à l’occidentale – French expression
à l’occidentale – French expression
the Western way – Mot du Jour
What does the French expression ‘ à l’occidentale ‘ mean? How do you say ‘ the Western way ’ in French? How is it used in a sentence?
à l’occidentale — at the western. In everyday French à l’occidentale or sometimes à l’européenne, such as in chapter 4 of Le Petit Prince, means ‘in a Western fashion’, ‘the Western way’.
You may hear 3 common expressions with à l’occidentale:
- manger à l’occidentale
- s’habiller à l’occidentale
- vivre à l’occidentale
- « Je ne m’habillais pas à l’occidentale quand j’habitais en Chine. »
- “I didn’t dress in the Western fashion when I lived in China.”
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