la

Betekenis (English)

Noun

A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.

Intj

Represents the sound of music or singing.

Intj

1. (obsolete) Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
2. Expressing surprise, anger. etc.

Adj

Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).

Particle

1. (colloquial) Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.
2. (colloquial) Used to tone down comments.

Particle

Alternative form of lah

Concepts

la

A

A

Synonyms

lah

A

A

a

a

her

it

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/lɑː/

Etymology (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: la

Cognate with Oudengels: lā

Cognate with Oudgrieks: λαλαγε

Cognate with Duits: lallen

In summary

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