Falas
[fah-lah] /fɑˈlɑ/
noun
1.
a text or refrain in old songs.
2.
a type of part song or madrigal popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
/fɑːˈlɑː/
noun
1.
(esp in 16th-century songs) a refrain sung to the syllables fa-la-la
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