or à la |ä(ˌ)lä, |ȧ(ˌ)lȧ, -_lə or, especially in some of the most frequently used phrases so beginning, ˌalə or |a(ˌ)la
Etymology: French à la
: after the fashion of : in the manner of — used freely with English nouns regardless of gender or number
dangling from the rafters a la Douglas Fairbanks
publicity shots a la Hollywood
reciter of … “The Happy Prince”, done a la Emlyn Williams and Dickens — Lewis Nichols