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Fa

//fɑ// name, noun, prep, pron, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "While there is no evidence to suggest that heading the ball is to blame, the new guidelines will be introduced to mitigate against any potential risks, according to a statement from the English Football Association (FA), in conjunction with the Scottish and Northern Irish FAs. “This updated heading guidance is an evolution of our current guidelines and will help coaches and teachers to reduce and remove repetitive and unnecessary heading from youth football,” said Mark Bullingham, CEO of the English FA."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Fur Affinity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

    "And now Mrs. Waters (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as Fa, la, la, ra, da, &c. are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Fanconi anemia. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization wordnet
  4. 4
    Initialism of featured article. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 5
    Initialism of felonious assault. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Initialism of flight attendant. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The highlight of the flight was watching one of the F.A.'s (male) sitting on the welcome lap of a smiling passenger (also male)."

  2. 7
    Initialism of fee agreement. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of fat admirer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of free agent. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Abbreviation of final A. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of forever alone. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Preposition
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of for. alt-of, alternative, informal

    "Do ya wanna be a dope fiend fa krist’s sake?"

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Initialism of fuck all. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar
  2. 2
    Initialism of Fanny Adams. abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, initialism

Etymology

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.

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