fa
noun
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
fa
1 American
[fah]
/ fɑ /
noun
Music.
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fas
plural
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the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the tone F.
fā
2
American
[fah]
/ fɑ /
noun
FA
1
British
abbreviation
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military field artillery
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(in Britain) Football Association See also FA Cup
fa
2
British
/ fɑː /
noun
f.a.
3
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fa1
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at gamut
Origin of fā2
From Arabic
Vocabulary lists containing fa
Example Sentences
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I often heard him repeat the verse: "Wa in janaho ila alsilm fa ajnah laho" — if they, meaning non-Muslims, resort to peace, do the same.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2022
The fa la la la la, la la la la stops here in the series finale of “The Christmas Caroler Challenge.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2020
He was also, in the opinion of many, reggae’s greatest singer, so deeply spiritual he could transform “Do re mi fa so la ti do” into a hymn.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2020
They are absurdly fluffy—a texture known to the Japanese as fa fa—and come alongside lashings of honeycomb butter.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
Frantically Shirley searched for fa, then played it.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
She greeted other guests with “gōng xǐ fā cái,” wishing them prosperity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Fey, Fay, fā, adj. doomed, fated soon to die, under the shadow of a sudden or violent death—often marked by extravagantly high spirits.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The Scottish FA have worked on a number of initiatives to address the problem but are aware it's an ongoing battle.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
In his decade at Manchester City, Guardiola not only parlayed the club’s immense, Abu Dhabi-based wealth into six Premier League titles, three FA Cups, and a Champions League.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He won six major trophies at City - including the Treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in 2023 - scoring 36 goals in 106 appearances.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
But the Gunners played 63 games in all competitions as they won the title, reached the final of the Champions League, the final of the Carabao Cup and the quarter-final of the FA Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
From this it follows easily that the triangles FAA1 and FBB1 are equiangular, and therefore similar, so that FA : AA1 = FB : BB1.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
But he did not go as fas as to call for revoking their Security Council membership, and with it their veto power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2022
The future of the hunt is unclear - many of the most talented lama fas are aging, and overfishing in the area could limit the food supply that brings the whales past Lamalera so regularly.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2015
As fas as I have been able to ascertain, Hanya Yanagihara is the only novelist in the United States who does not live in the bubbling literary cauldron known as Brooklyn.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 19, 2015
They either express Fas ligand, which binds to the fas molecule on the target cell, or act by using perforins and granzymes contained in their cytoplasmic granules.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
They cannot be hurt now, for they run verree fas'.
From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Henry Wallace Phillips
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