Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In solmization, the syllable used for the fourth tone of the scale—that is, the subdominant. In the major scale of C this tone is F, which is therefore sometimes specifically called
fa . - To fall, in any sense.
- To have as one's lot or share; get; obtain.
- To claim; pretend to.
- noun An abbreviation of
free of all average , a phrase used in marine-insurance policies. Seeaverage , n. - noun Fall.
- noun Share; due.
- noun Lot; chance.
- To sound the fourth note of the scale in solmization: as, do, re, me, fa, sol (or soh), etc.
- noun An abbreviation of
Free and Accepted Masons . - noun An abbreviation of Fellow of the Antiquarian Society;
- noun of Fellow of the Society of Arts;
- noun of free alongside ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization.
- noun The tone F.
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- noun music A syllable used in
solfège to represent the fourth note of amajor scale .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
Etymologies
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Examples
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October 3, 2009 at 7:36 pm mi fa mi re ～do～ re ～～mi so fa mi re～ fa～～～～♪
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The augmented fourths formed by the notes fa and mi, marked with x, are the _mi contra fa_, which _diabolus est_, or 'is the _divider_,' see p. 36.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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But it added, fa fa&, no great ftrength to the Confederacy; and TO LATE WAR.
History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 1785
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Oggi fa bel tempo_, "or" _fa cattivo tempo_, "as the case may be.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 Various
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Listen to the verb conjugation of the French word façonner:
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Listen to the verb conjugation of the French word façonner:
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Listen to the verb conjugation of the French word façonner:
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Maybe this fa is a mom, too, and was one of those moms who liked to have a blanket.
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Listen to the verb conjugation of the French word façonner:
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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You will find the French word façon referenced in these books:
gulyasrobi commented on the word fa
"fa" in Hungarian means: tree
August 7, 2012