La

See also: Appendix:Variations of "la"

Translingual

Etymology 1

From lanthanum.

Symbol

La

  1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for lanthanum.

Etymology 2

From Spanish la (“the”); the species of this genus mostly have Spanish puns for names, such as La cucaracha.

Proper noun

La f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain moths.
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References

English

Noun

La

  1. Abbreviation of lane (in street addresses).
  2. Alternative form of LA.

Anagrams

Italian

Pronoun

La f

  1. (formal) alternative letter-case form of la (“you”)

See also

Italian personal pronouns
singular plural
first second second formal / polite5 third first second second formal / polite5 third
m or f m f m or f m f
nominative io tu Lei, Ella8 lui, egli8, ello8, elli3, 8, esso8 lei, ella8, essa8 noi voi, Voi7 Loro loro
elli3, 8, ellino4, 8, eglino4, 8, essi8 elle3, 8, elleno4, 8, esse8
atonic (clitic)11 accusative / dative-reflexive mi, m', -mi, me9 ti, t', -ti, te9 ― si6, s', -si, se9 ci, c', -ci, ce9 vi, Vi7, v', V'7, -vi, -Vi7, ve9 ― si, s', -si, se9
accusative La, -La, L' lo, l', -lo, il4 la, l', -la Le, -Le li, -li le, -le
dative Le, -Le glie9 Loro10 loro10, gli2, -gli2, glie9
gli, -gli le, -le, gli2, -gli2
locative ― ci, c',
vi1, v'1 		― ci, c',
vi1, v'1
partitive ne, n' ne, n'
tonic12 prepositional-reflexive ― sé ― sé
oblique me te Lei lui, esso8 lei, essa8 noi voi, Voi7 Loro loro,
essi8 elle8, esse8
1 Formal.
2 Informal.
3 Archaic.
4 Obsolete.
5 Grammatically third person forms used semantically in the second person as a formal or polite way of addressing someone (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
6 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
7 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).
8 Traditional grammars still indicate the forms egli (animate), ello / ella (animate), esso / essa and their plurals as the nominative forms of the third person pronouns; outside of very formal or archaizing contexts, all such forms have been replaced by the obliques lui, lei, loro.
9 Forms used when followed by a third-person direct object proclitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
10 Used after verbs.
11 Unstressed forms, stand alone forms are found proclitically (except dative loro / Loro), others enclitically (-mi, -ti, etc.).
12 Disjunctive, emphatic oblique forms used as direct objects placed after verbs, in exclamations, along prepositions (prepositional) and some adverbs (come, quanto, etc.); also used with a to create alternative emphatic dative forms.

Anagrams

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laː˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [laː˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [laː˧˧]
  • Homophone: la
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Etymology 1

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 羅.

    Proper noun

    La

    1. a surname from Chinese

    Etymology 2

    Orthographic borrowing from English La., which precedes the route number on every Louisiana state highway route marker and many guide signs.

    Proper noun

    La

    1. (Louisiana, colloquial) Louisiana State Highway.
      Đi con đường La 47.
      Take Louisiana Highway 47.
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