fa

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

Prep

Alternative spelling of for.

Concepten

fa

Synoniemen

F

fah

Vertalingen

fa

fa

fa

fa

φά

Φα

fa

فَا

fatica

فا

F

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɑ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: fa

In summary

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.