fa-la

[ fah-lah ]

noun
  1. a text or refrain in old songs.

  2. a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Origin of fa-la

1
First recorded in 1585–95; special use of fa la, meaningless sound sequence found in old popular refrains

Words Nearby fa-la

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How to use fa-la in a sentence

  • Of the Muse it is most strictly and soberly true that "Bocca bacciata non perde ventura, anzi rinuova come fa la luna."

  • Later, a new third was superimposed and they dared the chord sol-si-re-fa-la.

    Musical Memories | Camille Saint-Sans

British Dictionary definitions for fa-la

fa-la

fal la

/ (fɑːˈlɑː) /


noun
  1. (esp in 16th-century songs) a refrain sung to the syllables fa-la-la

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