à la Française (Fr.), after the French mode;—à la Parisienne (Fr.), in the Parisian style.
à la Grecque (Fr.), in the Greek style.
à la hauteur (Fr.), on a level with, abreast of.
alalagmos (Gr.), war-cry, cry of alala.
à la lanterne (Fr.), to the lamp(-chain)—of the murders by the mob in the French Revolution, when the victims were seized and hanged on the chains from which hung the street lamps.
à la main (Fr.), in hand, ready: by hand.
à la maître d'hôtel (Fr.), in the style of a house-steward, of a hotel-keeper: in major-domo fashion.
alambiqué (Fr.), over-elaborated, hyper-refined.
à la militaire (Fr.), in military style.
à la mode (Fr.), according to the custom: in fashion.