æ

See also: Æ, æ-, -æ, ӕ, ǽ, ǣ, ᴂ, ᵆ, Variations of "a", Variations of "e", and Variations of "ae"

æ - Translingual

Symbol

(IPA) near-open front unrounded vowel
- (superscript) [æ]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [æ].

æ - English

Pronunciation

IPA: /æʃ/

Symbol

æ (lower case, upper case Æ, plural æs or æ's)

(chiefly dated or linguistics) A ligature of vowels a and e.
- Synonym: ash

Usage notes

Mostly used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin, though also used when referencing Old English texts or using recently derived Old English loanwords.
Uncommon in modern times except in linguistic use.
Often absent in American English (reduced to e) whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ or /iː/, but sometimes retained (in this form, or as ae) when it has a different sound, as in formulæ/formulae.

Anagrams

EA, Ea, ea, ea.

æ - Danish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛː/, [ɛːˀ]

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

Inflection

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

Article

(dialectal) the (definite article)

æ - Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛa/
Homophones: a, A

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

The twenty-eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

æ - French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA: /ø dɑ̃ l‿a/

Letter

æ (lower case, upper case Æ)

Ligature of the letters a and e
- Synonym: e dans l'a

æ - German

Symbol

æ (lower case, upper case Æ)

Obsolete form of ä (used, alongside other graphemes, until ca. 1700, since then very rarely).

æ - Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA: /ai̯/

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

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

Interjection

ah!, oh!
- Æ, já nú man ég! ― Ah, now I remember!
indicating annoyance
- Æ, hvað heitir lagið aftur? ― Remind me again, what that song's called?
- Æææ, ég er kominn með bólu. ― Darn it, I have a zit.
indicating compassion; alas
- Æ, það er leitt að heyra. ― That's sad to hear.
- Æ, því miður. ― Unfortunately not.
indicating affection; aww!
- Æææ, en sætt! ― Aww, how cute!
indicating pain; ouch!, ow!
- Æ! Hann beit mig! ― Ouch! He bit me!
- Synonyms: ái, áts, á

Usage notes

Can be arbitrarily lengthened and written as ææ, æææ and so on.

Adverb

always, forever

Synonyms

ætíð
um aldur og ævi

Derived terms

sí og æ (“always, for ever and ever”)

æ - Jutish

Pronunciation

IPA: /æ/

Pronoun

(Fjolde) I (first-person singular pronoun)

æ - Ligurian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛː/

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of avéi: you have (singular)

æ - Middle English

Alternative forms

e, ea, ee, eo

Noun

a waterway; a stream or river.

Descendants

English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

æ - Norwegian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /æː/
(phoneme): IPA: /æː/, /æ/

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet, coming after Z and before Ø.

æ - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA: /æː/

Pronoun

æ (accusative mæ)

(dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway, Southern Norway) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

æ - Old English

Pronunciation

IPA: /æː/

Letter

ǣ (upper case Æ)

letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011); Called æsc (“ash tree”) after the Anglo-Saxon ᚫ rune

Alternative forms

ǣw, eaw, eau, eu, æwe, a

Noun

ǣ f

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣ	ǣ
accusative	ǣ	ǣ
genitive	ǣ	ǣwa
dative	ǣ	ǣwum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: æw, eaw, e, æ, eu

Noun

ǣ f

Alternative form of ēa: river, running water

æ - Old Norse

Alternative forms

ei, ey

Adverb

æ (not comparable)

ever, eternally, at any time

Descendants

Icelandic: æ
Old Swedish: ē, ǣ
- Swedish: ä, e, e-
→ Middle English: aye, ai, agg
- English: aye

Verb

inflection of æja:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

æ - Old Swedish

Letter

a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.