la — meaning in English
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English meaning
- it pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
- la noun In solfège, the syllable used for the sixth note of a major scale.
- the article Used before a noun to show that the listener already knows, or can work out, exactly which thing is meant.
Senses
la is used for these senses in English:
- it The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
- la (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
- the The definite grammatical article that shows that the noun phrase that immediately follows it is definitely identifiable...
it — full definition
- pron Used to refer to a thing, animal, or abstract idea that has already been mentioned or is understood.
- pron Used as a placeholder subject in sentences describing weather, time, or general conditions.
la — full definition
- noun In solfège, the syllable used for the sixth note of a major scale.
- intj An exclamation representing singing, or used to add emphasis, surprise, or drama to a statement.