adjective · rare

a la mode

прохолодний

готовый, завершённый, конченый

in, einfahrend, hereinkommend

Fashionable; in the current style or fashionFashionable; in the current style or fashion.

/ˌɑləˈməʊd/

» My favorite dessert is cheesecake a la mode.

Meaning

3 senses

Fashionable; in the current style or fashion.
in the current fashion or style
(US, postpositional)Served with ice cream.
Our pudding a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.
(postpositional)Of beef: larded and stewed with vegetables.

Examples

8 sentences

My favorite dessert is cheesecake a la mode.
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I'm in a different mode now.
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Cars are a popular mode of transportation for many people around the world.
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He always prefers his pie served a la mode.
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Offering a dark mode is necessary for interface accessibility.
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Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French à la mode (“in fashion”). The US sense was coined by polyg

Unadapted borrowing from French à la mode (“in fashion”). The US sense was coined by polyglot restaurant owner John Gieriet in Minnesota in the 1800s though later attributed to Berry Hall and Charles Watson Townsend.

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