Definition/Meaning of la

• English - Noun: la (plural las) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale . A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale .: Sometimes syllable for both the third and the sixth. la (plural las) lad , kid la (plural las) (abbreviation) Abbreviation of lane
• English - Interjection: la Represents the sound of music or singing. " La la la la , I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears. 2019, Keira Brown, Between the Lines: Never in Plain Sight: The only part Lucy had to sing was the interlude, which was a bunch of la la la's , and the last verse of the song, which was only four lines, and the chorus, which was just as short. la (obsolete) Used to…
• English - Adjective: la (not comparable) (ironic, not comparable, often) Prefixed to the name of a woman , with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna ). 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 232: By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory. 2025 June 21, Jo Ellison, “The Bezos merger we all want a piece of”, in FT Weekend…
• English - Particle: la (Hong Kong, colloquial) Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order. Sleep la ! — [You should] go to bed. Eat shit la you! — You're going to hell! (calque of 食屎啦你！) (Hong Kong, colloquial) Used to tone down comments. ok la — not bad; good enough la (Hong Kong, Manglish, Singlish, alternative, colloquial) Alternative form of lah .
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Glover's solmization , from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon. Etymology 2. Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old…