
à la mode [obs.]
a la mode - French to English
trendy
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- popular
Sentence Examples with the word a la mode
Ballades in Blue China (1880, enlarged edition, 1888), Ballads and Verses Vain (1884), selected by Mr Austin Dobson; Rhymes a la Mode (1884), Grass of Parnassus (1888), Ban and Arriere Ban (1894), New Collected Rhymes (1905).