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fa
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
fa
(noun)
sweet FA
(noun)
fa
noun
or chiefly British
fah
/
ˈ
fɑː/
fa
noun
or chiefly British
fah
/
ˈ
fɑː/
Britannica Dictionary definition of FA
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noncount
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music
:
the fourth note of a musical scale
do, re, mi,
fa
, sol, la, ti
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