Fa
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɑ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fa is a noun meaning (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
Meaning
(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
More Meanings
- (informal) Alternative spelling of for.
Example Sentences
Do ya wanna be a dope fiend fa krist’s sake?
And now Mrs. Waters (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as Fa, la, la, ra, da, &c. are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sol, digi, vor, bing, hsien, father.
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