à la carte

== English == === Alternative forms === a la carte, à-la-carte === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæ.ləˈkɑːt/, /ˌæ.læˈkɑːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.ləˈkɑɹt/, /ˌɑ.lɑˈkɑɹt/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t === Adjective === à la carte (not comparable) (food and drink) Allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu. Antonym: table d'hôte (figurative, by extension) Selective; only choosing what one likes or desires. Synonym: cherry-picking (Philippines, particularly in restaurants) A meal but only the viand (without rice). ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === à la carte (not comparable) By ordering individually priced items from the menu. Antonym: table d'hôte 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xvii[2]: There were two divisions in the restaurants I used to visit. One division, which was patronized by fairly well-to-do people, provided any number of courses from which one chose and paid for à la carte, each dinner thus costing from one to two shillings. The other division provided six-penny dinners of three courses with a slice of bread. In my days of strict frugality I usually dined in the second division. ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). === Pronunciation === === Adverb === à la carte (Food and drink) allowing selection only from a fixed list of options, typically shown on a menu (Food and drink) with each dish priced (by extension) from any longlist of options, or even free choice, as opposed to a shortlist ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Literally, “to the menu”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a la kaʁt/ === Adverb === à la carte (food and drink) à la carte (allowing selection only from a fixed list of options, typically shown on a menu) Antonym: à prix fixe manger à la carte ― to eat à la carte (food and drink) with each dish priced (clarification of this definition is needed.) (by extension) from any longlist of options, or even free choice, as opposed to a shortlist ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: à la carte → English: à la carte → Norwegian: Norwegian Bokmål: à la carte → Polish: à la carte → Portuguese: à la carte → Swahili: à la carte → Swedish: à la carte → Turkish: alakart === References === “carte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu”). === Adjective === à la carte (comparative lebih à la carte, superlative paling à la carte) à la carte === Further reading === “à la carte”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === a la carte === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.laˈkaʈ/, /a.laˈkaʁt/ Rhymes: -aʈ, -aʁt Hyphenation: à‧la‧carte === Noun === à la carte m (definite singular à la carten or a la carten, indefinite plural à la carter or a la carter, definite plural à la cartene or a la cartene) (cooking) à la carte, allowing selection only from a fixed list of options, typically shown on a menu === Adverb === à la carte (cooking) à la carte, allowing selection only from a fixed list of options, typically shown on a menu (cooking) with each dish priced (figuratively) from any longlist of options, or even free choice, as opposed to a shortlist ==== Derived terms ==== à la carte-meny (“à la carte menu”) à la carte-servering (“à la carte serving”) === References === “à 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 == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a‿ˈla ˈkart/ Syllabification: à la carte === Adjective === à la carte (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb) (postpositive) à la carte (allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu) === Adverb === à la carte (not comparable) à la carte (by ordering individually priced items from the menu) === Further reading === à la carte I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN à la carte II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN à la carte in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: à la car‧te === Adjective === à la carte (invariable) (postpositive) à la carte === Adverb === à la carte à la carte === Further reading === “à la carte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “à la carte”, in Dicionário infopédia das Locucões Latinas e Expressões Estrangeiras (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “à la carte”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “à la carte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French à la carte (“on the menu; according to the card”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌa.laˈkaʈː/ === Adverb === à la carte (not comparable) à la carte