la

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   an archaic exclamation expressing surprise, emphasis, or mild protest

   La! You cannot truly believe such a rumor.

2. 2
   noun

   the sixth note of a major scale in solfège

   The melody rises from sol to la before resolving on ti.

The musical syllable came through Italian solmization from the opening syllable of Latin labii in the hymn Ut queant laxis. The archaic English exclamation is a separate use, common in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century dialogue.

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