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à la mode

adjective \ˌä-lə-ˈmōd, ˌa-lə-\

: topped with ice cream

: stylish or fashionable

Full Definition of À LA MODE

1
:  fashionable, stylish
2
:  topped with ice cream
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Variants of À LA MODE

à la mode also a la mode \ˌä-lə-ˈmōd, ˌa-lə-\
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Origin of À LA MODE

French, according to the fashion
First Known Use: 1641

Related to À LA MODE

Synonyms
stylish (also a la mode), au courant, chic, cool [slang], exclusive, fashionable, fresh [slang], happening, hip, in, modish, sharp, smart, snappy, supercool, swell, swish, trendy, voguish
Antonyms
dowdy, out, outmoded, styleless, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unmodish, unstylish

Rhymes with À LA MODE

antipode, carbo-load, discommode, down the road, eigenmode, electrode, episode, frontage road, front-end load, hit the road, impastoed, incommode, internode, Kozhikode, microcode, mother lode, Nesselrode, object code, palinode, penal code, pigeon-toed, service road, sinus node, trematode, wagonload

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