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fa

/fɑ/

fa noun: a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale. Also the alternative spelling of for.

Noun (1)

fa (plural fas)

  1. A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
    • 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...1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman, with very extraordinary Adventures which ensued at the Inn”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew]...
    1. Sometimes syllable for both the tonic and the fourth.

Proper noun capitalized: FA

FA (countable and uncountable, plural FAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA.
    • While there is no evidence to suggest that heading the ball is to blame, the new guidelines will be introduced to mitigate against any potential risks, according to a statement from the English Football Association (FA), in conjunction with the Scottish and Northern Irish FAs.
    • “This updated heading guidance is an evolution of our current guidelines and will help coaches and teachers to reduce and remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football,” said Mark Bullingham, CEO of the English FA.2020 February 24, Jack Guy, “UK football authorities ban children from heading footballs in training”, in CNN
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of Fur Affinity.

Pronoun capitalized: FA

FA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, vulgar) Initialism of fuck all.
  2. (abbreviation, euphemistic, initialism) Initialism of Fanny Adams.

Noun (2) capitalized: FA

FA (countable and uncountable, plural FAs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Fanconi anemia.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of featured article.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of felonious assault.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of flight attendant.
    • The highlight of the flight was watching one of the F.A.'s (male) sitting on the welcome lap of a smiling passenger (also male).1978 August 19, David Brill, “California Here I Come!”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 10
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of fee agreement.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of fat admirer.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of financial aid.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of free agent.
  9. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of final A.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of forever alone.

Also used as

fa is also the alternative spelling of for.

fa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

fa in Hindi

fourth note of a major scale
म ma

fa in Tamil

ஃபா

fa in Marathi

फा

fa in Urdu

ایف اے
More languagesFewer languages
fa in Bengali
ফা
fa in Telugu
ఫా
fa in Kannada
ಫಾ, ಎಫ್ಎ
fa in Gujarati
ફા, એફએ
fa in Odia
ଫା
fa in Arabic
فَا fā
fa in Thai
ฟา faa
fa in Vietnamese
pha

Examples of fa in a sentence

  • The building had a perfectly symmetrical façade.
  • Similarily, the femosphere possesses intellectual mouthpieces who cloak reactionary perspectives with an intellectual and scientific façade.
  • The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally.

All 33 example sentences with fa

Forms of fa

Noun
pluralfas
alternative formfah
pluralFAs
Proper noun
pluralFAs

Plural of fa: fas

Origin of fa

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Words formed from fa

Phrases with fa

Words that rhyme with fa

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Questions about fa

What does fa mean?
Fa means a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.
What is fa in Hindi?
Fa in Hindi is म (ma). See Fa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fa?
Fa can be a noun, a proper noun or a pronoun.
How do you pronounce fa?
Fa is pronounced /fɑ/.
What is the plural of fa?
The plural of fa is fas.

Words near fa in the dictionary

  1. f`num`@ks
  2. f`num``num`k
  3. f`num``num`ked
  4. f`num``num`king
  5. f`num``num`ks
  6. fa
  7. fa cai
  8. FA Cup
  9. FA Cups
  10. fa jin
  11. fa shizzle

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fa (page history and authors); FA (page history and authors); fa (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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