fah

F4A1H4

A form of fa — A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

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Meanings

fah1

nounfah (plural fahs)

plural fahs

  1. alternativeentertainmentAlternative form of fa.

fah2

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative form of faugh.

    He leaned against the fence, pulled a pear from his tunic and bit into it. His face puckered. "No good?" Alypius said. Augustine spat out the pieces. "Fah!" he said.

    1957, Henry W. Coray, Son of Tears, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 14

fah3

adverb
  1. New Englandpronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of far.

Origin

An anglicised spelling of fa.

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APA

fah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fah

MLA

“fah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fah.

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