From Latinfamuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fɑ/
Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
fa (pluralfas)
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.
Translations
See also
Anagrams
AF, af
Catalan
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfa/
Rhymes: -a
Etymology 1
Noun
fam (pluralfas)
(music)fa(fourth note of diatonic scale)
Etymology 2
From the Catalan verb fer(“to do”).
Verb
fa
third-person singular present indicative form of fer
Preposition
fa
ago
Interjection
fa
(dialectal) A particle used in some dialects to emphasize a negative sentence.
Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fa (infinitivekufá)
to die
Derived terms
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -fera
Nominal derivations:
imfa(“death”)
Czech
Noun
fa
Abbreviation of firma.
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fa/
Noun
fam (pluralfa)
(music) fa, the note 'F'.
Further reading
“fa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
From Proto-Uralic*puwe. Cognates include Finnishpuu.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfɒ]
Rhymes: -fɒ
Noun
fa (pluralfák)
tree (large woody plant)
wood (substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree)
(graph theory) tree (connected graph with no cycles)
(computing theory) tree (recursive data structure)
(attributive) wooden (made of wood)
Declension
Derived terms
(Expressions):
fából vaskarika
nem esik messze az alma a fájától
nem látja a fától az erdőt
References
Italian
Alternative forms
(imperative form):fa', fai
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈfa]
Hyphenation: fà
Rhymes: -a
Adverb
fa
ago
Synonyms
prima
Noun
fam (invariable)
(music)fa (musical note)
F (musical note or key)
Verb
fa
inflection of fare:
third-person singular indicative present
second-person singular imperative
Japanese
Romanization
fa
Rōmaji transcription of ふぁ
Rōmaji transcription of ファ
Kabyle
Verb
fa (intensive aoristyettfay, aoristifa, preteriteifa, negative preteriteifa)
to yawn
Lala (South Africa)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fá
to die
Latvian
Noun
fam (invariable)
(music) fa, the note 'F'.
Luganda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
fa
to die
Mandarin
Romanization
fa (Zhuyin˙ㄈㄚ)
Pinyin transcription of 𠲎
fa
Nonstandard spelling of fā.
Nonstandard spelling of fá.
Nonstandard spelling of fǎ.
Nonstandard spelling of fà.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irishfáth, from Proto-Celtic*wātus(“inspired utterance”) (compare Welshgwawd(“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European*weh₂t-.
From Proto-Polynesian*fa, from Proto-Oceanic*pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.
Numeral
fa
four
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
fam (pluralfas)
(Jersey) suit (clothing)
Synonyms
suit
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fá
to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latinfamuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.
(music)fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
Coordinate terms
(scale of solfège):do, re, mi, fa, sol or so, la, ti, do
References
“fa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Novial
Verb
fa (pastfad, active participlefant, passive participlefat)
make; do
1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 77
On fa butre fro milke.
One makes butter from milk.
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic*fanhaną. Cognates include Old Englishfōn, Old Saxonfāhan and Old Dutchfān.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfaː/
Verb
fā
(transitive) to catch
Descendants
West Frisian: fange
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
fá, ba, bá
Etymology
Apparently a derivative of some form of the copula is that is from Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-.
Conjunction
fa (triggers lenition)
(in indirect interrogative clauses) or
c.845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 12b7
c.800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b32
Further reading
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 fa, ba, fo”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norsefá, from Proto-Germanic*fanhaną.
Verb
fā
to seize, take
to get, receive
Conjugation
Descendants
Swedish: få
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fá
to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Scots
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fa/
Pronoun
fa
Doric form of wha(“who”)
Shona
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fá (infinitivekufá)
to die
Derived terms
rufu
Sotho
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-páa.
Verb
fa
to give
South Marquesan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian*fa, from Proto-Oceanic*pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.
Numeral
fa
four
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fá
to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fa/
Noun
fam (pluralfa)
fa(musical note)
Derived terms
Interjection
fa
(Argentina) ew, phew (expression of disgust)
Synonyms:puaj, guácala
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Pronunciation
Verb
-fa (infinitivekufa)
to die
to stop, come to an end
Conjugation
Derived terms
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -fia
Causative: -fisha(“murder”)
Passive: -fiwa(“mourn, be bereaved”)
Nominal derivations:
kifa(“death”)
mafa(“cemetery”)
Related terms
-fu(“dead”)
kifo(“death”)
mfu(“dead person”)
See also
-ua(“kill”)
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
-fá
(intransitive) to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Tsonga
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
fa
to die
Tuvaluan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian*fa, from Proto-Oceanic*pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.
Numeral
fa
four
Venda
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Verb
fa
to die
Venetian
Noun
fam (invariable)
(music)fa(musical note)
F (musical note or key)
Adverb
fa
as, like
Volapük
Preposition
fa
by (indicating an agent)
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /foː/, /fɒː/, /fɑː/
Rhymes: -óː
Etymology 1
From Old Norsefá, from Proto-Germanic*fanhaną.
Verb
fa (preteritefekkorfikk, pluralfing, supinefattorfaije)
To receive, obtain.
To have children.
To give, hand.
(reflexive, intransitive) To convalesce.
(auxiliary verb) May.
Derived terms
anfått
seinfatt
Etymology 2
From Old Norsefár, from Proto-Germanic*fawaz.
Adjective
fa
Few.
Derived terms
famönnes
fang
fangfor
faräjj
faräjjes
feengt
fått
Wuvulu-Aua
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*pat, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*əpat, from Proto-Austronesian*Səpat.
Numeral
fa
four
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [fá]
Verb
-fá
(intransitive) to die
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
umfi
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu*-kúa.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fá/
Verb
-fá
(intransitive) to die
Inflection
Derived terms
References
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “fa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “fa (imper. yifa, 6.3)”