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noun

a text or refrain in old songs.

a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Also, fal la.

Origin:
1585–95; special use of fa la, meaningless sound sequence found in old popular refrains

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fa-la or fal la (fɑːˈlɑː)

—n
	(esp in 16th-century songs) a refrain sung to the syllables fa-la-la

fal la or fal la

—n

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