"fala" meaning in Fala

See fala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfala/ Forms: falas [plural]
Rhymes: -ala Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fābula Old Galician-Portuguese fala Fala fala Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fax|:inh|roa-opt:fala|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin fābula Old Galician-Portuguese fala Fala fala [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Galician-Portuguese", "term" : "fala", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "roa-opt" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Fala", "term" : "fala", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fax" }" data-lang="fax" data-title="fala"> Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”)., {{ety|fax|:inh|roa-opt:fala|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin fābula Old Galician-Portuguese fala Fala fala Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fala, from Latin fābula (“discourse, narrative”). Head templates: {{fax-noun|f|~}} fala f (countable and uncountable, plural falas)
  1. (uncountable, with definite article) Fala (Romance language of northwestern Extremadura) Tags: feminine, uncountable, with-definite-article
    Sense id: en-fala-fax-noun-i5ox-MF6 Categories (other): Fala entries with etymology texts, Fala entries with etymology trees, Fala entries with etymon, Fala entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Languages Disambiguation of Fala entries with etymology texts: 80 20 Disambiguation of Fala entries with etymology trees: 80 20 Disambiguation of Fala entries with etymon: 85 15 Disambiguation of Fala entries with incorrect language header: 45 31 18 5 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 7 6 3 3 3 6 4 1 16 14 3 1 5 1 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 14 8 5 4 5 4 6 5 1 14 12 3 3 5 1 1 8 Disambiguation of Languages: 47 27 16 10
  2. (countable) a language or language variant, especially a minority or regional one Tags: countable, feminine
    Sense id: en-fala-fax-noun-6SPlKJ3u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: falal (english: to speak, to talk)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfala/
Rhymes: -ala Head templates: {{head|fax|verb form}} fala
  1. third-person singular present indicative of falal (“to speak”) Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: falal (extra: to speak)
    Sense id: en-fala-fax-verb--oKTnTDG
  2. second-person singular imperative of falal (“to speak”) Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: falal (extra: to speak)
    Sense id: en-fala-fax-verb-SbFA9WIx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "text": "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.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfala/"
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