a la carte

See also: à la carte

English

Adverb

a la carte (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of à la carte

Adjective

a la carte (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of à la carte

Interlingua

Phrase

a la carte

1. a la carte

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• à la carte

Etymology

Borrowed from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). First part from French à la (“in the style or manner of”), short for à la mode (“in fashion”), first part from French à (“to, on, in”), from Middle French [Term?], from Old French a (“to, towards, belonging to”), from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”). Last part from French la (“the”), from Middle French la (“the”), from Old French la (“the”), from Latin illam (“that, those”), which is the accusative singular feminine of ille (“that, those”), from Old Latin olle (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no- or *h₂l̥-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Last part from French carte (“card, chart; map, menu”), from Latin charta (“paper, poem, map”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “(sheet of) paper, book”), possibly from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to sharpen, engrave, carve, write”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.laˈkaʈ/, /a.laˈkaʁt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʈ, -aʁt, -art
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧carte
• Homophone: à la carte

Noun

a la carte m (definite singular a la carten, indefinite plural a la carter, definite plural a la cartene)

1. Alternative spelling of à la carte

Adverb

a la carte

1. Alternative spelling of à la carte

Derived terms

• a la carte-servering

References

• la carte “a la carte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “à_la_carte_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “à_la_carte_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “à la carte” in Store norske leksikon