WordCodex

A

See also: a, ᴀ, and Variations of "a"

A - Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/ (most languages)

Letter

A

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

Symbol

A

  1. Marks the first item in a list.
    • A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
  2. A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one.
    • Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
  3. Ten, especially used in bases above ten, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.
    • Decimal 270 can be converted as duodecimal 1A6 or vigesimal DA.
    • (computing) The variable was a byte with value A0, or 160 in decimal.
  4. A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger than AA.
  5. A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as A0, A1, A2, etc.
  6. An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-.
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an open vowel
  8. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is upper-medium grade with low risk of default.
  9. (clothing) Bra cup size.
  • Arabic ا (a, “alif”)
  • Coptic Ⲁ (a, “alfa”)
  • Cyrillic А (A)
  • Devanāgari अ (a, “aksara”)
  • Greek Α (A, “Alpha”)
  • Hebrew א (a, “aleph”)
  • Phoenician 𐤀
  • Syriac ܐ (a, “alaph”)

Symbol

A

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) Symbol for the element Argon, changed after 1956 to Ar.
  2. (chemistry, physics) Symbol for mass number (“nucleon number”). Abbreviation of English atomic mass number..
  3. (geometry) Area.
  4. (international standards) A category of vehicle licence under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, referring to motorcycles.

Noun

A

  1. (physics, International System of Units) Ampere, a unit of electrical current.
  2. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
  3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter symbol for alanine in proteins.
  4. (music) Alto.

Proper noun

A

  1. (vehicle-distinguishing signs) Austria.
  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of A, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
  • A in uncial script

A - English

Alternative forms

  • (Gregg shorthand versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary) · (“dot”)

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, plural As or A's)

  1. The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
    • Apple starts with A.

Derived terms

Number

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
    • Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks".

Symbol

A

  1. A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.
    • We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.
    • In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.
    • The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.
  2. (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
    • I was so happy to get an A on that test.
  3. (music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.
    • Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.
  4. (medicine) A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
    • My blood type is A negative.
  5. (chemistry) Mass number.
  6. (logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.
  7. (historical) Abbreviation of adulterer, adulteress, used as a human brand.
  8. Allele dominant.
  9. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. (“ante meridiem”) or AM

Derived terms

Noun

A

  1. Ace. (including in card games)
  2. Acre.
  3. Adult; as used in film rating.
  4. Ammeter.
  5. (physics) Angstrom.
  6. Answer.
  7. (sports) An assist.
  8. (sexuality) Asexual.
  9. (UK, London) Arsehole.
  10. (weaponry) Atom.
    • A-bomb

Synonyms

  • (physics, angstrom): Å

Translations

Adjective

A

  1. (weaponry) Atom; atomic.

Derived terms

A - Acehnese

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Acehnese alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Acheron

Letter

A

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

A - Adzera

Letter

A

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

A - Afar

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Afar alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ɑː/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A (plural A's, diminutive A'tjie)

  1. A

A - Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /a/, /ɑ/

Letter

A (upper case A, lower case a)

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

A - Alekano

Letter

A

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

A - Alemannic German

Letter

A

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

A - Aleut

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Amaimon

Letter

A

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

A - Amarasi

Letter

A

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

A - Ambrak

Letter

A

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

A - Anal

Letter

A

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

A - Angami

Letter

A

  1. The third letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Ankave

Letter

A

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

A - Anuki

Letter

A

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

A - Araki

Letter

A

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

A - Aromanian

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Aromanian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Ashéninka Pajonal

Letter

A

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

A - Assiniboine

Letter

A

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

A - Atsahuaca

Letter

A

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

A - Auhelawa

Letter

A

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

A - Avokaya

Letter

A

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

A - Awara

Letter

A

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

A - Azerbaijani

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Balanta-Kentohe

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Balanta-Kentohe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Barai

Letter

A

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

A - Bari

Letter

A

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

A - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/, [a]

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Bavarian

Letter

A

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

A - Beja

Letter

A

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

A - Bemba

Letter

A

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

A - Blagar

Letter

A

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

A - Blin

Letter

A

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

A - Brahui

Letter

A

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Brahui alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Breton

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Breton alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Busa

Letter

A

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

A - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /ˈa/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Central Franconian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: (short) /a/, (long) /aː/

Letter

A

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

  • In the German-based spelling, long a is doubled to aa when the German cognate word has aa as well. Long a may or may not be doubled in the following cases:
    • when it is followed by two or more consonants: Saach, (rarely) Sach;
    • when the German cognate has two vowel letters: glaawe, glawe (German glauben);
    • when the German cognate has a consonant lost or not present in Central Franconian: waade, wade (German warten);
    • when the German cognate has a short vowel: baal, bal (German bald).
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, long a is always doubled in closed syllables, always written simple in open syllables.

A - Ch'orti'

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Ch'orti' alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Chachi

Letter

A

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

A - Chamorro

Letter

A

  1. The second letter of the Chamorro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Chechen

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, Cyrillic А)

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

A - Cheyenne

Letter

A (upper case)

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

A - Chinese

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): ēi (ei1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄟ

Verb

A

  1. (slang, neologism) to attack; to assault
  2. (slang, neologism) to pursue romantically

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ei1

Adjective

A

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) single, open to a relationship

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jin1

Noun

A

  1. (card games) ace (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)

Synonyms

Variety Location Words
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Mandarin Beijing 尖兒, 叉, 老叉
Xi'an 尖子
Wuhan 尖子, 尖, 耶司
Guiyang 尖, 尖尖, 帽
Liuzhou 煙洗, 煙
Xuzhou 老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子
Nanjing 愛斯
Cantonese Guangzhou 煙士, 煙
Hong Kong 煙士, 煙
Taishan 一士
Wuzhou 煙
Yulin 煙
Gan Nanchang 尖
Pengze 尖
Lichuan 尖子
Pingxiang 尖子, 尖
Hakka Meixian 煙仔
Yudu 尖子
Huizhou Jixi 尖子, 尖心
Jin Taiyuan 幺尖兒
Min Nan Xiamen A
Shantou 幺, 一
Wu Shanghai (Chongming) 愛斯
Suzhou A, 愛斯

Pronunciation 1

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): ēi (ei1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄟ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ei1
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): e
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): ê5
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 1e

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

  • Mandarin
    • (Pinyin): ā (a1)
    • (Zhuyin): ㄚ

Letter

A

  1. The first letter used in Pinyin.

Usage notes

  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

A - Chiwere

Letter

A (upper case)

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

A - Choctaw

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Cofán

Letter

A

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

A - Comanche

Letter

A

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

A - Comox

Letter

A

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

A - Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Corsican alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Crimean Tatar

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Cypriot Arabic

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Czech

Letter

A

  1. A (the 1st letter in the Czech alphabet)

A - Dagbani

Letter

A

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

A - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Alternative forms

Noun

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

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

Inflection

gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative A A'et A'er A'erne
genitive A's A'ets A'ers A'ernes

A - Dinka

Letter

A

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

A - Domari

Letter

A

  1. The second letter of the Domari alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aː/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Duun

Letter

A

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

A - Egyptian

Romanization

A

  1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣ.

A - Elfdalian

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Esan

Letter

A

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

A - Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Estonian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name, aa): IPA: /ˈɑː/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Ewe

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Ewe alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Faroese

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Fe'fe'

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Fe'fe' alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Fijian

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Finnish

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A

  1. Abbreviation of approbatur.

Symbol

A

  1. (linguistics) Either the vowel a /ɑ/ or ä /æ/, depending on vowel harmony.

Usage notes

Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use -mA to refer to the suffix -ma (in e.g. osuma) or -mä (in e.g. elämä).

A - Fon

Letter

A

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

A - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Derived terms

  • bombe A
  • prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B

A - Friulian

Letter

A (upper, lower a)

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

A - Fula

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Usage notes

A - Ga

Letter

A

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

A - Gagauz

Letter

A (lower case A)

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

A - Galibi Carib

Letter

A

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

A - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʔaː/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A n (strong, genitive A or As, plural A or As)

  1. A
    • Von A bis Z. ― From A to Z.
    • Wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen. ― One who says A must also say B.

Declension

singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das A die A, As
genitive eines des A, As der A, As
dative einem dem A den A, As
accusative ein das A die A, As

Noun

A

  1. Abbreviation of A-Dur.
  2. Abbreviation of Ampere.
  3. Abbreviation of Autobahn.
  4. Alternative form of Å (symbol for Ångström)

A - Gilbertese

Letter

A

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

A - Gimi (Goroka)

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Gimi (Goroka) alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Greenlandic

Letter

A

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

A - Haida

Letter

A

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

A - Haitian Creole

Letter

A

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

A - Halkomelem

Letter

A

  1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Halkomelem alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Hausa

Letter

A (lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Latin script. followed by B.

A - Hawaiian

Letter

A

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

A - Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (letter or phoneme itself): IPA: [ˈɒː]
  • (identifier or musical note): IPA: [ˈaː] (in the names of major scales; see also a)

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

A - Hunsrik

Letter

A

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

A - Hupa

Letter

A

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

A - Icelandic

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

Noun

A n

  1. Abbreviation of austur (“east”).

A - Ido

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Igbo

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Inari Sami

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Ingrian

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Ingrian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Interlingua

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Inupiaq

Letter

A

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

A - Irish

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Italian

Pronunciation

  • (phonemic realization) IPA: /a/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Italian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Jarai

Letter

A

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

A - Juǀ'hoan

Letter

A

  1. The ninety-sixth letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Kabyle

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Kaingang

Letter

A

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

A - Kakabai

Letter

A

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

A - Kalo Finnish Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Kanuri

Letter

A

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

A - Karakalpak

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Karakalpak alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Karelian

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Kashaya

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Kashubian

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Kawésqar

Letter

A

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

A - Khakas

Letter

A

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

A - Kikuyu

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Kobon

Letter

A

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

A - Krio

Letter

A

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

A - Kwak'wala

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Lakota

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Latgalian

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /aː/, [äː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a/, [äː]

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. (sometimes with littera) The first letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: A

A - Latvian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [a]

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Lingala

Letter

A

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

A - Lithuanian

Letter

A (lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Livonian

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Lou

Letter

A

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

A - Lower Sorbian

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Luxembourgish

Letter

A (lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Noun

A n (plural Aen)

  1. eye
    • Ech hunn eppes am A.
      • I have something in my eye.

Noun

A f (plural Aen)

  1. (only used in place names) floodplain, meadow

A - Malagasy

Letter

A

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

A - Malay

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA: [e]
  • (phoneme) IPA: [ä]
  • (phoneme, open ultima) IPA: [ə], [ɐ]

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Maltese

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Mampruli

Letter

A

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

A - Mankanya

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Manx

Letter

A

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

A - Maori

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Mapudungun

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Marba

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Marshallese

Letter

A (lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Marshallese alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Maskelynes

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Massachusett

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Mayoyao Ifugao

Letter

A

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

A - Mecayapan Nahuatl

Letter

A

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

A - Mohawk

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Moore

Letter

A

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

A - Muinane

Letter

A

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

A - Nauruan

Letter

A (lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Nauruan alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Navajo alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Nisga'a

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Nisga'a alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Noon

Letter

A

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

A - Nootka

Letter

A

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

A - Northern Kurdish

Letter

A (lowercase a)

  1. The first letter of the Northern Kurdish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Northern Sami

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ɑː/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /a/, /ɑː/
  • Hyphenation: A
  • Homophones: a, à, A-, a-, ah

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A m (definite singular A-en, indefinite plural A-er, definite plural A-ene)

  1. the letter A
  2. (horology) symbol for avance
  3. (physics) symbol for ampere
  4. (physics) symbol for massetall (“nucleon number”)

Anagrams

A - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A m (definite singular A-en, indefinite plural A-ar, definite plural A-ane)

  1. letter A

A - Nuer

Letter

A

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

A - Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /a/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ã/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - O'odham

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the O'odham alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Occitan

Letter

A (lowercase a)

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

A - Okanagan

Letter

A

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

A - Paraguayan Guaraní

Letter

A

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

A - Plautdietsch

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Plautdietsch alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Plautdietsch has no standard orthography but this is by far the most widely used alphabet.

A - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Polish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Portuguese

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A m (plural As)

  1. Alternative form of á

A - Q'eqchi

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Q'eqchi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Rohingya

Letter

A

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

A - Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

A - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Romanian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Ronga

Letter

A

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

A - Rotokas

Letter

A

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

A - Rotuman

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Rotuman alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Saafi-Saafi

Letter

A

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

A - Saanich

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /e/

Letter

A

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

A - Samoan

Letter

A

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

A - Samogitian

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Sango

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Sango alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑː/, /ɔː/
  • (Northern, Insular) IPA: /aː/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Scots alphabet, called aw and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

  • (stressed) IPA: /ɑː/, /ɑɪ/
    • (Dundee) IPA: /ɛː/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /ə/

Pronoun

A (first person singular, objective me, possessive ma, possessive pronoun mines, reflexive masel, emphatic I)

  1. I
    • Synonyms: I, ik

A - Scottish Gaelic

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Serbo-Croatian

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Serer

Letter

A

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

A - Seri

Letter

A

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

A - Shilluk

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Shilluk alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Shona

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Shona alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Silesian

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Silesian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Slovak

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Slovene

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme, tonal variety): IPA: /áː/, /àː/, /ʌ́/, /a/, [â], [ǎ]
  • (phoneme, non-tonal variety): IPA: /aː/, /a/
  • (letter name): IPA: /àː/, /áː/
  • Homophone: a

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The first letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The first letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

Ā m inan

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

Inflection

  • Overall more common
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. Ā
gen. sing. Ā-ja
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing. Ā
gen. sing. Ā

Derived terms

  • Ä
  • Á
  • ena A
  • od A do B
  • od A do Ž

A - Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /æ/, /ɑ/
  • (letter name): IPA: /ʔæ/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Somali alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • The twenty-third letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by Y and followed by E.

A - Southern Sami

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Spanish

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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

Noun

A m (uncountable)

  1. (chess) bishop

A - Squamish

Letter

A

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

A - Swedish

Letter

A (name a, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Symbol

A

  1. (SAB) books and libraries
  2. (zoning, dated) allmänt ändamål (“public purpose”); all operations with a public body as principal

Adjective

A

  1. indication of being of a higher rank, successful
    • Antonym: B

Derived terms

  • A-aktie (“class A share”)
  • A-lag (“A team”)

Noun

A

  1. (2011–) the highest grade in the current grade system
    • Coordinate terms: A, B, C, D, E
  2. (1897–1962) the highest grade in the older grade system
    • Synonyms: stora A, berömligt
    • Coordinate terms: A, a, AB, Ba, B, BC, B?, C
  3. (1820–1897) the highest grade in the oldest grade system
    • Synonym: berömlig insikt
    • Coordinate terms: A, B, C, D

A - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: A
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA: /ˈʔej/, [ˈʔɛɪ̯]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario): IPA: /ˈʔa/, [ˈʔɐ]
  • (phoneme): IPA: /a/, [ɐ]

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔)

  1. The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called ey and written in the Latin script.

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, Baybayin spelling ᜀ)

  1. The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called a and written in the Latin script.
  2. (historical) The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Tahitian

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Tahitian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Tatar

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. the 1st letter of Jaꞑalif

A - Tetum

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Tetum alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Tigon Mbembe

Letter

A

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

A - Tlingit

Letter

A

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

A - Tongan

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Tongan alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Tonkawa

Letter

A

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

A - Tuareg

Letter

A

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

A - Tundra Nenets

Letter

A

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

A - Tunisian Arabic

Letter

A

  1. The second letter of the Tunisian Arabic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Turkish

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Turkish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Turkmen

Letter

A (lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Tyap

Letter

A

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

A - Ubykh

Letter

A

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

A - Udihe

Letter

A

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

A - Upper Sorbian

Letter

A (lower case a, upper case A)

  1. The first letter of the Upper Sorbian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Uzbek

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Venda

Letter

A (upper case A)

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

A - Veps

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Veps alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

Interjection

A!

  1. hah!

A - Vilamovian

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Vilamovian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Volapük

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Volapük alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Võro

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Võro alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Votic

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Votic alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Wakhi

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a/

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Walloon alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /aː/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Welsh alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. It is followed by B.

Mutation

  • A cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word afal (“apple”):
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalh-prothesis
afal unchanged unchanged hafal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

A - West Frisian

Letter

A

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

A - Winnebago

Letter

A (lower case a)

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

A - Xârâcùù

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

A

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

A - Xhosa

Letter

A

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

A - Yámana

Letter

A

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

A - Yele

Letter

A

  1. The second letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA: /a/
  • (letter name): IPA: /á/

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

  1. The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

A - Zarma

Letter

A

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

A - Zazaki

Letter

A

  1. The first letter of the Zazaki alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

A - Zulu

Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)

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