Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fah lah]
- /fɑ lɑ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [fah lah]
- /fɑ lɑ/
Definitions of fa-la word
- noun fa-la a text or refrain in old songs. 1
- noun fa-la a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. 1
- noun fa-la (esp in 16th-century songs) a refrain sung to the syllables fa-la-la 0
- noun fa-la syllables used as a refrain in some old songs 0
- noun fa-la a type of 16th- and 17th-cent. part song with this refrain 0
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Origin of fa-la
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; special use of fa la, meaningless sound sequence found in old popular refrains
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Fa-la
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fa-la popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.