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Translingual
    
    Etymology 1
    
From the Etruscan letter 𐌀 (a), from the Ancient Greek letter Α (A, “alpha”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a/ (most languages)
Letter
    
A
- The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
    
Symbol
    
A
- Marks the first item in a list.
- A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
 
- A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one.
- Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
 
- 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.
 
- A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger than AA.[1]
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as A0, A1, A2, etc.[2]
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-.
- (linguistics) A wildcard for an open vowel
- (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.
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
Related terms
    
Etymology 2
    
The abbreviation of a variety of terms.
Symbol
    
A
- (chemistry, obsolete) Symbol for the element Argon, changed after 1956 to Ar.
- (chemistry, physics) Symbol for mass number (“nucleon number”). Abbreviation of English atomic mass number..
- (geometry) Area.
- (international standards) A category of vehicle licence under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, referring to motorcycles.
Noun
    
A
- (physics, International System of Units) Ampere, a unit of electrical current.
- (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter symbol for alanine in proteins.
- Synonym: Ala
 
- (music) Alto.
Gallery
    
See also
    
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Other representations of A:
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References
    
- Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “A”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.
- 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.
English
    

Etymology 1
    
From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ.
Alternative forms
    
- (Gregg shorthand versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary) · (“dot”)
Pronunciation
    
- (letter name)
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /eɪ̯/
- Audio (US) - (file) 
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /æɪ/
 
- Rhymes: -eɪ
- The current pronunciation is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 15th century, was similar to that in other languages.
 
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a, plural As or A's)
- The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
- Apple starts with A.
 - 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:- Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
 
 
See also
    
Number
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Etymology 2
    
Symbol
    
A
-  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.
 
-  (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
- I was so happy to get an A on that test.
 - 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):- Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.
 
 
- (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.[1][2]
- Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.
 
- (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.
 
- (chemistry) Mass number.
- (logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.[1]
- (historical) Abbreviation of adulterer, adulteress, used as a human brand.
- 1966 July 30, Ralph McGill, “Today's students aim for humanistic values”, in Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, page 6:- Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A".
 
 
- Allele dominant.
- (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. (“ante meridiem”) or AM
Derived terms
    
Noun
    
A
Synonyms
    
- (physics, angstrom): Å
Translations
    
Derived terms
    
- (weaponry, atom): A-bomb
References
    
- 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.
- Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “A”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.
Further reading
    
Acehnese
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ace.
Acheron
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/acz.
Adzera
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/adz.
Afar
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/aa.
Afrikaans
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɑː/
- Audio - (file) 
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
Albanian
    
    Pronunciation
    
IPA(key): /a/, /ɑ/
Letter
    
Alekano
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gah.
Alemannic German
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gsw.
Aleut
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ale.
Amaimon
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ali.
Amarasi
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/aaz.
Anal
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/anm.
Angami
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/njm.
Ankave
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/aak.
Anuki
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/aui.
Araki
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/akr.
Aromanian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rup.
Ashéninka Pajonal
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/cjo.
Assiniboine
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/asb.
Atsahuaca
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/atc.
Auhelawa
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kud.
Avokaya
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/avu.
Awara
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/awx.
Azerbaijani
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Balanta-Kentohe
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ble.
Barai
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bbb.
Bari
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bfa.
Bavarian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bar.
Beja
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bej.
Bemba
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bem.
Blagar
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/beu.
Blin
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/byn.
Brahui
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/brh.
Breton
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/br.
Busa
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bqp.
Catalan
    
    
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Central Franconian
    
    Etymology
    
- /a/ is from Middle High German a in most closed syllables.
- /aː/ is from a before certain clusters, in most dialects also in open syllables; in southern Moselle Franconian from ou.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): (short) /a/, (long) /aː/
Letter
    
A
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- 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.
Ch'orti'
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/caa.
Chachi
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/cbi.
Chamorro
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ch.
Chechen
    
    Letter
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ce.
Cheyenne
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/chy.
Chinese
    
    Etymology 1
    
From the hotkey in many video games associated with the command "attack".
Pronunciation
    
See also
    
- 平A
- 對A/对A
Pronunciation
    
Etymology 3
    
From the letter A of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.
Pronunciation
    
Synonyms
    
	| Variety | Location | Words | 
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
| Southern Min | Xiamen | A | 
| Shantou | 幺, 一 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 愛斯 | 
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 愛斯 | |
| Suzhou | A, 愛斯 | 
Pronunciation 1
    
Letter
    
A
- The first letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
    
Usage notes
    
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
Chiwere
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/iow.
Cofán
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/con.
Comanche
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/com.
Comox
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/coo.
Czech
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/cs.
Dagbani
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/dag.
Danish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]
- Rhymes: -æː
- Audio (Copenhagen) - (file) 
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
Alternative forms
    
Noun
    
Dinka
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/din.
Domari
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rmt.
Duun
    
    
Further reading
    
- Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 2
Egyptian
    
    
Esan
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ish.
Esperanto
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (letter name): IPA(key): /a/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /a/
- Audio - (file) 
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Estonian
    
    
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Ewe
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ee.
Faroese
    
    
Fe'fe'
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/fmp.
Finnish
    
    Etymology
    
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and A for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
Fon
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/fon.
French
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a/
- Audio (Paris) - (file) 
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Derived terms
    
- bombe A
- prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/fr.
Friulian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/fur.
Fula
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Ga
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gaa.
Gagauz
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gag.
Galician
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
German
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ʔaː/
- Audio - (file) 
- Rhymes: -aː
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/de.
Noun
    
A n (strong, genitive A or As, plural A or As)
- 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
    
Related terms
    
- das A und O
- von A bis Z
- von A nach B
- wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen
Noun
    
A
References
    
- “a, Buchstabe, Ton” in Duden online
- “a, a Moll, Ar” in Duden online
- “A” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Gilbertese
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gil.
Gimi (Goroka)
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gim.
Greenlandic
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kl.
Haida
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/hai.
Haitian Creole
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ht.
Halkomelem
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/hur.
Hawaiian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/haw.
Hungarian
    
    Pronunciation
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/hu.
References
    
- Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 280
Hunsrik
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /aː/
- Rhymes: -aː
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/hrx.
Hupa
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/hup.
Icelandic
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/is.
Ido
    
    
Igbo
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ig.
Inari Sami
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/smn.
Indonesian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (letter name): IPA(key): /a/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /a/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/id.
Ingrian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/izh.
Inupiaq
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ik.
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈa/*
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: À
- Homophone: a
 
- (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /a/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Jarai
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/jra.
Juǀ'hoan
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ktz.
Kaingang
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kgp.
Kakabai
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kqf.
Kalo Finnish Romani
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɑ/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rmf.
References
    
- Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2
Kanuri
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kr.
Karakalpak
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kaa.
Kari'na
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/car.
Kashubian
    
    Etymology
    
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and A for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Kawésqar
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/alc.
Khakas
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kjh.
Kobon
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kpw.
Krio
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kri.
Kwak'wala
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kwk.
Lakota
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/lkt.
Latgalian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ltg.
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through Etruscan.
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aː/, [äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a/, [äː]
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Usage notes
    
- In compound words, long ā remains unchanged: lābor, dēlābor; āctus, perāctus. In an internal syllable, short ă is changed by vowel reduction into short ĭ in open syllables and before /ng/, or short ĕ in closed ones and before /r/ and /l/: faciō, perficiō, perfectus; tangō, contingō; parō, imperō. It remains unchanged in cases in which the word was coined later on or levelled through analogy: amō, adamō; patiēns, impatiēns; tractō, dētrectō, later dētractō.
Descendants
    
- Norwegian Bokmål: A
See also
    
References
    
- A in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- and in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Latvian
    
    Etymology
    
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [a]
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Lingala
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ln.
Livonian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/liv.
Lou
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/loj.
Lower Sorbian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a/
Letter
    
A (lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
Luxembourgish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /aː/
- Rhymes: -aː
 
Letter
    
A (lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/lb.
Etymology 2
    
From Old High German ouga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). The phonetic development in Luxembourgish is regular: Old High German -ou- becomes -ā-; intervocalic -g- is lost; word-final short vowels are apocopated.
Malagasy
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/mg.
Malay
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (name of letter) IPA(key): [e]
- (phoneme) IPA(key): [ä]
- (phoneme, open ultima) IPA(key): [ə], [ɐ]
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Mampruli
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/maw.
Mankanya
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/knf.
Manx
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gv.
Marba
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/mpg.
Maskelynes
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/klv.
Massachusett
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/wam.
Mayoyao Ifugao
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ifu.
Mecayapan Nahuatl
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/nhx.
Mohawk
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/moh.
Moore
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/mos.
Muinane
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/bmr.
Nisga'a
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ncg.
Noon
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/snf.
Nootka
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/nuk.
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Etymology
    
From Latin A, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite  , from Proto-Sinaitic
, from Proto-Sinaitic  , from Egyptian 𓃾 representing the head of an ox.
, from Egyptian 𓃾 representing the head of an ox.
Pronunciation
    
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/nn.
Nuer
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/nus.
Nupe
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /a/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ã/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/nup.
O'odham
    
    
See also
    
- (Alvarez Spelling) See Template:list:Latin script letters/ood.
Occitan
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/oc.
Okanagan
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/oka.
Paraguayan Guaraní
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/gug.
Plautdietsch
    
    
Usage notes
    
Plautdietsch has no standard orthography but this is by far the most widely used alphabet.
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/pdt.
Polish
    
    Etymology
    
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and A for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/pl.
Q'eqchi
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kek.
Rohingya
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rhg.
Romani
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rom.
Ronga
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rng.
Rotokas
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/roo.
Rotuman
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/rtm.
Saafi-Saafi
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sav.
Samoan
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sm.
Sango
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sg.
Scots
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɑː/, /ɔː/
- (Northern, Insular) IPA(key): /aː/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
Etymology 2
    
From Middle English a, an unstressed form of I, itself a reduced form of ik, ic, from Old English ic, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation
    
- (stressed) IPA(key): /ɑː/, /ɑɪ/
- (Dundee) IPA(key): /ɛː/ (sometimes spelled Eh)
 
- (unstressed) IPA(key): /ə/
Pronoun
    
A (first person singular, objective me, possessive ma, possessive pronoun mines, reflexive masel, emphatic I)
See also
    
| personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subjective | objective | reflexive | |||||
| first person | singular | A I, ik | me mei | masel mysel | mines | ma my | |
| plural | we | us, we's hus | oorsels, oorsel wirsels, wirsel | oors wirs | oor wir | ||
| second person | singular | standard (formal) | ye you, yow | ye you, yow | yersel yoursel | yers yours | yer your | 
| Insular (informal) | thoo | thee | thysel, theesel | thines | thy, thee, thees | ||
| plural | ye, yese you, youse | ye, yese you, youse theer | yesels yoursels | yers yours | yer your | ||
| third person | singular | masculine | he, e | him, im | himsel, hissel | his, is | his, is | 
| feminine | she | her, er | hersel | hers | her, er | ||
| neuter | it hit | it hit | itsel hitsel | its hits | its hits | ||
| genderless, nonspecific (formal) | ane | ane | – | – | ane's | ||
| plural | thay | thaim | thaimsel, thaimsels | thairs | thair | ||
References
    
- “A, indef. art.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Scottish Gaelic
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Serbo-Croatian
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sh.
Serer
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/srr.
Seri
    
    Letter
    
A (lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sei.
References
    
- Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 37.
Shilluk
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/shk.
Shona
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sn.
Silesian
    
    Etymology
    
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and A for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Skolt Sami
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɑ/
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sms.
Slovak
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sk.
Further reading
    
- “A”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
    
    Etymology
    
From Gay's Latin alphabet A, from Czech alphabet A, from the Etruscan letter 𐌀 (a), from the Ancient Greek letter Α (A, “alpha”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾.
Pronunciation
    
- (phoneme, tonal variety): IPA(key): /áː/, /àː/, /ʌ́/, /a/, [â], [ǎ]
- (phoneme, non-tonal variety): IPA(key): /aː/, /a/
- (letter name): IPA(key): /àː/, /áː/
- Audio (letter name, non-tonal) - (file) 
- Rhymes: -aː
- Homophone: a
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Inflection
    
- Overall more common
| Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Ā | ||
| gen. sing. | Ā-ja | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | Ā | Ā-ja | Ā-ji | 
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | Ā-ja | Ā-jev | Ā-jev | 
| dative (dajȃlnik) | Ā-ju | Ā-jema | Ā-jem | 
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | Ā | Ā-ja | Ā-je | 
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | Ā-ju | Ā-jih | Ā-jih | 
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | Ā-jem | Ā-jema | Ā-ji | 
- More common when with a definite adjective
| Masculine inan., no endings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | Ā | ||
| gen. sing. | Ā | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | Ā | Ā | Ā | 
| accusative | Ā | Ā | Ā | 
| genitive | Ā | Ā | Ā | 
| dative | Ā | Ā | Ā | 
| locative | Ā | Ā | Ā | 
| instrumental | Ā | Ā | Ā | 
See also
    
Further reading
    
- “A”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Somali
    
    
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Usage notes
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/so.
Southern Sami
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sma.
Spanish
    
    
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/es.
Etymology 2
    
Abbreviation of alfil.
Noun
    
A m (uncountable)
- (chess) bishop
- 1997, Anatoly Karpov, EL AJEDREZ. Aprender y progresar, page 24:- 19. Ac4xd5, Ab7xd5- 19. Bc4xd5, Bb7xd5
 
 
- 1998, Benito López Esnaola, Ajedrez a la ciega, page 87:- Tae1, Ae6- Rae1, Be6
 
 
- 2006, Antonio Lopez Manzano, Joan Segura Vila, “Los Errores en la Apertura. Las celadas.”, in Iniciación al ajedrez, volume 59, page 79:- Veamos un ejemplo: 1. e4, e5; 2. Cf3, Cc6; 3. Ac4, Cd4?- Let's look at an example: 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; 3. Bc4, Nd4?
 
 
 
Squamish
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/squ.
Swedish
    
    Letter
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/sv.
Symbol
    
A
Derived terms
    
- A-aktie (“class A share”)
- A-lag (“A team”)
Noun
    
A
- (2011–) the highest grade in the current grade system
- (1897–1962) the highest grade in the older grade system
- (1820–1897) the highest grade in the oldest grade system
Tagalog
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔɛɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -ej
 
- IPA(key): /ˈʔa/ [ˈʔa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -a
 
- IPA(key): /ˈa/ [ˈa] (phoneme, stressed)
- Rhymes: -a
 
- IPA(key): /a/ [ɐ] (phoneme, unstressed)
 
- IPA(key): /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔɛɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Syllabification: A
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔)
- The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ey and written in the Latin script.
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a, Baybayin spelling ᜀ)
- The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called a and written in the Latin script.
- (historical) The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called a and written in the Latin script.
Tahitian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ty.
Tatar
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/tt.
Tày
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ʔaː˦˥]
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/tyz.
Tigon Mbembe
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/nza.
Tlingit
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/tli.
Tongan
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/to.
Tonkawa
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/tqw.
Tuareg
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/tmh.
Tundra Nenets
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/yrk.
Turkish
    
    Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
Tyap
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/kcg.
Ubykh
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/uby.
Udihe
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/ude.
Upper Sorbian
    
    Letter
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/hsb.
Veps
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/vep.
Vietnamese
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˧]
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/vi.
Vilamovian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/wym.
Volapük
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/vo.
Võro
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/vro.
Votic
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/vot.
Wakhi
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/wbl.
Welsh
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /aː/
Letter
    
A (upper case, lower case a)
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/cy.
Mutation
    
- A cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word afal (“apple”):
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis | 
| afal | unchanged | unchanged | hafal | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
    
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “A”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/fy.
Winnebago
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/win.
Xhosa
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/xh.
Yámana
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/yag.
Yele
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/yle.
Zarma
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/dje.
Zazaki
    
    
See also
    
- See Template:list:Latin script letters/zza.









