English Explanatory Dictionary

fa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
  2. Sometimes syllable for both the tonic and the fourth.
prep
  1. Alternative spelling of for.
name
  1. Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA.
  2. Initialism of Fur Affinity.
pron
  1. Initialism of fuck all.
  2. Initialism of Fanny Adams.
noun
  1. Initialism of Fanconi anemia.
  2. Initialism of featured article.
  3. Initialism of felonious assault.
  4. Initialism of flight attendant.
  5. Initialism of fee agreement.
  6. Initialism of fat admirer.
  7. Initialism of free agent.
  8. Abbreviation of final A.
  9. Initialism of forever alone.

Pronunciation

/fɑ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fa.wav

Word forms

fa fas fah

Etymology

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Related words

do la mi re so ti fa cai fa jin fa-la fi fa Pha̍k-fa-sṳ

Derived words

fa shizzle FA Cup

Translations

Arabic: فَا Basque: fa Czech: fa Dutch: fa Finnish: fa French: fa Galician: fa Georgian: ფა Hindi: म Hungarian: fá Italian: fa Japanese: ファ Korean: 파 Latvian: fa Macedonian: фа Russian: фа Spanish: fa Thai: ฟา Vietnamese: pha
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