la

Everyday

1. The sixth note in the do-re-mi singing scale (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), also written "lah". tree →
2. LA: Los Angeles, a big city in California, USA. tree →
3. A sound people sing when they do not know or do not use the words (la la la). tree →
4. Also the word "the" in French and Spanish, seen in names like "La Paz". tree →

In the lessons

In music lessons pupils sing do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. In everyday talk, "LA" is the city. "La la la" is humming or singing without words, sometimes said to show you are not listening. Phrases: la la la, la-la land (dreaming, not paying attention).

Examples

• Sing the scale: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. tree →
• La is the sixth note of the scale. tree →
• My cousin lives in LA. tree →
• She sang "la la la" because she forgot the words. tree →
• "La la la, I can't hear you!" he joked. tree →
• He's off in la-la land again (informal: daydreaming). tree →

Note

In the scale it is also spelled "lah" (UK). LA (the city) is written in capitals. "La" in names like "La Paz" or "Los Angeles" comes from Spanish and means "the". Not a normal English word on its own.

In Jewish tradition

In music lessons pupils sing do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. In everyday talk, "LA" is the city. "La la la" is humming or singing without words, sometimes said to show you are not listening. Phrases: la la la, la-la land (dreaming, not paying attention).

Examples

• In the volume entitled "La Kabbale" by the eminent French scholar and Membre de L'Institut, Adolphe Franck, there is a chapter on the "Sepher Yetzirah.' He writes as follows: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Eliphas Lévi, the famous French Occultist, thus wrote of the "Sepher Yetzirah," in his "Histoire de la Magie," P. 54: "The Zoharis a Genesis of illumination, the Sepher Jezirah is a ladder formed of truths. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →

Note

In the scale it is also spelled "lah" (UK). LA (the city) is written in capitals. "La" in names like "La Paz" or "Los Angeles" comes from Spanish and means "the". Not a normal English word on its own.