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Added 10 October 2026

la

/lɑː/ symbol

Latin root: labiī Wiktionary

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ISO 639-1 language code for Latin.

noun

A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale. Sometimes syllable for both the third and the sixth.
Sometimes syllable for both the third and the sixth.

interjection

Represents the sound of music or singing.
"La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.

interjection

Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
Expressing surprise, anger. etc.

Origin

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.

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