a

Modification of capital A.

• (letter, most languages): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /a/

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a (upper case A)

1. The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

a

1. Used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent an open front unrounded vowel.

• (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
• (Variations of letter A): Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Ａａ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜳꜳ Ꜵꜵ Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ
• For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "a".

• a on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• open front unrounded vowel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Abbreviation of atto-, from Danish atten (“eighteen”).

a

1. atto-, prefix for 10^-18 in the International System of Units.

From Latin annum or annus.

a

1. Year as a unit of time, specifically a Julian year or 365.25 days.

Abbreviation of are, from French are.

a

1. An are, a unit of area one hundredth of a hectare; ares.

Abbreviation for acceleration

a

1. (physics) acceleration

Other representations of A:

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of A, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
• 
  Approximate form of Greek uppercase Α (a, “alpha”), the source of both common variants of a A in uncial script

Runic letter ᚫ (a, “ansuz”), source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters replaced by a

From Middle English and Old English lower case letter a and split of Middle English and Old English lower case letter æ.

• Old English lower case letter a from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case letter a of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a, “āc”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”).
• Old English lower case letter æ from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case ligature æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”).

• · (Gregg Shorthand)

• (letter name)
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ/

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  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈæɪ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

  The current pronunciation resulted from the Great Vowel Shift. Before the early part of the 17th century, the pronunciation was similar to that in other languages.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /æ/, /ɑː/, /eɪ/, etc.

a (lowercase, uppercase A, plural as or a's)

1. The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• In English, the letter a usually denotes the near-open front unrounded vowel (IPA^(key): /æ/), as in pad, the open back unrounded vowel (IPA^(key): /ɑː/) as in father, or, followed by another vowel, the diphthong IPA^(key): /eɪ/, as in ace.
• A is the third most common letter in English.

• Digraph sequences: ae, ah, ai, au, aw, ay, ea, eau, ia, oa, ua

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

a (plural aes)[1]

1. The name of the Latin script letter A / a.

• ay

• a-okay

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

From Middle English a, an, from Old English ān (“one; a; lone; sole”). The "n" was gradually lost before consonants in almost all dialects by the 15th century.

• (stressed) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ/
• (unstressed) IPA^(key): /ə/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ, -ə
• Homophone: her (non-rhotic, unstressed)

a (indefinite)

1. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. [from before 1150][2]

   There was a man here looking for you yesterday.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get […]

   • 2005, Emily Kingsley (lyricist), Kevin Clash (voice actor), “A Cookie is a Sometime Food”, Sesame Street, season 36, Sesame Workshop:

     Hoots the Owl: Yes a, fruit, is a ^[sic], any, time, food!

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Anna, do you have a pen? — Yes. I have a pen in my bag. I have a (stressed) …

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2. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.

   I've seen it happen a hundred times.

3. One certain or particular; any single. [from ca. 1150—1350][2]

   We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.

4. The same; one. [16th Century][2]

   We are of a mind on matters of morals.

5. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope;[1] also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.[3]

   A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.

   He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?

6. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. Someone or something like; similar to;[3] Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.

   The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.

• In standard English, the article a is used before consonant sounds, while an is used before vowel sounds; for more, see the usage notes about an.

• a few
• a great many

• an

• From Middle English a, o, from Old English a-, an, on.
• Unstressed form of on.

• IPA^(key): /ə/
• Rhymes: -ə

a

1. To do with separation; In, into. [from before 1150][2]

   Torn a pieces.

2. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. [from before 1150][2]

   I brush my teeth twice a day.

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene v]:

     A Sundays

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     Patent requests for machine learning activities grew on average by 28 percent a year between 2013 and 2016, the study found.

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3. To do with status; In. [from before 1150][2]
   • King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)

     To set the people a worke.

4. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. [from before 1150][2]

   Stand a tiptoe.

5. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. [from before 1150][2]
   • 1964, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “The Times They Are a-Changin'”:

     The times, they are a-changin'.

6. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. [16th c.][2]
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     It was a doing.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Hebrews 11:21:

     Jacob, when he was a dying

7. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. [16th c.][2]
8. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. [from before 1150][2]
   • c. 1589–1590, Christopher Marlo[we], Tho[mas] Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Ievv of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, OCLC 1121318438, Act 4, [scene 3]:

     Stands here a purpose.

9. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. [from before 1150][2]

   A God’s name.

• (position, direction): Can also be attached without a hyphen, as aback, ahorse, afoot. See a-
• (separation): Can also be attached without hyphen, as asunder. See a-
• (status): Can also be attached without hyphen, as afloat, awake. See a-.
• (process): Can also be attached with or without hyphen, as a-changing

• on
• a-

From Middle English a, ha contraction of have, or haven.

• 'a, 'a', ha, ha'

• IPA^(key): /ə/
• Rhymes: -ə

a

1. (archaic or slang) Have. [between 1150 and 1350, continued in some use until 1650; used again after 1950]

   I'd a come, if you'd a asked.

   Oi'd a gen im a clout, if oi'd been theer.

   from Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 1

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     So would I a done by yonder ſunne
     ?And thou hadſt not come to my bed.

• Now often attached to preceding auxiliary verb. See -a.

• coulda
• shoulda
• woulda

From Middle English a, a reduced form of he (“he”)/ha (“he”), heo (“she”)/ha (“she”) and ha (“it”) (as well as of hie, hie (“they”)).

• 'a

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə/
• (it): (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɑ/
• Rhymes: -ə, -ɑ

a

1. (obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, or sometimes she, it. [1150–1900][2] (clarification of this definition is needed)
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:

     a’ brushes his hat o’ mornings.

From Middle English of, with apocope of the final f and vowel reduction.

• o', o (preposition)

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ə/

a

1. (archaic or slang) Of.

   The name of John a Gaunt.

   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:

     What time a day is it?

   • 1598, Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     It’s six a clock.

   • 1931, A. P. Carter, "When I'm Gone":

     Two bottles 'a whiskey for the way

• Often attached without a hyphen to preceding word.

From Northern Middle English aw, alteration of all.

• a'

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ

a (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Scotland) All. [from ca. 1350—1470]

a (not comparable)

1. (chiefly Scotland) All. [from ca. 1350—1470]

Symbols

a

1. Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
2. specific absorption coefficient
3. specific rotation
4. allele (recessive)

a

1. (crosswords) across

   Do you have the answer for 23a?

2. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of a.m. (“ante meridiem”) or am

a

1. Alternative form of -a (“empty syllable added to songs, poetry, verse and other speech”)
   • 2001, Louis F. Newcomb, Car Salesman: A Legacy, iUniverse (→ISBN), page 91:

     “I show a you right a here I can fuck a you.” “Is she crazy?” I asked Wyman.

Borrowed from Russian а (a).

a

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.

a

1. ah; er (sound of hesitation)
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:

     "We will resume yesterday's discourse, young ladies," said he, "and you shall each read a page by turns; so that Miss a—Miss Short may have an opportunity of hearing you"; and the poor girls began to spell a long dismal sermon delivered at Bethesda Chapel, Liverpool, on behalf of the mission for the Chickasaw Indians.

Abbreviations.

1. (stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨a⟩.
2. (stenoscript) the long vowel /eɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɛə˞] counts as /eɪr/.)

   Thus the word a, plus its inflection an.

3. (stenoscript) the word A.M..
4. (stenoscript) the prefix ad-.

Additional quotations for any terms on this page may be found at Citations:a.

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “a”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.
• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
• “a” in Christine A. Lindberg, editor, The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, 2002, →ISBN, page 1.

• a at OneLook Dictionary Search
• a in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. house

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌ/

á

1. this, these (masculine)

See Template:aa-demonstrative determiners.

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “a”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• According to Orel, the particle and conjunction are etymologically identical. From Proto-Albanian *a and cognate to Ancient Greek ἦ (ê, “indeed”).[1]

• From Proto-Albanian *(h)au, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eu- (“that”). Cognate to Ancient Greek αὖ (aû, “on the other hand, again”). A proclitic disjunctive particle, used with one or more parts of the sentence.

• IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. or
2. there

From Proto-Albanian *(h)an, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en (“there”). Cognate with Latin an (“yes, perhaps”). Interrogative particle, usually used proclitically in simple sentences.

• IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. probably, perhaps
2. whether

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

• IPA^(key): /ãː/

a

1. tree

a

1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to pull

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 184

From Latin illa.

a f sg

1. the

   a luenga aragonesa ― the Aragonese language

From Latin ad.

• IPA^(key): /a/, [a]

a

1. to, towards

• al

a f

1. a (the name of the letter A, a)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑ/

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

a

1. the (definite article).

a

1. ah (expression of surprise)
2. eh (expression of reluctance)

a

1. they, them (plural)
2. he, she, they (singular)

• (they): u

• IPA^(key): /a/, [a]

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Basque alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• see other Basque letters

a (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

• see other Basque letter names

Cognate with German ein and eine.

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/

a

1. a

• oa (“one”, determiner)

Unstressed form of ea

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/

a

1. he

Cognate with German auch.

a

1. Alternative form of aa: also, too, as well

a

1. of

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 19.

• IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. in

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

a

1. Alternative spelling of I (“1st person singular subject personal pronoun”)

• IPA^(key): /a/
• Rhymes: -a

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• no saber ni la a

• see other Catalan letters

From Latin ad.

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ə/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. in, at; indicating a particular time or place

   Sóc a Barcelona.

   I am in Barcelona.

2. to; indicating movement towards a particular place

   Vaig a Barcelona.

   I'm going to Barcelona.

3. to; indicating a target or indirect object

   Escric una carta a la meva àvia.

   I'm writing my grandmother a letter.

4. per
5. by

   dia a dia.

   day by day.

When the preposition a is followed by a masculine definite article, el or els, it is contracted with it to the forms al and als respectively. If el would be elided to the form l’ because it is before a word beginning with a vowel, the elision to a l’ takes precedence over contracting to al.

The same occurs with the salat article es, to form as except where es would be elided to s’.

• al
• als
• as
• cap a
• per a

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

a

1. or

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, pages 3, 110

• IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. open mouth
2. smell, taste

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

a

1. yes

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/

a

1. he
2. she
3. it

a

1. he is
2. she is
3. it is

• an (Sette Comuni)

From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein, from Proto-West Germanic *ain.

a (oblique masculine an)

1. (Luserna) a, an

   Maria iz a lavròunaren. ― Maria is a Lavaronese.

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

a

1. water

• IPA^(key): /ə/

a

1. Marks the following verb to the preceding subject.

a

1. of (expressing separation, origin, composition/substance or a quality)
2. of (between a preceding large number and a following plural noun to express quantity)
3. from (indicating provenance)

From the earlier la.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/
• Homophones: à, hà

a f (masculine u, masculine plural i, feminine plural e)

1. the (feminine)

• Before a vowel, a turns into l'

a f

1. her, it (direct object)

• Before a vowel, a turns into l'

• “a” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

From Old Czech a, from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō.

• IPA^(key): [ˈa]

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a

1. and

• a in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• a in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Latin ad.

a

1. to
2. at

• IPA^(key): /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]
• Rhymes: -æː

• Audio (Copenhagen)

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a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• see other Danish letters

• IPA^(key): /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]
• Rhymes: -æː

• Audio (Copenhagen)

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a n (singular definite a'et, plural indefinite a'er)

1. The name of the letter A or a.

• à (unofficial but common)

• IPA^(key): /a/, [ˈaˀ]
• Rhymes: -a, -æː

• Audio (Copenhagen)

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a

1. of, of...each, each containing
2. at
3. to, or

• IPA^(key): /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]
• Rhymes: -æː

• Audio (Copenhagen)

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a

1. imperative of ae

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /aː/

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a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

From Middle Dutch â, from Old Dutch ā, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō.

• aa (especially in names)
• ie

a f (plural a's, diminutive aatje)

1. (archaic) a stream or water

• eiland

• Aa (waternaam) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u.

a

1. (Brabant) you

• u
• U

a

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥ.

From Latin ego (“I”).

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/
• Hyphenation: a

a (personal, nominative case)

1. I
2. we
3. you (plural)

• Becomes aj- before a vowel (proclitic).
• Becomes -ja when acting as an enclitic.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /a/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

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a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• see other Esperanto letters

a (accusative singular a-on, plural a-oj, accusative plural a-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

• see other Esperanto letter names

• IPA^(key): /ɑː/

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Estonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

a

1. Abbreviation of aasta; year

a

1. (colloquial, in fast speech) but

• see other Estonian letters

• a on the Estonian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^et

From Old Portuguese á, from Latin illa (“that”).

a f sg (plural as, masculine u or o, masculine plural us or os)

1. Feminine singular definite article; the
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]

     The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

a

1. Third person singular feminine accusative pronoun; her

From Old Portuguese a, from Latin ad (“to”).

a

1. to
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     A grandeda da lengua española é indiscotibli, i sei estudio, utilización defensa debin sel algo consostancial a nos, […]

     The greatness of the Spanish language is unquestionable, and its study, use and defense must be something consubstantial to us, […]

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 36

From Latin a.

• IPA^(key): /ɛaː/
• Homophone: æ
• Rhymes: -ɛaː

a (upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Finnish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

a

1. (music) A (note)

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

• IPA^(key): /a/

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

a m or f (plural as)

1. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A

• e dans l'a

Quebec eye-dialect spelling of elle.

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /a/

a f

1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of elle (“she”)

   C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute.

   This girl, she looks cute.

• (France) IPA^(key): /a/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /a/, /ɔ/
• Homophones: à, as
• Rhymes: -a

a

1. third-person singular present indicative of avoir

   Elle a un chat.

   She has a cat.

• à
• â

• “a”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

a

1. you (second person singular subject pronoun; short form)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
• Used in all conjugations except the affirmative non-accomplished, where the long form is used instead.

• aɗa (second person singular subject pronoun; long form), hiɗa (variant used in the Pular dialect of Futa Jalon)
• aan (emphatic form)

From Latin ad (“to, toward”).

IPA^(key): /a̝/

a

1. to, toward; indicating direction of motion
2. introducing an indirect object
3. used to indicate the time of an action
4. (with de) to, until; used to indicate the end of a range

   de cinco a oito ― from five to eight

5. by, on, by means of; expresses a mode of action

   a pé ― on foot

6. for; indicates price or cost

The preposition a regularly forms contractions when it precedes the definite article o, a, os, and as. For example, a o ("to the") contracts to ao or ó, and a a ("to the") contracts to á.

From Old Portuguese a, from Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

IPA^(key): /a̝/

a f (masculine singular o, feminine plural as, masculine plural os)

1. (definite) the

The definite article o (in all its forms) regularly forms contractions when it follows the prepositions a (“to”), con (“with”), de (“of, from”), and en (“in”). For example, con a (“with the”) contracts to coa, and en a (“in the”) contracts to na.

Also, the definite article presents a second form that could be represented as <-lo/-la/-los/-las>, or either lack any specific representation. Its origin is in the assimilation of the last consonant of words ended in -s or -r, due to sandhi, with the /l/ present in the article in pre-Galician-Portuguese period. So Vou comer o caldo or Vou come-lo caldo are representations of /ˈβowˈkomelo̝ˈkaldo̝/ ("I'm going to have my soup"). This phenomenon, rare in Portuguese, is already documented in 13th century Medieval Galician texts, as the Cantigas de Santa Maria.[1]

• á
• coa
• da
• na

IPA^(key): /ˈa/

a m (plural as)

1. a (name of the letter A, a)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

a

1. accusative of ela

• IPA^(key): /a/, /ä/
• Rhymes: -aː

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

a n (strong, genitive a or as, plural a or as)

1. Alternative form of A

a

1. Abbreviation of a-Moll.
2. Abbreviation of Ar.

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. four

a

1. Romanization of 𐌰

a

1. you (singular)

• 2010, Terry Crowley & Claire Bowern, An Introduction to Historical Linguistics, fourth edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 142.

• IPA^(key): /à/

à

1. you (second-person singular personal pronoun)

IPA^(key): /a/

a

1. the, definite article

This term only follows words that end with an oral (non-nasal) consonant and an oral vowel in that order, and can only modify singular nouns.

• an
• la
• lan
• nan
• yo
• yon

IPA^(key): /aː/

a

1. and (used between sentences)
2. until, up to

a

1. of, belonging to

• Used for acquired possessions, while o is used for possessions that are inherited, out of personal control, and for things that can be got into (houses, clothes, cars).

See az.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒ]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɒ

a (definite)

1. the

   a hölgy ― the lady

2. (before some time phrases) this

   a héten ― (during) this week

Used before words starting with a consonant.

• az (for words starting with a vowel sound)

a (demonstrative)

1. (in reduplicated constructions formed with postpositions) that

   A mellett a ház mellett vártam rá. ― I waited for him/her next to that house.

a (demonstrative)

1. (rare, only in consonant-initial fixed phrases, with zero article) Alternative form of az (“that”).

   Foglalja össze, miről szóltak az a heti beszédek és leckék.[1] ― Summarize what that week’s sermons and lessons were about.

   November 12-én, az a havi frissítőkedden jelenhet meg. ― It may be released on November 12th, on the Patch Tuesday of that month.

   Kérjük szíves tájékoztatásukat a tekintetben, hogy… (= abban a tekintetben, see az) ― We kindly request your information in that [= the] aspect…

   amondó vagyok, hogy… ― I am of the opinion that…, what/all I can / want to say is that… (literally, “I am that-sayer/-saying…”)

• (letter or phoneme itself): IPA^(key): [ˈɒː][2]
• (identifier or musical note): IPA^(key): [ˈaː] (in the names of minor scales; see also A)

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (music) designation of the sixth note from C and the corresponding tone

• a-moll

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

• a in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
• Entries in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ISBN 9630535793
  • definite article; pronoun; determiner
  • speech sound; letter; first element; abbreviation
  • musical note and tone
  • interjection for displeasure, contradiction, surprise, disappointment, or pity and (dialectal) interjection for emphasis

• IPA^(key): /aː/
• Rhymes: -aː

a (upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

a ?

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

• (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /a/

a (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z