fan.

Brit.

/fɑː/, U.S.

/fɑ/

Etymology: Originally the first syllable of the Latin famuli : see gamut n.

The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the fourth note in his hexachords, and since retained in solmization as the 4th note of the octave.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > sol-fa system > sol-fa notes

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c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 292 Sol and ut and la, And that froward file that men clepis fa.

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 3 There be in Musicke but vj. Notes, which are called, vt, re, mi, fa, sol, la.

1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. Fa, one of the highest Notes in Musique.

1890 W. H. Cummings Rudim. Music ⁋202 In France it is customary to call the sounds by fixed syllables instead of letters, as follows: Do or Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do or Ut; C. D. E. F. G. A. B. C.

Derivatives

fa v. (see quot. 1597).

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 145 Ile re you, Ile fa you, Ile sol you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

F.A. n. = Fanny Adams n. 2.

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 F.A. ‘Fanny Adams’, or ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’—nothing; vacuity.

1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 123 F.A. Sometimes lengthened into Sweet F.A. or bowdlerized into Sweet Fanny Adams. Used to mean ‘nothing’ where something was expected.

1944 H. T. Hopkinson in Penguin New Writing 20 128 Bread—that's about what we got as kids. Bread, and sweet F.A.

1967 J. Gardner Madrigal ix. 251 The small industrial organisation whose own security officers know sweet FA.

F.A. n. Football Association.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > football associations

S.F.A.1882

F.A.1892

FIFA1946

UEFA1963

1892 in Gibson & Pickford Assoc. Football (1905) I. 112 The meetings of the F.A. are carried out under rules of procedure.

1930 Morning Post 18 Nov. 15/4 The first round proper of the F.A. Cup.

单词	fa
释义	fan. Brit. /fɑː/, U.S. /fɑ/ Etymology: Originally the first syllable of the Latin famuli : see gamut n. The name given by Guido d'Arezzo to the fourth note in his hexachords, and since retained in solmization as the 4th note of the octave. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > system of sounds or intervals > [noun] > diatonic scale series > sol-fa system > sol-fa notes fac1325 lac1325 solc1325 utc1325 mia1450 rec1550 si1728 doh1730 ti1835 c1325 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 292 Sol and ut and la, And that froward file that men clepis fa. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 3 There be in Musicke but vj. Notes, which are called, vt, re, mi, fa, sol, la. 1660 J. Howell Lex. Tetraglotton Dict. Fa, one of the highest Notes in Musique. 1890 W. H. Cummings Rudim. Music ⁋202 In France it is customary to call the sounds by fixed syllables instead of letters, as follows: Do or Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do or Ut; C. D. E. F. G. A. B. C. Derivatives fa v. (see quot. 1597). ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 145 Ile re you, Ile fa you, Ile sol you. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas F.A. F.A. n. = Fanny Adams n. 2. Π 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 22 F.A. ‘Fanny Adams’, or ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’—nothing; vacuity. 1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 123 F.A. Sometimes lengthened into Sweet F.A. or bowdlerized into Sweet Fanny Adams. Used to mean ‘nothing’ where something was expected. 1944 H. T. Hopkinson in Penguin New Writing 20 128 Bread—that's about what we got as kids. Bread, and sweet F.A. 1967 J. Gardner Madrigal ix. 251 The small industrial organisation whose own security officers know sweet FA. extracted from Fn. F.A. F.A. n. Football Association. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > football associations S.F.A.1882 F.A.1892 FIFA1946 UEFA1963 1892 in Gibson & Pickford Assoc. Football (1905) I. 112 The meetings of the F.A. are carried out under rules of procedure. 1930 Morning Post 18 Nov. 15/4 The first round proper of the F.A. Cup. extracted from Fn. < n.c1325 as lemmas
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