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Fa

Fa

(fä)
,
Noun.
[It.]
(Mus.)
(a)
A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.
(b)
The tone F.

Definition 2024


See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"‎

Faroese

Adjective

  1. strong feminine nominative singular of fáur
  2. strong neuter nominative and accusative plural of fáur

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfaː]

Noun

solmisation

(plural fák)

  1. fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale

See also


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Verb

(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fékk, third-person plural past indicative fengu, supine fengið)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to receive, get
  2. (ditransitive, with dative and accusative objects) to give (someone something)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

  • (to receive): eignast
  • (to give): gefa, láta af hendi

Derived terms


Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠæː/

Preposition

(plus dative, triggers lenition)

  1. Ulster form of faoi (about, concerning)

Derived terms

  • fád (contraction with do (your sg))
  • fám (contraction with mo (my))
  • fán corresponding to standard faoin
  • fána corresponding to standard faoina
  • fánar corresponding to standard faoinar
  • fánár corresponding to standard faoinár
  • fánarb corresponding to standard faoinarb
  • fánarbh corresponding to standard faoinarbh

Usage notes

The standard Irish and Connacht form faoi (Munster ) means both ‘under’ and ‘about, concerning’. In Ulster, these two meanings are split: faoi means ‘under’, while means ‘about, concerning’.


Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄈㄚˊ)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfa/
  • Hyphenation: fa
  • Rhymes: -a

Etymology

From Latin fa[muli] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

m (plural fás)

  1. fa (musical note)

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Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fáʊː], [fóː], [fɛ́ɑː]

Verb

(preterite singular fikk or fe, preterite plural finge, supine fáeð)

  1. to get