FA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fa"

English

Proper noun

FA

1. (soccer) Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA.
2. (furry fandom) Initialism of Fur Affinity.

Derived terms

• FA Cup

Pronoun

FA

1. (vulgar) Initialism of fuck all.
2. (euphemistic) Initialism of Fanny Adams.

Noun

FA (countable and uncountable, plural FAs)

1. Initialism of Fanconi anemia.
2. (Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of featured article.
3. Initialism of felonious assault.
4. Initialism of flight attendant.
   • 1978 August 19, David Brill, “California Here I Come!”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 10:

     The highlight of the flight was watching one of the F.A.'s (male) sitting on the welcome lap of a smiling passenger (also male).

5. Initialism of fee agreement.
6. Initialism of fat admirer.
7. (sports) Initialism of free agent.

   Hyponyms: UFA, RFA

8. (sports) Abbreviation of final A.

   Coordinate terms: QF, SF, F, FB, FC, FD

Anagrams

• AF, Af, af

French

Noun

FA f (plural FAs)

1. (medicine) AF (“atrial fibrillation”): Initialism of fibrillation auriculaire or fibrillation atriale.

   Synonyms: FibA, FIBA, fiba

Spanish

Noun

FA f (plural FAs)

1. (medicine) AF, A-fib: Initialism of fibrilación auricular (“atrial fibrilation”).
2. (biochemistry) Initialism of fosfatasa alcalina (“alkaline phosphatase”).

Vietnamese

Etymology

Initialism of English forever alone.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛp̚˧˦ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛp̚˦˧˥ ʔaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛp̚˦˥ ʔaː˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ép a

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

Adjective

FA

1. (neologism, slang) single