English Online Dictionary. What means fa? What does fa mean?
English
Alternative forms
- fah
Etymology
From Latin famuli, 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 (plural fas)
- (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
fa m (plural fas)
- (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 (infinitive kufá)
- to die
Derived terms
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -fera
- Nominal derivations:
- imfa (“death”)
Czech
Noun
fa
- Abbreviation of firma.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa/
Noun
fa m (plural fa)
- (music) fa, the note 'F'.
Further reading
- “fa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Noun
fa m (plural fas)
- (music) fa (musical note)
- (music) F (the musical note or key)
See also
- (musical notes) nota musical; dó, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (Category: gl:Music)
Gothic
Romanization
fa
- Romanization of 𐍆𐌰
Hadza
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa/, [fʷa]
Verb
fa
- to drink
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *puwe. Cognates include Finnish puu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ ˈfɒ]
- Rhymes: -fɒ
Noun
fa (plural fák)
- 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
fa m (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 aorist yettfay, aorist ifa, preterite ifa, negative preterite ifa)
- to yawn
Lala (South Africa)
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fá
- to die
Latvian
Noun
fa m (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 Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.
Noun
fa m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- reason, cause
Synonyms
- oyr
Derived terms
- cre'n fa
- gyn fa gyn oyr
Mutation
Middle English
Etymology 1
From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.
Noun
fa (plural fas)
- Alternative form of fo
Etymology 2
From Old English fā, variant of fāh.
Adjective
fa
- Alternative form of fo
Niuean
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
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
fa m (plural fas)
- (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 Latin famuli, 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɑː/
Noun
fa m (definite singular fa-en, indefinite plural fa-ar, definite plural fa-ane)
- (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 (past fad, active participle fant, passive participle fat)
- make; do
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 77
- On fa butre fro milke.
- One makes butter from milk.
- On fa butre fro milke.
- 1928, Otto Jespersen, An International Language, page 77
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognates include Old English fōn, Old Saxon fāhan and Old Dutch fān.
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
- 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
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 Norse fá, 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 (infinitive kufá)
- 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
fa m (plural fa)
- fa (musical note)
Derived terms
Interjection
fa
- (Argentina) ew, phew (expression of disgust)
- Synonyms: puaj, guácala
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-kúa.
Verb
-fa (infinitive kufa)
- 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
fa m (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 Norse fá, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną.
Verb
fa (preterite fekk or fikk, plural fing, supine fatt or faije)
- To receive, obtain.
- To have children.
- To give, hand.
- (reflexive, intransitive) To convalesce.
- (auxiliary verb) May.
Derived terms
- anfått
- seinfatt
Etymology 2
From Old Norse fár, 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)”