fa

fa

 (fä)

n. Music

The fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solfeggio.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin; see gamut.]

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fa

(fɑː)

n

(Music, other) music a variant spelling of fah

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FA

abbreviation for

1. (Military) military field artillery

2. (Soccer) (in Britain) Football Association

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fa

(fɑ)

n.

the musical syllable used for the fourth tone of an ascending diatonic scale.

[1275–1325; Middle English; see gamut]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fa - the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization solfa syllable - one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization

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Translations

fa

FA

N ABBR

1. (Brit) (Sport) =Football Association → AFE f
FA Cup → Copa f de la FA

2. =Fanny Adams

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fa

[fɑː] N (Mus) → fa m

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fa

n (Mus) → Fa nt

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fa

[fɑː] n (Mus) → fa m

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