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In restaurants, à la carte (/ ɑː l ə ˈ k ɑːr t /; French: [a la kaʁt]; lit. ' at the card ') [1] is the practice of ordering individual dishes from a menu in a restaurant, as opposed to table d'hôte, where a set menu is offered. [2] It is an early 19th century loan from French meaning "according to the menu". [3] [4]
à la carte lit. "on the card, i.e. menu"; In restaurants it refers to ordering individual dishes "à la carte" rather than a fixed-price meal "menu". In America "à la Carte Menu" can be found, an oxymoron and a pleonasm. à propos regarding/concerning (the correct French syntax is à propos de) affaire de cœur lit. a love affair aide-de-camp
All television service providers are required, by law, to provide a la carte selection of channels. India is the first country in the world to couple a la carte pricing with a price cap. [7] Multiple-system operator (MSO) Hathway was the first to offer channels on an a la carte basis in India, announcing such a service on September 3, 2003. [8]
Menu showing a list of desserts in a pizzeria. In a restaurant, the menu is a list of food and beverages offered to the customer. A menu may be à la carte – which presents a list of options from which customers choose, often with prices shown – or table d'hôte, in which case a pre-established sequence of courses is offered.
À la carte is a French expression meaning "from the card", and is used in restaurant terminology. A la Carte may also refer to: A La Carte (group), a German disco trio formed in 1978; A la Carte (Triumvirat album), 1978; À la Carte (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung album), 1984; A la Carte (Kenny Burrell album) À la carte, a 2002 EP by Fujifabric
Table d'hôte menu from the American Hotel in Buffalo, New York. In restaurant terminology, a table d'hôte (French:; lit. ' host's table ') menu is a menu where multi-course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed total price.
It was first used in the United States and England simultaneously in 1860. Americans also use the term to define the first of three courses in a meal, an optional one generally set on the table before guests were seated. [12] Drinks before dinner became a custom towards the end of the 19th century.
A specialized dictionary is a dictionary that covers a relatively restricted set of phenomena. The definitive book on the subject (Cowie 2009) includes chapters on some of the dictionaries included below: synonyms; pronunciations; names (place names and personal names) phrases and idioms; dialect terms