la

See also Appendix:Variations of "la"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Originally as the first syllable of Latin labii.

Noun

la (plural las)

  1. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
Synonyms
Translations
syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Old English lā.

Interjection

la

  1. (obsolete) Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
  2. (archaic) Expressing surprise, anger etc.
    • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, vol. III ch. 2:
      “Oh, la! here come the Richardsons. I had a vast deal more to say to you, but I must not stay away from them any longer.”

Etymology 3

From French la, Italian la.

Adjective

la (not comparable)

  1. Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).
    • 2007, Kate Carter, The Guardian, 22 Nov 2007:
      Following lukewarm on the heels of an article a few weeks ago, where (I paraphrase due to having filed the relevant copy in the recycling bin) Victoria Beckham made a "well-meaning" remark that the other Spice Girls might want to lose a few pounds, we now have a new incidence of La Beckham's scintillating and entirely well-meaning humour.
    • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 232:
      By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.

Statistics

Anagrams

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Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

la

  1. fish
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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin illac.

Preposition

la

  1. at
  2. by
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Asturian

Article

la f sg (masculine el, neuter lo, masculine plural los, feminine plural les)

  1. (definite) the

Usage notes

  • The article la contracts to l' before a word beginning with a or ha: l'asturiana (the Asturian), l'habitación (the habitation)

Pronoun

la

  1. her (third-person singular feminine direct pronoun)
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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin illa

Article

la f (masculine el, masculine plural els, feminine plural les)

  1. the; feminine singular definite article

Pronoun

la (enclitic and proclitic, contracted proclitic l')

  1. her (direct object)
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi2 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal4 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person  very formal1 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’3 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal1 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person.
2) Only as object of a preposition.		 3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

Etymology 2

Noun

la m (plural les)

  1. (music) la (sixth note of a diatonic scale)
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Chickasaw

Pronoun

la

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)
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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin illa.

Article

la

  1. the; feminine singular definite article

Related terms

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

la f (plural laden, diminutive laatje)

  1. drawer

Derived terms

Noun

la f (plural la's, diminutive laatje)

  1. la (music)

Related terms

Anagrams

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Esperanto

Etymology

From the French, Spanish and Italian la.

Article

la

  1. the
    la libro — the book
    la libroj — the books
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Finnish

Etymology

From lauantai.

Abbreviation

la

  1. lauantai (Saturday)
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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French la, from Latin illam, which is the accusative singular feminine of ille.[1]

Article

la f sg

  1. The (definite article).

Pronoun

la

  1. (direct object) Her, it.
Related terms
French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject)		 Reflexive Accusative
(direct complement)		 Dative
(indirect complement)		 Locative
(at)		 Genitive
(of)		 Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
Second — tu, t’ te, t’ — — toi
Third Masculine il se, s’ le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
— on — — — — soi
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous vous — — vous
Third Masculine ils se, s’ les leur y en eux
Feminine elles elles

Etymology 2

Noun

la m (invariable)

  1. (music) la, the note 'A'.

References

  1. ^ 1964, Albert Dauzat; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, “le, la, les”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse:
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Galician

Pronoun

la f (accusative)

  1. Mutated form of a. (her)

Usage notes

The l- forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s, and is suffixed to the preceding word

Related terms

Noun

la m (plural las)

  1. (music) la (sixth note of the scale)

Noun

la f (usually uncountable)

  1. wool
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Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French l'art

Noun

la

  1. art

Etymology 2

Article

la

  1. the (definite article)
Usage notes

Use this article only after a word that ends with an oral (non-nasal) vowel and an oral consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

See also
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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Interjection

la

  1. (archaic) used in dialects at the end of an exclamatory sentence as an emphasis
    ott van la! - there it is!
  2. a syllable used when singing a tune without lyrics
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Ido

Article

la

  1. the
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Interlingua

Pronoun

la

  1. (accusative) her
  2. (dative) to her
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Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Latin illa, female form of ille.[1]

Article

Italian Definite Articles
singular plural
masculine il
lo		 i
gli
feminine  la le

la f sg (plural le)

  1. the
Usage notes
  • The article la elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming l'.

Pronoun

la f sg (plural le)

  1. her (direct object)
  2. it (feminine)
    ...una improvvisa timidezza però la immobilizza... (Pasolini) - ...a sudden timidity immobilized her though...

Etymology 2

Noun

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

la m (invariable)

  1. (music) la (musical note)
  2. (music) A (musical note and scale)
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 2002, Giuseppe Patota, Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, ISBN 88-15-08638-2, page p. 127:

Anagrams

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Jèrriais

Article

la f (plural les)

  1. the (feminine singular definite article)

Coordinate terms

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Lojban

Cmavo

la

  1. Indicates that the following word is a cmene (proper noun).

Usage notes

  • The cmavo la can be used before an ordinary brivla, not just cmevla. So, for example, whereas "lo cribe" could be translated as "bear" or "a bear" and "le cribe" as "the bear", "la cribe" could be translated as "Bear". [1]
  • A sumti phrase begun with la can be ended (if necessary) with the elidable terminator ku.

Related terms

References

  1. ^ LRG §6.2, example 2.6
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Mandarin

Pronunciation

Romanization

la (form of la0 or la5)

  1. See 啦
  2. See 坼
  3. See 蓗
  4. See 藌
  5. See 鞡

Romanization

la

  1. Nonstandard spelling of lā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of lá.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǎ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of là.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Michif

Etymology

From French la.

Pronunciation

Article

la f (masculine li, masculine and feminine plural lii)

  1. the
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Middle French

Etymology 1

Old French la.

Article

la f (masculine le, masculine and feminine plural les)

  1. the
Descendants
  • French: la

Etymology 2

Old French la.

Alternative forms

  • là (circa 1550)

Adverb

la

  1. the
Descendants
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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

la (present tense lar; past tense lot; past participle latt)

  1. let
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

la (present tense lèt/lar; past tense lét/let; past participle late/latt; imperative la)

  1. let
    La meg få gjera det.
    Let me do it.

Etymology 2

Verb

la

  1. past tense of leggja, leggje, legga and legge
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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin illa.

Article

la (masculine lo, feminine plural las, masculine plural los)

  1. the; feminine singular definite article
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Old French

Article

la

  1. the (feminine singular oblique definite article)
  2. the (feminine singular nominative definite article)
    • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
      Trop avons fet grant reposee,
      Recomançomes la meslee!
      We have rested too much
      Let's restart the battle! (literally, the mix)

Inflection

Old French definite articles
Declension of the definite article le
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative li la, le 1 li les
oblique le 1 la 1 les les
1These singular forms elide to l' before a vowel or non-aspirate h.
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Old Provençal

Article

la (masculine lo)

  1. the; feminine singular definite article
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Portuguese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

la

  1. Alternative form of a (third-person feminine singular objective pronoun.) Used as an enclitic and mesoclitic following a verb form ending in a consonant (-z, -r and -s, but not -m). The consonant is elided and the preceding vowel takes an accent if necessary.
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Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin illac.

Preposition

la (+accusative)

  1. at
  2. to, towards

Etymology 2

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

Alternative forms

  • (Transylvania) lăia

Verb

a la (third-person singular present lă, past participle lăut) 1st conj.

  1. (popular, uncommon) to wash (especially the head)
Conjugation
    la (First conjugation)
infinitive a la
gerund lând
past participle lăut
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present lau lai lă lăm lați lau
imperfect lam lai la lam lați lau
simple perfect lăui lăuși lău lăurăm lăurăți lăură
pluperfect lăusem lăuseși lăuse lăuserăm lăuserăți lăuseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să lau să lai să lea, laie, leie să lăm să lați să lea, laie, leie
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative lă lați
negative nu la nu lați
Derived terms
  • lăutoare, lăutură
Synonyms
Related terms
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Samoan

Noun

la

  1. sun
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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin illa, from ille.

Article

la f sg (plural li)

  1. the
The Sicilian Definite Article
Masculine Feminine
Singular lu, û la, â
Plural li, î li, î
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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa, feminine singular of ille.

Article

la f sg (masculine el, feminine plural las, masculine plural los)

  1. the

Pronoun

la

  1. Feminine form of it or that. (May be nominative or accusative)
  2. Impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain colloquial phrases: 'it', 'this'.
    La sabe toda.
    He/she knows everything (it all)
    ¡Dónde la viste!
    Where have you seen this!
    No te la creo.
    I don't believe you.
    Examples:
Usage notes
  • Sometimes used where English would prefer a possessive: "Tengo algo en la bolsa" (literally, I have something in the bag) as opposed to "Tengo algo en mi bolsa". (I have something in my bag).

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

la m (plural las)

  1. (music) la
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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu. Compare Zulu -dla.

Verb

la

  1. to eat

Conjugation

    affirmative conjugation of la
infinitive kula
singular person
1st person
mimi		 2nd person
wewe		 3rd person/Class 1
yeye/(m)		 Class 3
(m)		 Class 5
(ji)		 Class 7
(ki)		 Class 9
(n)		 Class 11/14
(u)
indicative general nala wala ala wala lala chala yala wala
progressive ninakula unakula anakula unakula linakula kinakula inakula unakula
habitual hula
past nilikula ulikula alikula ulikula lilikula kilikula ilikula ulikula
perfect nimekula umekula amekula umekula limekula kimekula imekula umekula
future nitakula utakula atakula utakula litakula kitakula itakula utakula
consecutive nikala ukala akala ukala likala kikala ikala ukala
conditional present ningekula ungekula angekula ungekula lingekula kingekula ingekula ungekula
past ningalikula ungalikula angalikula ungalikula lingalikula kingalikula ingalikula ungalikula
subjunctive general nile ule ale ule lile kile ile ule
consecutive nikale ukale akale ukale likale kikale ikale ukale
comitative nikila ukila akila ukila likila kikila ikila ukila
imperative kula!
__le!‡
plural person
1st person
sisi		 2nd person
ninyi		 3rd person/Class 2
wao/(wa)		 Class 4
(mi)		 Class 6
(ma)		 Class 8
(vi)		 Class 10
(n)		 Class 10
(n)†
indicative general twala mwala wala yala yala vyala zala zala
progressive tunala mnala wanala inala yanala vinala zinala zinala
habitual hula
past tulikula mlikula walikula ilikula yalikula vilikula zilikula zilikula
perfect tumekula mmekula wamekula imekula yamekula vimekula zimekula zimekula
future tutakula mtakula watakula itakula yatakula vitakula zitakula zitakula
consecutive tukala mkala wakala ikala yakala vikala zikala zikala
conditional present tungekula mngekula wangekula ingekula yangekula vingekula zingekula zingekula
past tungalikula mngalikula wangalikula ingalikula yangalikula vingalikula zingalikula zingalikula
subjunctive general tule mle wale ile yale vile zile zile
consecutive tukale mkale wakale ikale yakale vikale zikale zikale
comitative tukila mkila wakila ikila yakila vikila zikila zikila
imperative tule kuleni!
__leni!‡

†Plural for Class 11 nouns only; No plural for identical nouns of Class 14 that share the same affix
‡Imperatives that take an object use the second form


    negative conjugation of la
infinitive kutola
singular person
1st person
mimi		 2nd person
wewe		 3rd person/Class 1
yeye/(m)		 Class 3
(m)		 Class 5
(ji)		 Class 7
(ki)		 Class 9
(n)		 Class 11/14
(u)
indicative general sili huli hali hauli halili hakili haili hauli
progressive Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form
habitual Use General Form
past sikula hukula hakula haukula halikula hakikula haikula haukula
perfect sijala hujala hajala haujala halijala hakijala haijala haujala
future sitakula hutakula hatakula hautakula halitakula hakitakula haitakula hautakula
consecutive Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form
conditional present nisingekula usingekula asingekula usingekula lisingekula kisingekula isingekula usingekula
past nisingalikula usingalikula asingalikula usingalikula lisingalikula kisingalikula isingalikula usingalikula
subjunctive general nisile usile asile usile lisile kisile isile usile
consecutive Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form
comitative nisipokula usipokula asipokula usipokula lisipokula kisipokula isipokula usipokula
imperative usile!‡
plural person
1st person
sisi		 2nd person
ninyi		 3rd person/Class 2
wao/(wa)		 Class 4
(mi)		 Class 6
(ma)		 Class 8
(vi)		 Class 10
(n)		 Class 10
(n)†
indicative general hatuli hamli hawali haili hayali havili hazili hazili
progressive Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form Use General Form
habitual Use General Form
past hatukula hamkula hawakula haikula hayakula havikula hazikula hazikula
perfect hatujala hamjala hawajala haijala hayajala havijala hazijala hazijala
future hatutakula hamtakula hawatakula haitakula hayatakula havitakula hazitakula hazitakula
consecutive Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form
conditional present tusingekula msingekula wasingekula isingekula yasingekula visingekula zisingekula zisingekula
past tusingalikula msingalikula wasingalikula isingalikula yasingalikula visingalikula zisingalikula zisingalikula
subjunctive general tusile msile wasile isile yasile visile zisile zisile
consecutive Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form Use Subjunctive Form
comitative tusipokula msipokula wasipokula isipokula yasipokula visipokula zisipokula zisipokula
imperative tusile msile!‡

†Plural for Class 11 nouns only; No plural for identical nouns of Class 14 that share the same affix
‡Imperatives that take an object use the second form


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Swedish

Alternative forms

Verb

la

  1. past tense of lägga.

Conjunction

la

  1. Regional, non-standard variant of väl
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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese, from 騾

Noun

la

  1. mule

Verb

la

  1. to cry, to shout

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Walloon

Etymology

From Latin illac.

Adverb

la

  1. there

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Yatzachi Zapotec

Noun

la

  1. name
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Zulu

Determiner

la

  1. these (class 6)

See also

Class 6 concords[edit]
Full noun prefix: ama-
Basic noun prefix: ma-
Subject concord: a-, -wa-
Object concord: -wa-
Possessive concord: a-
Adjective concord: ama-
Relative concord: a-
Pronoun: wona, -wo
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.
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