alamodeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

alamode (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 alamodes)

1. A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.

形容詞

alamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)

1. Alternative form of a la mode
   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:

     Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.

副詞

alamode (comparative more alamode, superlative most alamode)

1. Alternative form of a la mode

別の表記

• à la mode, alamode, ala mode

語源

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.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑləˈməʊd/, /ˌæləˈməʊd/

形容詞

a la mode

1. Fashionable; in the current style or fashion.

   Synonyms: cool, trendy, classy

   • 2023 June 16, Megan Uy, “25 Absolutely Gorgeous Crochet Clothing Pieces You Won’t Stop Wearing This Summer”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Rosettes are the hottest trend right now, and it's looking so damn good on this à la mode crochet bikini set. When you're not beach or poolside, you could even match the triangle top with a sleek maxi or high-waisted bottoms.

2. (US) Served with ice cream.

   Our pie a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.

   • November 1959, "Martin Bunn", Popular Science, Gus Pulls a Switch:

     With a bowl of beef stew, apple pie a la mode, and two cups of coffee under his belt, Gus Wilson walked leisurely back to the Model Garage.

3. Of beef: larded and stewed with vegetables.

副詞

a la mode

1. In a particular style or fashion.