English

Proper noun

Fala

1. a language of Spain

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Fala terms

Asturian

Noun

fala f ‎(plural fales)

1. speaking, speech

Verb

fala

1. third-person singular present indicative of falar
2. second-person singular imperative of falar

Fala

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula ‎(“discourse; narrative”).

Noun

fala f ‎(plural falas)

1. Fala (Romance language of northwestern Extremadura)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IV, Chapter 2: O “Oiru” i o “Moiru” do diptongu “au” latinu:

     É algu que poi dal traballu a os estudiosus da fala, […]

     It is something which may be complicated for Fala scholars, […]

2. a language or language variant, especially a minority or regional one
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus?:

     As lenguas, idiomas, dialectus o falas tenin un-as funciós mui claras desde o principiu dos siglu i si hai contabilizaus en o mundu un-as 8.000 lenguas, ca un-a con sua importancia numérica relativa, a nossa fala é un tesoiru mais entre elas.

     The tongues, languages or regional variants have some very clear functions since the beginning of the centuries and some 8,000 languages have been accounted for in the world, each with its relative numerical importance, our Fala is another treasure among them.

Verb

fala

1. third person singular present indicative of verb falal.
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme XI:

     Quen fala poi escribil

     Those who speak can write

Galician

Verb

fala

1. third-person singular present indicative of falar
2. second-person singular imperative of falar

Hungarian

Etymology

fal +‎ -a ‎(“possessive suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒlɒ]
• Hyphenation: fa‧la

Noun

fala

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of fal

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

fala

1. indefinite genitive plural of falur

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fala, from Etruscan.

Noun

fala f ‎(plural fale)

1. A siege tower

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.la/, [ˈfa.ɫa]

Alternative forms

• phala

Noun

fala f ‎(genitive falae); first declension

1. A siege tower.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• falārica

References

• fala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fala”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Novial

Verb

fala ‎(past falad, active participle falant, passive participle falat)

1. fall

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfala/

Noun

fala f

1. wave

   Fala turystów wracających z wakacji spowodowała korki na drogach. - A wave of tourists returning from their holidays caused traffic jams on the roads.

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) falochron m
• (verb) falować

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• falla (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula ‎(“discourse, narrative”), from for ‎(“I speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‎(“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.lɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.la/

Noun

fala f (plural falas)

1. (uncountable) speech (the ability to speak; the state of not being mute)
2. a speech, a discourse
3. accent (the way someone speaks)
4. a dialect or regional variant of a language
5. a line of dialogue in a screenplay or script

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:fala.

Synonyms

• (discourse): see Wikisaurus:conversa
• (accent): dicção, sotaque, pronúncia, linguajar
• (dialect): dialeto, variante

Antonyms

• (ability to speak): mudez, afonia

Derived terms

• (dialect):
• fala de Estremadura
• fala de Xálima

Related terms

Verb

fala

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of falar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of falar

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:falar.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian pandan, Hawaiian hala).

Noun

fala

1. the **** pine, pandanus, Pandanus tectorius
2. a woven mat made from the leaves of the pandanus

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fala f

1. genitive singular of fuil

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *xvala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fǎːla/
• Hyphenation: fa‧la

Noun

fála f ‎(Cyrillic spelling фа́ла)

1. (colloquial) thanks

Declension

Interjection

fala ‎(Cyrillic spelling фала)

1. (colloquial) thank you!, thanks!

Synonyms

• hvala

Swahili

Noun

fala (ma class, plural mafala)

1. fool (person with poor judgement or little intelligence)

Synonyms

• mjinga

Swedish

Adjective

fala

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fal.

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fala Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian pandan, Hawaiian hala).

Noun

fala

1. a woven mat usually made from the leaves of the pandanus

Derived terms

• fakapopofala