View source for la

{{also|Appendix:Variations of "la"}}
{{minitoc}}
==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|1}}

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/lɑː/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-la.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑː|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From Glover's [[solmization]], from {{inh|en|enm|la||sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales}}, {{der|en|it|la}} in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of {{der|en|la|labiī|t=lip's}} in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn ''{{w|Ut queant laxis}}'' by Paulus Deacon.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|lah}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|music}} A syllable used in [[solfège]] to represent the sixth note of a [[major scale]].
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones
|passage=And now Mrs Waters (for we must confess she was in the same bed), being, I suppose, awakened from her sleep, and seeing two men fighting in her bedchamber, began to scream in the most violent manner, crying out murder! robbery! and more frequently rape! which last, some, perhaps, may wonder she should mention, who do not consider that these words of exclamation are used by ladies in a fright, as fa, '''la''', la, ra, da, &c., are in music, only as the vehicles of sound, and without any fixed ideas.}}

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{sense|music}} {{l|en|do}}, {{l|en|re}}, {{l|en|mi}}, {{l|en|fa}}, {{l|en|sol}}, {{l|en|ti}}

=====Translations=====
{{see translation subpage|noun}}

===Etymology 2===
Sound used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare {{cog|ang|lā|pos=a common exclamation}}, {{cog|grc|λαλαγε||babble}}, {{cog|de|lallen||to babble}}.

====Interjection====
{{en-interjection}}

# ''Represents the sound of music or singing''.
#: {{ux|en|"'''La la la la''', I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2019|author=Keira Brown|title=Between the Lines: Never in Plain Sight
|passage=The only part Lucy had to sing was the interlude, which was a bunch of '''la la la's''', and the last verse of the song, which was only four lines, and the chorus, which was just as short.}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{der|en|enm|la}}, from {{der|en|ang|la|lā}}. More at {{m|en|lo}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|law}}

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{n-g|Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} {{n-g|Expressing surprise, anger. etc.}}
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones|text='''La''', ma'am, what doth your la'ship think? the girl that your la'ship saw at church on Sunday, whom you thought so handsome; though you would not have thought her so handsome neither, if you had seen her nearer, but to be sure she hath been carried before the justice for being big with child.}}
#* {{RQ:Austen Sense and Sensibility|III |2|text=“Oh, '''la'''! here come the Richardsons. I had a vast deal more to say to you, but I must not stay away from them any longer.”}}
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair|passage="'''La''', William, don't be so highty-tighty with ''us''. We're not men. We can't fight you," Miss Jane said.}}

===Etymology 4===
From {{der|en|fr|la}}, {{der|en|it|la}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# Prefixed to the name of a [[woman]], with [[ironic]] effect (as though an opera [[prima donna]]).
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Kate Carter|journal=The Guardian|date=22 Nov 2007
|passage=Following lukewarm on the heels of an article a few weeks ago, where (I paraphrase due to having filed the relevant copy in the recycling bin) Victoria Beckham made a "well-meaning" remark that the other Spice Girls might want to lose a few pounds, we now have a new incidence of '''La''' Beckham's scintillating and entirely well-meaning humour.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=w:Christopher Hitchens|title=Hitch-22|publisher=Atlantic|year_published=2011|page=232
|passage=By judicious leaking, he also managed to make '''''la''''' Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.}}

===Etymology 5===
Possibly a shortened form of {{m|en|lad}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Scouse}} [[lad]], [[kid]]

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|lid}} (rhyming slang for [[kid]])

===Etymology 6===
From {{bor|en|yue|啦}}. {{doublet|en|lah}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/lɑː˥/|a=HK}}

====Particle====
{{en-particle}} {{lb|en|Hong Kong|colloquial}}

# {{n-g|Placed at the end of a sentence in imperatives making it sound more like a request than an order.}}
#: {{ux|en|Sleep '''la'''!|[You should] go to bed.|inline=1}}
#: {{ux|en|Eat shit '''la''' you!|You're going to hell! (calque of {{l|yue|[[食屎]][[啦]][[你]]！}})|inline=1}}
# {{n-g|Used to tone down comments.}}
#: {{ux|en|ok '''la'''|not bad; good enough|inline=1}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|lor}}, {{l|en|wor}}

===Etymology 7===

====Particle====
{{en-particle}}

# {{lb|en|Singlish|Manglish}} {{alt form|en|lah}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=al|Al|& al.|AL|al|al-|-al|Ål|a.l.}}

{{cln|en|two-letter words}}
[[Category:Singapore English]]
[[Category:Malaysian English]]

==Afrikaans==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|af|[lɑː]}}
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-la.wav}}

===Noun===
{{af-noun}}

# {{lb|af|music}} [[#English|la]] {{gloss|solfège}}

===References===
* 2007. [http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/ The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive]. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

==Ama==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|amm|/ɭa/}}

===Noun===
{{head|amm|nouns}}

# [[fish]]

==Anguthimri==

===Noun===
{{head|awg|nouns}}

# {{lb|awg|Mpakwithi}} [[black]] [[snake]]

===References===
* Terry Crowley, ''The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri'' (1981), page 186

==Aragonese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|an|la|illa||that one}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|an|pronouns}}

# [[her]] {{qualifier|direct object}}

==Aromanian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rup|la|illac}}. Compare {{cog|ro|la}}.

===Preposition===
{{head|rup|prepositions}}

# [[at]]
# [[by]]

==Asturian==

===Alternative forms=== 
* {{alt|ast|lla}} {{q|archaic}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ast|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|ast|articles|g=f-s|masculine|el|neuter|lo|masculine plural|los|feminine plural|les}}

# {{lb|ast|definite}} [[the]]

====Usage notes====
* The article ''la'' contracts to [[l']] before a word beginning with ''a'' or ''ha'': ''l'asturiana'' (the Asturian), ''l'habitación'' (the habitation), because it ends with an '''''A''''' already

===Pronoun===
{{head|ast|pronouns}}

# [[her]] (third-person singular feminine direct pronoun)

==Bambara==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|bm|na}}

===Postposition===
{{head|bm|postpositions}}

# {{n-g|postposition marking location}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology 1===
{{inh+|ca|roa-oca|la}}, from {{inh|ca|la|illa|pos=demonstrative}} via apheresis.

====Pronunciation====
* {{ca-IPA}}

====Article====
{{head|ca|articles|g=f|masculine|el|masculine plural|els|feminine plural|les}}

# [[the]]; {{n-g|feminine singular definite article}}

=====Usage notes=====
* The article {{m|ca|la}} is contracted to '''''l'''''' before a vowel or ''h'', except before a following unstressed ''I'' or ''U'' sounds, as in la universitat, la idea, and la oliva. Note: Unstressed ''O'' sounds like a ''U''.

====Pronoun====
{{ca-ppron|type=encl+procl|procl_con=l'}}

# [[her]] (direct object)

=====Usage notes=====
* {{U:ca:pronouns|form=full}}
*: {{ux|inline=1|ca|Mira-'''la'''.|Look at her.}}

=====Declension=====
{{ca-decl-ppron}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
* {{ca-IPA|là}}

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m|#s}}

# {{lb|ca|music}} {{l|en|la}} {{gloss|sixth note of a diatonic scale}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Chickasaw==

===Pronoun===
{{head|cic|pronouns}}

# [[I]] {{gloss|first-person singular pronoun}}

==Corsican==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|co|la|illa}}, feminine form of {{m|la|ille||that}}, from {{inh|co|itc-ola|olle}}. Cognates include {{cog|it|la}} and {{cog|fr|la}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|co|/ˈla/}}
* {{homophones|co|là}}

===Article===
{{head|co|articles}}

# {{archaic form of|co|a}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|co|pronouns}}

# {{archaic form of|co|a}}

====References====
* https://infcor.adecec.net/

==Dalmatian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|dlm|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|dlm|articles}}

# [[the]]; {{n-g|feminine singular definite article}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|dlm|el}}
* {{l|dlm|i}}
* {{l|dlm|le}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/laː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-la.ogg}}
* {{hyph|nl|la}}
* {{rhymes|nl|aː}}

===Etymology 1===
From earlier {{m|nl|lade}} through regular [[syncope]] of intervocalic ''-d-'' (compare {{m|nl|weer}}, {{m|nl|blij}}, {{m|nl|broer}}), from {{inh|nl|dum|lāde}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|*latha}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*hlaþō}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|f|laden|pl2=-'s|+}}

# [[drawer]]

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|nl|lade}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nl|bestekla}}
* {{l|nl|bureaula}}
* {{l|nl|schuifla}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|af|laai}}
* {{desc|hns|láh|bor=1}}
* {{desc|jvn|latye|bor=1}} {{q|from the diminutive form}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pap|lachi|laadsje}} {{q|from lade}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|nl}}

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|f|-'s|+}}

# {{l|en|la}} {{gloss|music}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|al}}

==Emilian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|egl|la|illam|illa(m)}}, feminine form of {{m|la|ille}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|egl|/la/}}
* {{hyph|egl|la}}
{{Mirandolese Emilian definite articles}}

===Article===
{{head|egl|articles|g=f-s|plural|al|or|el|or|li}}

# [[the]]

===Pronoun===
{{head|egl|pronouns|personal|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# {{lb|egl|nominative case}} [[she]]
# {{lb|egl|accusative case}} [[her]]

====Alternative forms====
* Becomes {{m|egl|l’}} before a vowel.
* Becomes {{m|egl|-la}} when acting as an enclitic.

====Related terms====
{{Emilian personal pronouns}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|eo|fr|la}}, {{bor|eo|it|la}}, {{bor|eo|es|la}}, all ultimately from {{der|eo|ML.|ille}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|eo|LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-la.wav}}
{{eo-IPA}}

===Article===
{{head|eo|articles}}

# [[the]]
#: '''''la''' libro'' &mdash; '''''the''' book''
#: '''''la''' libroj'' &mdash; '''''the''' books''
#: '''''la''' angla lingvo'' &mdash; '''''the''' English language''
#: '''''la''' angla'' &mdash; ('''''the''') English (language)'' {{q|clipped form}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|eo|l'}} (''poetic'')

{{eo BRO|1}}

==Finnish==

===Noun===
{{head|fi|nouns}}

# {{abbreviation of|fi|[[lauantai]]||[[Saturday]]}}

==Franco-Provençal==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|frp|la|illa|illam}}.

===Determiner===
{{head|frp|determiner form|prevocalic|l'|g=f}}

# {{inflection of|frp|lo||f|s|t=[[the]]}} 

===Pronoun===
{{head|frp|pronoun|prevocalic|l'|g=f}} {{tlb|frp|orbl}}

# [[her]] {{q|third-person singular feminine accusative}}

====See also====
{{frp-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:frp:DFP|la [2]}}
* {{R:frp:LTA|24849}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-la.ogg}}
* {{homophones|fr|là|las}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|fr|frm|la}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|la}}, from {{inh|fr|la|illam}}, which is the accusative singular feminine of {{m|la|ille}}.<ref>{{cite-book|fr|last=Dauzat|first=Albert|coauthors=Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand|title=Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique|year=1964|publisher=Librairie Larousse|location=Paris|chapter=le, la, les}}</ref>

====Article====
{{head|fr|articles|g=f-s}}

# {{non-gloss|feminine of {{l|fr|le}}}}: the

=====Usage notes=====
*'''la''' becomes {{l|fr|l’}} before a vowel or an unaspirated h.
*: {{ux|inline=1|fr|'''l’'''amitié|t=the friendship}}
*: {{ux|inline=1|fr|'''l’'''île|t=the island}}
*: {{ux|inline=1|fr|'''l’'''oasis|t=the oasis}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|fr|à la}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|nb|la|bor=1}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|fr|pronoun forms|cat2=personal pronouns|g=f-s}}

# [[her]], [[it]] {{qualifier|direct object}}
#: {{ux|fr|Où est Judith ? Je ne '''la''' vois pas.|Where is Judith? I don't see '''her'''.}}
#: {{ux|fr|Prends cette boîte et mets-'''la''' dans le coin.|Take that box and put '''it''' in the corner.}}

=====Related terms=====
{{fr-personal pronouns}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|fr|music}} [[la#English|la]], the note 'A'

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|fr|donner le la}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fa|لا|tr=lâ|bor=1}}

====See also====
* {{l|fr|là}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Friulian==
{{Friulian definite articles}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fur|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|fur|articles|g=f-s|plural|lis}}

# [[the]]

===See also===
* {{l|fur|lis}}, {{l|fur|il}}

==Galician==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|gl|[la]}}

===Etymology 1===

====Pronoun====
{{head|gl|pronouns|g=f|accusative}}

# {{alternative form of|gl|a||[[her]]}}

=====Usage notes=====
The ''l-'' forms of accusative third-person pronouns are used when the preceding word ends in ''-r'' or ''-s'', and is suffixed to the preceding word

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|gl|a}}
* {{l|gl|lo}}
* {{l|gl|na}}

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|gl|[la]}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{lb|gl|music}} {{l|en|la}} (sixth note of the scale)
# {{lb|gl|music}} [[A]] (the musical note or key)

=====See also=====
* {{list:musical notes/gl}}

===Etymology 3===
{{root|gl|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=wool}}
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|lãa}}, from {{inh|gl|la|lana|lāna}}.

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|gl|[laː]}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|gl|laa}}

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|f|-}}

# [[wool]]

==Guinea-Bissau Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{der|pov|pt|lá}}. Cognate with {{cog|kea|la}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|pov|adverbs}}

# [[there]]

==Haitian Creole==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ht|/la/}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|ht|fr|art|l'art}}.

====Noun====
{{head|ht|nouns}}

# [[art]]

===Etymology 2===

====Article====
{{head|ht|articles}}

# [[the]] ([[definite article]])

=====Usage notes=====
This article is used only after a word that ends with an [[oral]] (non-[[nasal]]) vowel and an oral consonant, in that order, and when it modifies a singular noun.

=====See also=====
* {{l|ht|a}}
* {{l|ht|an}}
* {{l|ht|lan}}
* {{l|ht|nan}}
* {{l|ht|yo}}
* {{l|ht|yon}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|ht|fr|là||there}}.

====Adverb====
{{head|ht|adverbs}}

# [[there]]

==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-la.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|hu|lɒ|s=1}}

===Interjection===
{{head|hu|interjections}}

# {{lb|hu|archaic}} {{n-g|used in dialects at the end of an exclamatory sentence as an emphasis}}
#: {{uxi|hu|[[ott]] van '''la'''!|there it is!}}
# {{n-g|a syllable used when singing a tune without lyrics}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz|1|for emphasis}}
* {{R:ErtSz|2|syllable used when singing}}
* {{R:ErtSz|3|alternative form of {{m|hu|lá}}, used in solfège}}
* {{R:ErtSz|4|used in {{m|hu|à la}}, cf. {{m|hu|à}}}}

{{cln|hu|two-letter words}}

==Ido==

===Alternative forms===
* {{qualifier|apocopic form}} {{l|io|l'}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|io|/la/}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|io|eo|la}}, from {{bor|io|fr|la}}, {{bor|io|it|la}}, {{bor|io|es|la}}.

====Article====
{{head|io|articles|plural|le}}

# [[the]]

=====Derived terms=====
{| class="wikitable"
! Prep. + article
! Combined form
|-
| align="center" | {{l|io|ad}} + '''la'''
| align="center" | {{l|io|al}}
|-
| align="center" | {{l|io|de}} + '''la'''
| align="center" | {{l|io|del}}
|-
| align="center" | {{l|io|di}} + '''la'''
| align="center" | {{l|io|dil}}
|-
| align="center" | {{l|io|da}} + '''la'''
| align="center" | {{l|io|dal}}
|}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|io|en|la}}, {{bor|io|fr|la}}, {{bor|io|it|la}}, {{bor|io|es|la}}, {{bor|io|pt|lá}}, {{bor|io|de|A}}, {{bor|io|ru|ля}}.

====Noun====
{{head|io|nouns}} (''plural'' '''{{l|io|le la}}''' or '''{{l|io|lai}}''')

# {{lb|io|music}} [[#English|la]]

==Interlingua==

===Pronoun===
{{head|ia|pronouns}}

# {{lb|ia|accusative}} [[her]]
# {{lb|ia|dative}} [[to]] [[her]]

==Istriot==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ist|la|illam|illa(m)}}, feminine of {{m|la|ille}}.

===Article===
{{head|ist|articles|g=f-s|masculine|el}}

# {{n-g|feminine singular definite article}} [[the]]
#* {{quote-book|ist|year=1877|author=Antonio Ive|title=Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno|volume=5|publisher=Ermanno Loescher|page=29
|passage=Ti son '''la''' manduleîna inzucherada.
|translation=You are '''the''' sugared almond.}}

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|it|la|illam|illa(m)}}, feminine form of {{m|la|ille}}.<ref>{{cite-book|it|last=Patota|first=Giuseppe|title=Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano|year=2002|publisher=il Mulino|location=Bologna|isbn=88-15-08638-2|page=127}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|la}}

====Article====
{{Italian definite articles}}
{{head|it|articles|g=f-s|plural|le}}

# [[the]]

=====Usage notes=====
* The article {{m|it|la}} elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming {{m|it|l'}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|it|pronouns|g=f-s|plural|le|masculine|lo}}

# {{lb|it|accusative}} [[her]], [[it]]
#: {{ux|inline=1|it|'''La''' vedo.|I see '''her'''.}}
#* {{ante|1975}}, {{w|Pier Paolo Pasolini}}:
#*: {{quote|it|{{...}} una improvvisa timidezza però '''la''' immobilizza {{...}}|{{...}} a sudden timidity immobilized '''her''' though {{...}}}}
# {{lb|it|accusative|formal}} [[you]] {{gloss|term of respect}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|it|'''La''' vedo.|I see '''you'''.}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|it|Scusi se '''la''' disturbo.|Sorry to bother '''you'''.}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|it|-la||enclitic}}

=====See also=====
{{Italian personal pronouns}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|là°,là*}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{senseid|it|note}} {{lb|it|music}} {{l|en|la}} (musical note)
# {{lb|it|music}} [[A]] (musical note and scale)

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|it|la maggiore}}
* {{l|it|la minore}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|La (nota)|lang=it}}
* {{R:it:DiPI}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=al|al}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ら゚}}
# {{ja-romanization of|ラ゚}}

==Jingpho==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|kac|my|လ}}.

===Noun===
{{head|kac|nouns}}

# [[month]]

===References===
* {{cite-journal|last=Kurabe|first=Keita|date=2016-12-31|title=Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw|url=https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/219015|journal=Kyoto University Linguistic Research|volume=35|pages=91–128|doi=10.14989/219015|issn=1349-7804}}

==Kabuverdianu==

===Etymology===
From {{der|kea|pt|lá}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|kea|adverbs}}

# [[there]]

==Kambera==

===Preposition===
{{head|xbr|prepositions}}

# [[in]]
#: {{ux|xbr|[[ni|Ni]][[-nja]] [[la]] [[wawa]][[-mu]].|They are below you.|lit=They are in below you}}

===References===
* {{klamer 1998|page=127}}

==Kilivila==

===Verb===
{{head|kij|verbs|head=-la-}} <ref>{{R:Senft1986|303}}</ref>

# to [[leave]], to [[go]]
#: '''''kula''''' - thou goest
#: '''''kulosi''''' - [[ye]] go
#: '''''bala''''' - I will go

====Idioms====
* {{l|kij|kusisu, bala|kusisu, '''bala'''}}

====See also====
* {{l|kij|wa|-wa-}}

===References===
<references />

==Ladin==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lld|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|lld|articles|g=f|singular}}

# [[the]]

====Usage notes====
* The article '''la''' elides with words that begin with a vowel, becoming '''{{l|lld|l'}}'''.

===See also===
* {{l|lld|l}}
* {{l|lld|l'}}
* {{l|lld|i}}
* {{l|lld|les}}

==Ladino==

===Article===
{{head|lad|articles|Hebrew spelling|לה|plural|las|masculine|el}}

# [[the]] {{qualifier|feminine singular}}

==Leonese==

===Etymology===
From {{der|roa-leo|la|illa|illa(m)}}, feminine singular of {{m|la|ille}}.

===Article===
{{head|roa-leo|articles|g=f-s|masculine|el|neuter|lu|masculine plural|los|feminine plural|les}}

# [[the]] {{gloss|definite article}}

====Usage notes====
* The prepositions {{m|roa-leo|cun}}, {{m|roa-leo|en}} and {{m|roa-leo|pur}} contract with {{m|roa-leo||la}}, unless {{m|roa-leo||la}} is part of a proper noun.
*:{{suffixusex|roa-leo|cun|cula}}
*:{{suffixusex|roa-leo|en|na}}
*:{{suffixusex|roa-leo|pur|pula}}
* The article {{m|roa-leo||la}} becomes {{l|roa-leo|l'}} before a word beginning with a ''a'' or ''ha'':
*:{{ux|inline=1|roa-leo|l'aviespa|the wasp}}

==Malay==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|/la/}}
* {{rhymes|ms|a}}

===Etymology 1===
{{pronunciation spelling of|ms|lah}}

====Particle====
{{head|ms|particles}}

# {{lb|ms|nonstandard}} {{alternative form of|ms|lah}}.

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|ms|la ni}}, itself a {{clipping|ms|kala ini|nocap=1}}, making {{m|ms|la}} a {{clipping|ms|kala|nocap=1}}.

====Adverb====
{{ms-adv|j=لا}}

# {{lb|ms|dialectal|{{w|Kedah Malay|Kedah}}|{{w|Kelantan-Pattani Malay|Kelantan-Pattani}}|Terengganu}} At the present time or moment; [[now]].
#: {{syn|ms|sekarang|la ni|ini}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:PRPM}}

==Maltese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/laː/}}
* Usually unstressed and then automatically shortened to {{IPAchar|/la/}}.

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|mt|ar|لَا}}. Doublet of {{m|mt|le||no}}.

====Adverb====
{{mt-adverb}}

# {{n-g|Used—optionally—with a negated second-person imperfect verb to express the negated imperative.}}
#: {{ux|mt|'''La''' tisraqx!|t='''Don't''' steal!.}}
# {{n-g|Used to express negative intention.}}

====Conjunction====
{{mt-conjunction}}

# [[neither]], [[nor]]
#: {{ux|inline=1|mt|'''La''' jiekol u '''la''' jixrob.|t=He doesn't eat nor drink.}}
# {{lb|mt|obsolete}} [[except]]
#: {{syn|mt|ħlief}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|mt|bla|inkella|lanqas}}

===Etymology 2===
Probably from {{inh|mt|ar|لَمَّا}}.

====Conjunction====
{{mt-conjunction}}

# [[when]]
# [[since]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|mt|ladarba|la Maltija}}

==Mandarin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|cmn|Zh-la.ogg}}

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin}}

# {{cmn-pinyin of|啦}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|嚹}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|鞡}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|𤷟}}
# {{cmn-pinyin of|𩋷}}

{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|lā}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|lá}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|lǎ}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|là}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Matal==

===Preposition===
{{head|mfh|prepositions}}

# [[in]]
#: {{ux|mfh|Kak la marabay, Səmon kona aŋa Yuhana, kà uwana [[dza]] [[asik]] à uwana apə̀hakala dziriga uwaga aw, ama Baba gulo uwana '''la '''zagəla la afik la uwana apə̀hakala uwaga.(Mata 16:17)|Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, '''but '''my Father who is in heaven.(Matthew 16:17)|ref=<ref>http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#17</ref>}}
# [[from]]
#: {{ux|mfh|Ama ləv aŋatà kà kərkər '''la '''gi (Mata 15:8)|But their heart is far away '''from '''me. (Matthew 15:8)|ref=<ref>http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/15#8</ref>}}

===References===
<references/>

==Michif==

===Etymology===
From {{der|crg|fr|la}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|crg|[la]}}

===Article===
{{head|crg|articles|g=f|masculine|li|masculine and feminine plural|lii}}

# [[the]]

==Middle French==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|frm|fro|la}}, from {{inh|frm|la|illam}}.

====Article====
{{head|frm|articles|g=f|masculine|le|masculine and feminine plural|les}}

# [[the]]

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|fr|la}}
** {{desc|nb|la|bor=1}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|frm|fro|la}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|frm|là}} {{qualifier|circa 1550}}

====Adverb====
{{head|frm|adverbs}}

# [[there]]

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|fr|là}}

==Mirandese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mwl|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|mwl|articles|g=f|plural|las|masculine|l|masculine plural|ls}}

# [[the]]
#: {{ux|mwl|'''la''' lhéngua mirandesa|t='''the''' Mirandese language}}

==Mwan==

===Noun===
{{head|moa|nouns}}

# [[rain]]

==Neapolitan==

===Pronoun===
{{head|nap|pronouns}}

# {{alternative form of|nap|'a}}

==Norman==
{{Norman definite articles}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nrf|fro|la}}, from {{inh|nrf|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nrf|Jer-la.ogg|a=Jersey}}

===Article===
{{head|nrf|articles|g=f|plural|les}}

# {{lb|nrf|Jersey}} [[the]] {{gloss|feminine singular definite article}}
#: {{ux|nrf|'''la''' beque|t='''the''' spade|inline=y}}
#: {{ux|nrf|'''la''' crôte|t='''the''' crust|inline=y}}
#: {{ux|nrf|'''la''' léçon|t='''the''' lesson|inline=y}}
#: {{ux|nrf|'''la''' tâsse|t='''the''' cup|inline=y}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{qualifier|gender}} {{l|nrf|lé}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology 1===
From the verb {{m|nb|late}}.

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verbs|imperative|la|present tense|lar|simple past|lot|past participle|latt}}

# to [[let]]
#: {{ux|nb|'''La''' sovende hunder ligge.|Let sleeping dogs lie.|inline=1}}
# to [[leave]] {{q|in a given state}}
#: {{ux|nb|'''la''' dem (være) i fred|leave them alone|inline=1}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nb|non|hlaða}}.

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verbs|imperative|la|present tense|lar|simple past|ladde|past participle|ladd}}

# {{alternative form of|nb|lade|nocap=1}}

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{head|nb|verb forms}}

# {{inflection of|nb|legge||simple past}}

===Etymology 4===
{{root|nb|ine-pro|*h₂el-}}
From {{der|nb|fr|la||the}}, from {{der|nb|frm|la||the}}, from {{der|nb|fro|la||the}}, from {{der|nb|la|illam||that, those}}, which is the accusative singular feminine of {{m|la|ille||that, those}}, from {{der|nb|itc-ola|olle||he, that}}, from {{der|nb|ine-pro|*h₂ol-no-}} or {{m|ine-pro|*h₂l̥-no-}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*h₂el-||beyond, other}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|nb|/la/}}
* {{audio|nb|NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «la (fransk)».ogg}}
* {{rhymes|nb|a}}
* {{hyph|nb|la}}

====Article====
{{head|nb|articles}}

# ({{n-g|Used in certain expressions of [[French]] origin}}) [[the]]
#: {{l|nb|à la}}, {{l|nb|à la carte}}, {{l|nb|à la grecque}}, {{l|nb|à la mode}}, {{l|nb|à la maison}}, {{l|nb|à la suite}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|no|/lɑː/}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*leh₁d-}}
From {{inh|nn|non|láta}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*lētaną}}. Akin to {{cog|en|let}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|lata|late||long forms}}

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verbs|cat2=class 7 strong verbs|cat3=strong verbs|present tense|lar|or|lèt|past tense|lét|supine|latt|or|late|past participle|latt|or|laten|present participle|latande|imperative|la}}

# [[let]], [[allow]]
#: {{ux|nn|'''La''' meg få gjera det.|'''Let''' me do it.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nn|la vera}}
* {{l|nn|la bli}}
* {{l|nn|la seg gjera}}

===Etymology 2===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*kleh₂-}}
From {{inh|nn|non|hlaða}}, a strong verb from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*hlaþaną}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|nn|lada|lade||long forms}}

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verbs|cat2=weak verbs|present tense|lar|past tense|ladde|supine|ladd|or|ladt|past participle|ladd|present participle|ladande|imperative|la}}

# {{lb|nn|ambitransitive}} to [[load]], [[charge]]
#: {{syn|nn|laste}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nn|lading|g=f}}
* {{l|nn|ladekabel|g=m}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|nn|løe|g=f}}
* {{l|nn|lass|g=n}}
* {{l|nn|lade|g=m}}

===Etymology 3===
From {{der|nn|la|labii}}, from the first word of the sixth line of ''[[w:Ut queant laxis|Ut queant laxis]]'', the medieval hymn on which [[solfège]] was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through {{bor|nn|it|-}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1|la-}}

# {{senseid|nn|solfège}} {{lb|nn|music}} {{l|en|la|id=solfège}}, a syllable used in [[solfège]] to represent the second note of a [[major scale]].

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{sense|scale of solfège}} ''{{l|nn|do|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|re|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|mi|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|fa|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|sol|id=solfège}}, la, {{l|nn|ti|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|do|id=solfège}}''

===Etymology 4===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|nn|verb forms}}

# {{infl of|nn|leggja,legga||past}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|nn|al}}

==Occitan==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|oc|pro|la}}, from {{inh|oc|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|oc|LL-Q14185 (oci)-Davidgrosclaude-la.wav}}

===Article===
{{head|oc|articles|masculine|lo|feminine plural|las|masculine plural|los}}

# [[the]]; {{n-g|feminine singular definite article}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
{{unknown|ang}}. Probably {{onom|ang|nocap=1}}. Compare {{noncog|pl|ła}}.
{{rfe|ang}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ang|/lɑː/}}

===Interjection===
{{head|ang|interjections|head=lā}}

# [[lo]]!, [[oh]]!, [[ah]]!
#: {{ux|ang|'''Lā'''! næddrena cyn.|'''Oh'''! generation of vipers.}}
# ''Enclitic particle used to emphasise interrogation, exclamation, entreaty, affirmation, negation''
#: {{ux|ang|Ðā cwæþ ic hwæt is ðæt '''lā'''?|then said I 'what '''then''' is that?'}}

==Old French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fro|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|fro|articles}}

# [[the]] (feminine singular oblique definite article)
# [[the]] (feminine singular nominative definite article)
#* {{quote-text|fro|year=c. 1170|author=w:Chrétien de Troyes|title=s:fr:Érec et Énide
|passage=Trop avons fet grant reposee,<br />Recomançomes '''la''' meslee!
|translation=We have rested too much<br>Let's restart the battle! (literally, the mix)}}

====Inflection====
{{fro-definite-article}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|fro|pronouns}}

# [[it]] (feminine singular object pronoun)

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|frm|la}}

==Old Irish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|sga|le}}

===Etymology===
From a form of {{der|sga|cel-pro|*letos|t=side}}, from which {{m|sga|leth}}, which could be related to {{m|cel-pro|*ɸletos|t=side}}. However, compare {{cog|la|latus}}. The sense {{m-g|in the language of}} is a {{sl|sga|la|apud|nocap=1}} and is perhaps encountered only in glosses of the Latin construction.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|/la/}}

===Preposition===
{{head|sga|prepositions|with the accusative}}

# [[with]]
# [[belonging]] [[to]]
# [[among]]
# in the [[language]] of
# in the [[opinion]] of
# [[by]] {{gl|indicating the agent of a passive verb}}
{{seeCites|sga}}

====Inflection====
{{sga-prep-infl
|1sg         = [[lem]]([[lemm|m]]), [[lim]]([[limm|m]]), [[leim]], [[lium]]([[liumm|m]])
|1sg-em      = [[lemsa]], [[limsa|li]]([[liumsa|u]])[[limsa|msa]]
|2sg         = [[lat]]([[latt|t]])
|2sg-em      = [[latso]], [[latsu]]
|3sgm-dat    =
|3sgm-dat-em =
|3sgm-acc    = [[leiss]], [[les]]([[less|s]]), [[lais]]([[laiss|s]]), [[letha]]
|3sgm-acc-em = [[lesom|le]]([[leisom|i]])[[lesom|som]], [[lessom]], [[lessem|le]]([[leissem|i]])[[lessem|ssem]], [[laisem]]
|3sgf-acc    = [[lee|l]]([[laee|a]])[[lee|ee]], [[lǽ]]
|3sgf-acc-em = lési
|1pl         = [[linn|li]]([[liunn|u]])[[linn|nn]], [[lenn|le]]([[leinn|i]])[[lenn|nn]]
|1pl-em      = [[linni|linn]]([[linnai|a]])[[linni|i]]
|2pl         = lib
|2pl-em      = libsi
|3pl-dat     =
|3pl-dat-em  =
|3pl-acc     = [[leu]], [[léu]], [[leo]], [[lethu]]
|3pl-acc-em  = [[leusom]], [[leosom]]
}}

====Derived terms====
Combinations with a definite article:
* {{l|sga|lassin}} {{q|masculine and feminine singular}}
* {{l|sga|lassa}} {{q|neuter singular}}
* {{l|sga|lasna}} {{q|plural}}
Combinations with a possessive determiner:
* {{l|sga|lam||with my}}
* {{l|sga|lat||with your {{g|s}}}}
* {{l|sga|lia||with his/her/its/their}}
* {{l|sga|liar||with our}}
Combinations with a relative pronoun:
* {{l|sga|lassa||with which}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ga|le}}
* {{desc|gv|lesh}}
* {{desc|gd|le}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|29233}}
* {{R:sga:Thurneysen|pp=272–73, 523}}

{{cln|sga|accusative prepositions}}

==Old Occitan==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pro|la|illa|illa(m)}}.

===Article===
{{head|pro|articles|masculine|lo}}

# [[the]]; {{n-g|feminine singular definite article}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|oc|la}}

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|pt|pronoun forms}}

# {{senseid|pt|pronoun}} {{pt-pronoun-with-l|f|sg}}

==Romagnol==

===Article===
{{rgn-article}}

# {{feminine of|rgn|e’|t=the}}

==Romanian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ro|ла}} {{qualifier|Transnistria (Moldova)}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|/la/}}
* {{rhymes|ro|a|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|ro|la|illac}}.

====Preposition====
{{ro-prep|a}}

# [[at]]
#: {{ux|ro|Suntem '''la''' Paris.|We're '''at''' Paris.}}
# [[to]], [[towards]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|ro|la|lavare|lavāre}}, present active infinitive of {{m|la|lavo|lavō}}, from {{der|ro|ine-pro|*lewh₃-||to wash}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{qualifier|Transylvania}} {{alt|ro|lăia}}

====Verb====
{{ro-verb|conj=1|lă|lăut}}

# {{lb|ro|uncommon}} to [[wash]] (especially the head)
#: {{syn|ro|[[se]] [[spăla]]|scălda|îmbăia}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{ro-conj-2
|type=1
|ger=lând
|past=lăut
|1s=lau
|2s=lai
|3s=lă
|1p=lăm
|2p=lați
|3p=lau
|3sub=lea, laie, leie
|perf=lău
|3perf=lău
|imp=l
|3imp=la
|2imp=lă
}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ro|lăutoare}}, {{l|ro|lăutură}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|ro|lături}}
* {{l|ro|lăun}}
* {{l|ro|spăla}}

==Samoan==

===Noun===
{{head|sm|nouns}}

# [[sun]]

==Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec==

===Noun===
{{head|ztn|nouns}}

# [[name]]

===References===
* ''[//www.sil.org/mexico/workpapers/WP001-PDF/BasicVocabZapotec.pdf Basic Vocabulary]'', page 63

==Sassarese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sdc|-lla||pronoun, enclitic, used when previous syllable is stressed}}
* {{alter|sdc|-ra||pronoun, enclitic, used when previous syllable is unstressed}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sdc|la|illa}}, feminine of {{m|la|ille||that}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sdc|/la/|/ra/|q2=after a word ending in a vowel}}

===Article===
{{head|sdc|articles|g=f-s|plural|li|masculine|lu}}
{{Sassarese definite articles}}

# {{l|en|the}} {{q|feminine singular}}

====Usage notes====
* Becomes {{m|sdc|l'}} before a vowel.

===Pronoun===
{{head|sdc|pronouns|g=f|plural|li|masculine|lu}}

# {{lb|sdc|followed by '''{{l|sdc|chi}}'''}} {{l|en|that}}
# {{l|en|her}} {{q|accusative}}
# {{l|en|it}} {{q|accusative}}

===References===
* {{R:sc:Rubattu2006}}

==Sicilian==

===Etymology 1===
From the apheresis of {{inh|scn|VL.||*illa}}, from {{inh|scn|la|illam}}, from {{m|la|illa}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|scn|a}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|scn|/la/}}

====Article====
{{head|scn|articles|g=f-s|m|lu|plural|li}}

# {{lb|scn|feminine singular definite article}} [[the]]
#: {{syn|scn|a}}

=====Usage notes=====
* This article is nowadays an obsolete variant, unlike its illiquid counterpart {{m|scn|a}}. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
* Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
* Its use is however almost undisputed before nouns (or nominalized forms of other parts of speech, most often adjectives) that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic {{m|scn|l'}}. Otherwise, illiquid definite articles are phonetically absorbed by the following noun. I.e: ''l'arancina'' (liquid) and ''ârancina'' (illiquid).

=====Inflection=====
{| style="margin-left:0.5em; margin-bottom:0.5em; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse;" cellpadding="5" rules="all"
! colspan=5 align="center" bgcolor="#BBBBBB" | Sicilian [[article]]s
|-
! width="65" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" |
! bgcolor="#EEEEB0" | Masculine singular definite article
! bgcolor="#EEEEB0" | Feminine singular definite article
! bgcolor="#CEEEB0" | Masculine and feminine plural definite article
|-
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | '''Definite articles''' (liquid)
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|lu}}
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|la}}
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|li}}
|-
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | '''Definite articles''' (illiquid)
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|u}}
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|a}}
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|i}}
|-
| bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | '''Definite articles'''
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|nu}}<br />(also: {{l-self|scn|un}},{{l-self|scn|'n}})
| align="center" | {{l-self|scn|na}}
|}

===Etymology 2===
From the apheresis of {{inh|scn|VL.||*illa}}, from {{inh|scn|la|illam}}, from {{m|la|illa}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|scn|-la||enclitic}}
* {{alter|scn|a||illiquid form}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|scn|/la/}} 

====Pronoun====
{{head|scn|pronouns|g=f-s|plural|li|masculine|lu}}

# {{lb|scn|accusative}} [[her]]
#: {{syn|scn|a}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|scn|'''La''' canusci?|Do you know '''her'''?}}
# {{lb|scn|accusative}} [[it]], [[this]] or [[that]] thing
#: {{syn|scn|a}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|scn|Quannu ti '''la''' desi.|When I gave '''it''' to you.}}

=====Usage notes=====
* This pronoun is now an obsolete variant. It is currently used only in some restricted areas where it is still withheld in conversational communications.
* Today it is mostly used in crystallized contexts, such as singing, poetry or sayings and proverbs. In all these cases this definite article is more euphonetic than the variants, now predominant, which have undergone the lenition of the initial liquid consonant.
* Its use is however almost undisputed before words that begin with vowels. In this case the form is an apocopic {{m|scn|l'}}.

==Southern Ndebele==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|nr}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|nr|pronouns|cat2=demonstrative pronouns}}

# [[these]]; {{n-g|class 6 proximal demonstrative.}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-la.wav<a:Colombia>>}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|es|osp|ela}}, from {{inh|es|la|illa|illa(m)}}, feminine singular of {{m|la|ille}}.

====Article====
{{head|es|articles|g=f-s|plural|las|masculine|el|masculine plural|los|cat2=determiner forms}}

# {{n-g|feminine singular definite article}}; [[the]]

====Pronoun====
{{head|es|pronouns}}

# {{inflection of|es|ella||acc}}, [[ello#Spanish|ello]] {{q|when the antecedent's implied gender is feminine}}, and [[usted]] {{q|when referring to a woman}}; [[her]], [[it]], [[you]] (formal)
# {{n-g|impersonal neuter pronoun (accusative) in certain [[colloquial]] phrases}}: [[it]], [[this]]
#: {{ux|es|'''La''' sabe toda.|He/she knows everything ('''it''' all)}}
#: {{ux|es|¿¡Dónde '''la''' viste!?|Where did you see '''that'''!?}}
#: {{ux|es|No te '''la''' creo.|I don't believe you. (from, "I don't believe you [when it comes to] this.")}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Sometimes used where English would prefer a possessive: {{m|es||tengo algo en '''la''' bolsa|lit=I have something in the bag}} as opposed to {{m|es||tengo algo en '''mi''' bolsa|I have something in my bag}}. This is especially true with body parts and with articles of clothing or similar accessories.
* Where a feminine noun begins with '''''stressed''''' ''(h)a-'', though not common, '''[[el]]''' is used instead: ''el alma'', ''el águila'', ''el hacha''. (The article remains '''la''' where an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun: ''la majestuosa águila''.) The plural remains '''las'''.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|es|a la}}
* {{l|es|a la de}}
* [[lo]]
* [[saberla]]
* [[pasarla]]
* [[jugársela]]
* [[buscársela]]
* [[verla]]
{{es-personal pronouns}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|mul|La}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|music}} {{l|en|la}} {{gl|sixth note of the scale}}
# {{lb|es|music}} [[A]] {{gl|the musical note or key}}

=====See also=====
* {{list:musical notes/es}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|es|a=al|al}}

{{cln|es|two-letter words}}

==Sumerian==

===Romanization===
{{sux-rom}}

# {{romanization of|sux|𒆷|tr=la}}

==Swahili==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-la.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*-dɪ́a}}.

====Verb====
{{sw-verb}}

# to [[eat]]
# {{lb|sw|by extension}} to [[consume]], to [[eradicate]]

=====Conjugation=====
{{sw-conj}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{sw-der|pass=liwa|stat=lika|stat-g=be edible|appl=lia|caus=lisha|caus-g=to feed|nom=mla|nom-g=eater|nom2=chakula|nom-g2=food|vrb=la chumvi nyingi|vrb-g=to live a long life (idiomatic)|nom3=ulaji|nom-g3=eating}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|sw|ar|لَا}}.

====Interjection====
{{head|sw|interjections}}

# [[no]]

====See also====
* {{l|sw|siyo}}
* {{l|sw|hapana}}

===Etymology 3===
See {{m|sw|a|-a}}.

====Particle====
{{head|sw|particle forms}}

# {{sw-adj form of|ji|a}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology 1===
{{nonlemma}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|sv|lade}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|sv|/lɑː/}}
* {{rhymes|sv|ɑː|s=1}}

====Verb====
{{head|sv|verb forms}}

# {{verb form of|sv|lägga||past|ind}}

===Etymology 2===
Clipping of earlier {{m|sv|fälle}} and {{m|sv|fuller}}. Listed in a dictionary from the 1800s, and believed to have existed for longer.<ref name=isof>{{cite-web|sv|title=La|titleurl=https://www.isof.se/sprak/dialekter/aktuellt-dialektord/dialektord/2013-10-21-la.html|work=isof.se|publisher=[[w:Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore|Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore]]|date=June 2011|accessdate=27 September 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928140619/https://www.isof.se/sprak/dialekter/aktuellt-dialektord/dialektord/2013-10-21-la.html|archivedate=28 September 2020}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|sv|/la/}}<ref name=isof/>

====Adverb====
{{sv-adv|-}}

# {{lb|sv|dialectal|Gothenburg|Västergötland}} {{synonym of|sv|väl}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=al|-al|al}}

==Tagalog==

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr}}

===Etymology 1===

====Interjection====
{{tl-head|interjection|b=+}}

# {{n-g|used in directing an animal to stop, especially carabaos and cattle}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|tl|ho}}
* {{l|tl|han}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|tl|es|la}}, from {{der|tl|la|labii}}.

====Noun====
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# {{l|en|la}} {{gl|the note 'A'}}

===Etymology 3===
Influenced by Baybayin character {{m|tl|ᜎ}}.

====Noun====
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# {{tl-letter name|L|l|alph=abak}}
#: {{syn|tl|el|q1=in the Filipino alphabet|ele|q2=in the Abecedario}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|tl|lala}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}

==Tetum==

===Adverb===
{{head|tet|adverbs}}

# [[not]]

==Tsafiki==

===Pronoun===
{{head|cof|pronouns}}

# [[I]]; {{n-g|the first-person singular masculine pronoun; the first-person singular pronoun used by adult men}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|cof|čiʰké}} {{qualifier|first-person singular feminine pronoun, first-person singular pronoun used by adult women}}
* {{l|cof|če}} {{qualifier|first-person singular pronoun used by children}}
* {{l|cof|čiʰke-lá}} {{qualifier|first-person plural pronoun}}

===References===
* ''The Languages of the Andes'' (2004, Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter C. Muysken)

==Turkish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|tr|lan}}

===Interjection===
{{head|tr|interjections}}

# {{lb|tr|dialectal}} [[ulan]]

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|vi|Opper (2017)'s Phonological Contrast in Bai cited Jiànchuān Bai la˦/⁴⁴ "to yell, to curse" from Xú & Zhào (1984).}}

====Verb====
{{vi-verb|[[羅]], [[囉]]}}

# to [[cry]], to [[shout]]
# {{lb|vi|central Vietnam|southern Vietnam}} to [[reprimand]], to [[scold]]
#: {{uxi|vi|bị vợ '''la'''|to be '''scolded''' by wife}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{vi-der|la làng|la lối|la mắng|la ó|la rầy|kêu la|la hét}}

===Etymology 2===
{{vi-etym-sino|騾|mule|hv=n|loa}}.

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|cls=con|[[騾]]}}

# a [[horse]]-[[donkey]] [[hybrid]]; a [[mule]] or a [[hinny]]

====See also====
* {{vi-l|lừa}}

{{topics|vi|Equids}}

==Votic==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|vot|laa}}

===Etymology===
From {{m|vot|laskõa}}. Compare {{cog|et|las}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{vot-p}}

===Particle===
{{head|vot|particles}}

# [[let]] {{gloss|with a verb}}
# {{n-g|Forms a first-person ot third-person imperative.}}

====Usage notes====
* Usually used with the standard personal forms of verbs.
* The third-person imperatives using {{m|vot||la}} (e.g. {{m-self|vot|[[la]] [[tehä|teeb]]}}) are more common than the forms using {{m|vot|-ko|-ko(d)}} ({{m|vot|tehä|tehko}}).

===References===
* {{R:vot:VKS|la}}

==Walloon==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|wa|la|illac}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|wa|/la/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|wa|adverbs}}

# [[there]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|wa|låvå}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|wa|chal}}, {{l|wa|droci}}

==Wolof==

===Pronoun===
{{head|wo|pronouns}}

# [[you]] {{gloss|second-person singular object pronoun}}

====See also====
{{wo-personal pronouns}}

==Xhosa==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|xh}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|xh|pronouns|cat2=demonstrative pronouns}}

# [[these]]; {{n-g|class 6 proximal demonstrative.}}

==Xokleng==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|xok|sai-sje-pro|*ra||sun}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{IPA|xok|[ˈla]}}

===Noun===
{{head|xok|nouns}}

# [[sun]]

==Yatzachi Zapotec==

===Noun===
{{head|zav|nouns}}

# [[name]]

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===
Proposed to have derived from {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*lá}}. Possibly cognate with {{cog|bnt-pro|*-dáada}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/lá/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|lá}}

# to [[dream]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|{{l|yo|lá àlá|t=to [[dream]] a [[dream]]}}
|{{l|yo|àlá|t=[[dream]]}}
}}

===Etymology 2===
Proposed to have derived from {{inh|yo|alv-yrd-pro|*lá}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/lá/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|lá}}

# to [[lick]], including with one's finger
#: {{syn|yo|pọ́n lá}}
# to become [[worn out]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|{{l|yo|ìka ìlábẹ̀|t=[[index finger]]}}
|{{l|yo|ilá|t=[[okra]]}}
}}

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/là/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|là}}

# to be [[wealthy]]; to become [[wealthy]], to become [[rich]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|{{l|yo|ọlà|t=[[wealth]], [[riches]]}}
|{{l|yo|ọlọ́là|t=[[rich]] person}}
|kò-là-kò-ṣagbe <t:middle class>
}}

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/là/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|là}}

# to [[dilute]] a liquid
#: {{syn|yo|fi omi lú}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|{{l|yo|ìlà|t=[[dilution]]}}
}}

===Etymology 5===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/là/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|là}}

# to [[shine]] like the moon/sun/light, to [[glow]], to [[radiate]]
#: {{ux|inline=1|yo|òòrùn-ún '''là'''|The sun '''shone'''}}

===Etymology 6===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/là/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|là}}

# to [[survive]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|{{l|yo|gbà là|t=to [[save]]}}
|{{l|yo|ìgbàlà|t=[[salvation]]}}
}}

===Etymology 7===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|yo|/là/}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|là}}

# to [[cut]], to [[divide]], to [[separate]], to [[slice]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|yo
|{{l|yo|ìlà|t=[[line]], [[partition]], [[mark]]}}
|{{l|yo|Ẹ̀là|t=A spirit and energy force in the Yoruba religion and divination}}
|{{l|yo|làwàà|t=to [[open]] suddenly}}
}}

==Zulu==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|zu}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{zu-IPA|"lá}}

===Pronoun===
{{zu-pron}}

# [[these]]; {{n-g|class 6 proximal demonstrative.}}

====Inflection====
{{zu-infl-pron|H}}

===References===
* {{R:zu:ZED||2}}