[
lah] (adj.) In many cases, the English simply incorporated French words without changing a thing about them. Other times (think of
entree) the meaning was contorted. Modern American speakers often memorize these terms before taking SAT tests, promptly to forget them afterwards.
Lassitude, spelled the same way in French or English, is such a word and it means
lethargy or
listelessness. Now, snip off the end of the word and you're left with the French adjective
las, which translates to
weary, and is pronounced just like the sixth solfège syllable, la.
BONUS: That's not all. Ever heard of poets or great dramatists use the expression alas? It's the Anglicized version of the French expression hélas, which was made up of the interjection hé (think of our own hey) and las. It's all about connecting the dots.