à la also a la (ä? lä, ä? l?, ?l??)prep. In the style or manner of: a poem à la Ogden Nash.[French, short for à la mode de, in the manner of.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.à la (?? l??; æ l?; French a la) prep1. in the manner or style of2. (Cookery) as prepared in (a particular place) or by or for (a particular person)[C17: from French, short for à la mode de in the style of]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014à la or a la (?? l?, ?? l?, ?æl ?) prep. in the manner or style of: a short poem à la Ogden Nash; tuna à la provençale.[1580?90;