à

See also:À,-à,andAppendix:Variations of "a"

à U+00E0,à LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE Composition: a[U+0061]+◌̀[U+0300] ←ß [U+00DF] Latin-1 Supplement á→ [U+00E1]

Danish

Alternative forms

• a

Preposition

à

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

Dutch

Etymology

FromFrenchà.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Preposition

à

1. indicates an approximate number

   Kook 2à3 aardappelen per persoon.―Boil 2or/to3 potatoes per person.

2. indicates the price etc. each

   10 blikjesà0,06 € is 0,60 € in totaal.―10 cansat€0.06eachis €0.60 in total.

Finnish

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɑ/
• IPA^(key):[ˈɑ̝]

Adverb

à(not comparable)

1. a,per,each

   Synonyms:seekohti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a/

• Audio(Paris):

  (file)

• Homophones:a,as
• Rhymes:-a

Notes

• In Canada,àandaare not homophones,à[a],a[ɑː].

Etymology 1

Letter

à(lower case,upper caseÀ)

1. A withgrave accent,aletterused in French mostly to distinguish somehomographsand intransliteration.

Usage notes

• Use of accents on capital letters is variable. European usage is sometimes to omit accents, though the French Academy considers it incorrect.This is partly due to the keyboard layout used in France. Quebec usage is to put accents on capitals.

Etymology 2

InheritedfromOld Frencha,a merge ofLatinadandab.

Preposition

à

1. to(destination)

   alleraubout―gotothe end / go all the way

   Je vaisàParis.―I am goingtoParis.

2. to(until)

   Le spectacle sera de 18hà21h.―The show will be from 6 pmto9 pm.

3. onthe, to(some directions)

   Tournezàgauche!―Turn [tothe] left!

   Ne tournez pas encoreàdroite!―Don't turn [tothe] right yet!

   Le vent vireaunord.―The wind turns north.

   L’école estàgauche.―The school isonthe left.

4. at(said of a particular time)

   àdix heures et quart―atquarter past ten

   Je parsàcinq heures précises.―I am leavingatexactly five o'clock.

5. at,in,on(said of a particular place)

   àla maison―athome

   àl’hôtel―atthe hotel

   aucomptoir du bar―atthe bar

   aubois―inthe woods

   J’habiteàun demi-kilomètre d’ici.―I live half a kilometer from here.

   La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu’àtrois kilomètres de chez nous.

   The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.

6. Found in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations

   auvoleur!―stop thief!

   àl’assassin!―murderer!

   aumeurtre!―murder!murderer!

   àmoi!―help!

   àl’aide!―help!

   ausecours!―help!

   aufeu!―fire!

   auxarmes!―to arms!

   àl’attaque!―attack!forward!charge!up and at 'em!

   àl’abordage!―on board!

   auboulot!―get to work!let's get towork!

   autravail!―get to work!let's get towork!

7. from(origin)

   Nous prenons de l’eauaupuits.―We get waterfromthe well.

   Je l’ai euàla bibliothèque.―I got itfromthe library.

   Voilà la femmeàlaquelle j’ai acheté mon chien―There's the woman I bought my dogfrom.

8. of(belonging to)

   Synonym:(usually in different grammatical contexts)de

   C’est un amiàmoi.―This is a friendofmine.

   Cette voiture estàJohn.―This is John's car.

   le chienàMarie―Mary's dog [nonstandard: one normally would usedehere]

9. till,until(used in farewells)

   àplus tard―see you later

   àbientôt―see you soon

   Salut, donc.Àdemain.―Bye, then. 'Tiltomorrow / see you tomorrow.

10. (cooking)cookedinorwith
11. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for

    moulinàpoivre―pepper mill

    sacàdos―backpack

    boiteàmusique―music box

12. (before aninfinitive)to(used to express something not completed)

    l’équipeàbattre―the teamtobeat

    Il n’y a jamais grand-choseàfaire par ici.―There's never muchtodo around here.

    Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu’une grande abondance de choses qui restentàfaire.―Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.

    Il reste deux tâchesàfinir.―There are two things lefttofinish.

    Il y a de la bièreàboire.―There's some beertodrink.

13. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as acompoundadjective

    un animalàquatre pattes―a four-legged animal

    une femmeauvisage pâle―a pale-faced woman

    un hommeàlongue barbe―a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard

    une chemiseàmanches courtes―a short-sleeved shirt

    une maisonauxmurs de brique―a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls

14. by

    peuàpeu―bitbybit

    petitàpetit―littlebylittle

    minuteàminute―minutebyminute

    jouràjour―daybyday

    unàun―onebyone

15. or,to(used to express an approximate number)

    sixàsept personnes―sixorseven people

    de vingtàtrente ans―from twenty to thirty years

    tous les cinqàsix ans―every fiveorsix years

16. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.

    mettre le feuà―to set fireto

    clouer le becà―to shut (someone) up

    donner la chasseà―to give chaseto

    • 1836,Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra,chapter XL, inLouis Viardot,transl.,L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche,volume I, Paris:J[acques]-J[ulien]Dubochet et C^ie,éditeurs,[…],→OCLC:

      Bien que la faim et le dénûment nous tourmentassent quelquefois, et même à peu près toujours, rien ne nous causait autant de tourment que d’être témoins des cruautés inouïes que mon maître exerçait sur les chrétiens. Chaque jour il en faisait pendre quelqu’un; on empalait celui-là, on coupait les oreillesàcelui-ci[…].

      Even though hunger and destitution tormented us sometimes, and even almost always, nothing caused us as much torment as being witnesses to the unheard-of cruelties that my master exercised on the Christians. Every day, he made someone hang; they impaled that one, they cut the earsoff ofthis one[…].

17. with
    • (Can wedatethis quote?),Jacques Bouveresse,"Et Satan conduit le bal..." Kraus, Hitler & le nazisme,which is an introduction to the bookLa Troisième nuit de Walpurgis,by Karl Kraus, translated by Pierre Deshusses:

      On peut remarquer, à ce propos, que ce n’est pas non plus dans des livreàprétention plus ou moins scientifique que Kraus avait l’habitude de chercher les instruments dont il avait besoin pour la déscription et l’expliquation.

      It may also be noticed, on this matter, that it is also not on bookswithmore or less scientific pretentions that Kraus used to search for the instruments which he needed for description and explanation.

Usage notes

• Expresses a report/ratio of place (to), time (at), means, manner, price. It can indicate possession (ofor's), particularly when used with a disjunctive personal pronoun, e.g.àmoi,àeux,àelle.
• Introduces several types of grammatical complement: indirect object, attribution, name, adjective.
  • In French, a good number ofintransitiveverbs useàto mark anindirect object,e.g.reussirà(“to succeed at”).Sometimes, their English equivalents are transitive verbs taking direct objects, e.g.jouerà(un jeu)(“to play (a game)”),in which case, translations generally do not require any counterpartial element be rendered forà,though some ways of rendering certain verbs will allow for it.
• Whenàis followed by a definite article, the two combine to give the following combined forms:

  à + article	Combined form
  à +le	au
  à + la	unchanged (à la)
  à +l’	unchanged (à l')
  à +les	aux

  • However,à laandà l'are almost entirely not used if the location referred to is a country, subnational division, or continent, in which case,enis used instead. (The same does not hold, however, forauandaux.) Compareen Franceandaux États-Unis.The most notable exception isà la Barbade.
• Logically following the previously described rule,àcombines with the relative pronouns, which themselves contain an element of the definite article, producing these forms:

  à + article	Combined form
  à +lequel	auquel
  à +laquelle	à laquelle
  à +lesquels	auxquels
  à +lesquelles	auxquelles

• See alsoAppendix:French verbs followed by à

Derived terms

compounds and contractions

• au
• aujourd’hui
• auquel
• aux
• auxquelles
• auxquels
• jusqu’à

locutions and syntagma

• à bientôt
• à côté de
• à la
• à la fois
• à la hauteur
• à l’avance
• à l’extérieur
• à l’instar de
• à l’intérieur
• à partir de
• à propos
• à-côtés
• à-coups
• aux côtés de
• bout à bout
• ce à quoi
• côte à côte
• face à
• jusqu’à ce que
• par rapport à
• tout à fait

Descendants

• →Danish:à
• →Dutch:à
• →German:à
• →Hungarian:à
• →Norwegian Bokmål:à,a
• →Swedish:à

Further reading

• “à”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

German

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aː/

• Audio:

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Preposition

à[withnominativeordativeoraccusative]

1. (business,colloquial)at(a specified price or rate of exchange per item)

   Vier Briefmarkenà75 Cent, das macht drei Euro, bitte!

   Four stampsat75 centseach,that's three euros, please!

Usage notes

• Generally not followed by articles or adjectives, but if necessary it may be construed with nominative, dative, or accusative:à einoreinemoreinen Euro.

Synonyms

• zu(je)

Related terms

• à la

Hungarian

Etymology

FromFrenchà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈaː]
• Rhymes:-aː

Letter

à(lower case,upper caseÀ)

1. (commerce,dated)at,@(at the given rate foreachitem)

   Synonyms:darabja,egyenként

2. (formal,often in the phraseà la)a la,in the style of, after themannerof

   Synonyms:módján,modorában,stílusában

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	à	à-k
accusative	à-t	à-kat
dative	à-nak	à-knak
instrumental	à-val	à-kkal
causal-final	à-ért	à-kért
translative	à-vá	à-kká
terminative	à-ig	à-kig
essive-formal	à-ként	à-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	à-ban	à-kban
superessive	à-n	à-kon
adessive	à-nál	à-knál
illative	à-ba	à-kba
sublative	à-ra	à-kra
allative	à-hoz	à-khoz
elative	à-ból	à-kból
delative	à-ról	à-król
ablative	à-tól	à-któl
non-attributive possessive - singular	à-é	à-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	à-éi	à-kéi

Possessive formsofà
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	à-m	à-im
2nd person sing.	à-d	à-id
3rd person sing.	à-ja	à-i
1st person plural	à-nk	à-ink
2nd person plural	à-tok	à-itok
3rd person plural	à-juk	à-ik

Derived terms

• à la carte

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)betű;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Cscs,Dd,Dzdz,Dzsdzs,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Gygy,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Lyly,Mm,Nn,Nyny,Oo,Óó,Öö,Őő,Pp,Rr,Ss,Szsz,Tt,Tyty,Uu,Úú,Üü,Űű,Vv,Zz,Zszs.Only in the extended alphabet:QqWwXxYy.Commonly used:ch.Also defined:àë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthtsÿ.

Further reading

• àinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• àinNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára[A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).
• àin Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.).Magyar értelmező kéziszótár( “A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian” ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition→ISBN.Online searchable version(under development)

Italian

Letter

à(upper caseÀ)

1. The letter⟨a⟩in a stressed final syllable.

Verb

à

1. Obsoletespelling ofha.,third-personsingularpresentindicativeofavere

Ladin

Verb

à

1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofavei(“has”)
2. third-personpluralpresentindicativeofavei(“have”)

Ligurian

Verb

à

1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofavéi(“has”)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• a—nonstandard

Romanization

à(a⁴,Zhuyinㄚˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofA
2. Hanyu Pinyinreading ofA
3. Hanyu Pinyinreading of𫮄
4. Hanyu Pinyinreading of𮥀

Matal

Pronoun

à

1. he,she

Middle French

Preposition

à

1. (16th century onwards)Alternative form ofa:at;to
   • 1537,Cicero (original author),Epistres familiaires traduictz de latin en francois et nouvellement imprimezlink

     on les vendàParis

     They are being soldinParis

Ngam

Alternative forms

• wà

Etymology

Cognate toSarà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈa˨/

Particle

à

1. initial interrogative particle on a question

References

Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223.

• Mudiwa, Olukayode (2001). An Analysis of Proto-Sara. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Books. p. 156.

Norman

Etymology

FromLatinad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a/

Preposition

à

1. to,at

Noun

àm(pluralàs)

1. at sign

   Synonyms:colînmachon,siez

References

• Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 39.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• a

Etymology

FromFrenchà(“to, on, in”),fromMiddle Frenchà,fromOld Frencha(“to, towards, belonging to”),fromLatinad(“to, towards, up to, at”),fromProto-Italic*ad(“toward, to, on, up to, for”),fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éd(“to, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a(ː)/,/ɑ(ː)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aː,-a,-ɑː,-ɑ
• Hyphenation:à
• Homophones:a,A-,a-,ah

Preposition

à

1. to,up to
   • 1907,Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons fortællinger,page204:

     på hver lystfarende nordmand kommer ti à tyve fremmede

     on every pleasure-seeking Norwegian comes ten to twenty strangers

   femàseks kroner

   fivetosixkroner

2. at...each
   • 1998,Geir Pollen,Hutchinsons eftf.,page79:

     to hundre og femti nummererte [bok]eksemplarer à tusen kroner

     two hundred and fifty numbered [book] copies for a thousand kroner

   tre kiloàseksti kroner

   three kilosatsixtykronereach

3. in,a
   • 1872-1883,Henrik Ibsen,Samlede verker XVII,page92:

     [75 thaler] i sedler à 25 thaler

     [75 thaler] in 25 thaler banknotes

   • 2001,Jan Christopher Næss,Jotapata:

     tolv perioder à ca. fire uker

     twelve periods of approx. four weeks

   tre gangeràuka

   thriceaweek

   Synonym:i

4. (Used inFrenchexpressions, before a consonant)up to,in

   à jour,à la,à la carte,à la grecque,à la mode,vis-à-vis

Derived terms

• à jour(“up to date”)
• à la(“a la”)
• à poeng med(“same score as”)

References

• “à”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
• “à”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• á(obsolete)
• aa(obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/a/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/a/

• Homophone:a(Brazil)
• Hyphenation:à

Etymology 1

Contraction

àfsg

2. Contraction ofaa(“to the”):femininesingularofao

   Vouàpraia.

   I’m goingto thebeach.

   • 2000,J. K. Rowling,translated byLia Wyler,Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter;2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco,→ISBN,page217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, váàbiblioteca.

     When you have a question, goto thelibrary.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:ao.

Preposition

à

2. Misspelling ofa.
3. forms adverbs meaning "in a manner related or resembling"
5. Clipping ofà moda de.
6. accented preposition, the prepositionais accented when it comes before feminine words in prepositional, adverbial and conjunctive phrases;in

   Ele escreveuàcaneta.

   He wroteinpen.

Usage notes

• The grave accent is used to differentiate the preposition of a simple article. In "He wrote in pen", the respective particle without the diacritic will make the sentence have another meaning: "He wrote the pen."

Etymology 2

From homophonehá.

Verb

à

1. Misspelling ofhá.

Rawang

Suffix

à(upper caseÀ)

1. verbal suffix for marking past tense on transitive verbs.

   Wedø wà yàngà.

   They did it like that.

   Àngbøø̀ng lòng vnáng bǿngà.

   I forgot his name.

Romagnol

Alternative forms

• a

Etymology

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

à

1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentindicativeofavér(“to have”)

Romani

Letter

à(lower case,upper caseÀ)

1. (International Standard)The letterawith thegrave accent.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Xx,Ii,Jj,Kk,Khkh,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Phph,Rr,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,ZzInternational Standard:(Àà,Ää,Ǎǎ),Ćć,Ćhćh,(Èè,Ëë,Ěě), (Ìì,Ïï,Ǐǐ), (Òò,Öö,Ǒǒ),Rrrr,Śś,(Ùù,Üü,Ǔǔ),Źź,Ʒʒ,Qq,Çç,ϴθ.Pan-Vlax:Čč,Čhčh,Dždž,(Dźdź),Řř,Šš,(Śś),Žž,(Źź).

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

FromOld Irisha.Cognates includeIrishasandManxass.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/a/(as if spelleda)
• Hyphenation:à

Preposition

à(+ dative,no mutation,before the definite articleàs)

1. from,out of

Inflection

Personal inflection ofà
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	asam	asamsa
	2nd	asad	asadsa
	3rdm	às	às-san
	3rdf	aiste	aistese
Plural	1st	asainn	asainne
	2nd	asaibh	asaibhse
	3rd	asta	astasan

Synonyms

• bho,o

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “à”, inFaclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan[The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2],10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited,→ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “7 a”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Slovene

Etymology 1

Letterawith grave (◌̀) to signify short stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/a/
• (letter name,non-tonal transcription):IPA^(key):/kràːtki àː/,/kràːtki áː/kratki a
• Rhymes:-aː

Letter

à(lower case,upper caseÀ)

1. Additional letter, used in some words to denote the short stress ona.

Symbol

à

1. (non-tonal SNPT)Phonetictranscriptionof sound[a].

Etymology 2

Letterawith acute (◌̀) to signify long stressed vowel.

Pronunciation

• (Natisone Valley dialect,phoneme):IPA^(key):/a/

Letter

à(lower case,usually not in upper case)

1. (Natisone Valley dialect)Additional letter, used in some words to denote the long stress on a.

Etymology 3

FromFrenchà,from latinLatinad'to'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/àː/,/áː/,/á/

• Audio(non-tonal, long):

  (file)

• Audio(non-tonal, short):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aː
• Homophones:A,a

Preposition

à

1. for,per(the price, mass etc.)[withaccusative]

   Synonyms:po,za

   • 1886,Krain Landtag,Bericht über die Verhandlungen des Krainischen Landtages zu Laibach: nach den stenographischen Aufzeichnungen‎^[3],page219:

     Mesoà105 gramov.

     Meatper105 grams.

See also

• a
• á
• ȃ
• ā
• ȁ

Further reading

“à”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU,portal Fran

Spanish

Preposition

à

1. Obsoletespelling ofa.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aː/

Preposition

à

1. ...to...

   2à3 kg

   2to3 kilograms

   • 1850August 13, “Landsorts-tidningar, Wisby [Non-capital newspapers, Visby]”, inPost- och Inrikes Tidningar,page 2:

     Sistlidne Fredag gaf den sydliga vinden, som då började blåsa med laber kultie signalen till skådespelets början; dagen derpå defilerade i prydlig ordning en svärm af seglare omkring 40à50 tre- och två-mastare, många i full skrud, med läsegel och skyskrap!

     Last Friday, the southern wind, which began to blow gently, gave the signal for the start of the spectacle; the next day, a swarm of sailboats, around 40to50 three- and two-masters, paraded in orderly fashion, many in full regalia, with studding sails and skyscrapers!

   • 1963,Margit Abenius,Memoarer från det inre‎^[4],page136:

     Jag har hela mitt liv, dvs. en 25à30 år fantiserat om en ny form, någonting som inte vore roman och inte essä,[…]

     I have my whole life, ie. a 25to30 year fantasized about a new form, something that would not be a novel and not an essay,[…]

   Synonyms:–,till

2. @,at,each

   2 stà1 kr

   2 piecesat1 kronaeach

   • 2017April 1,"Ovärdigt Finland att marginalisera dem med autism och deras närstående"[Unworthy of Finland to marginalize those with autism and their relatives] (letter to the editor),Hufvudstadsbladet,Helsinki:KSF Media,accessed 11 November 2020:

     Hade vi följt Sveriges exempel (LSS, 1994), skulle den personliga assistansen (à11 euro per timme) vid det här laget vara en profession.

     If we had followed Sweden's example (LSS, 1994), the personal assistance (at11 euros per hour) would have been a profession by this point.

References

• àinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An–Tràng Định)IPA^(key):[ʔaː˧˨]
• (Trùng Khánh)IPA^(key):[ʔaː˩]

Etymology 1

Particle

à

1. Question particle.

   Hết đảy míà?―Can you do it?

   Pây liê̱u míà?―Wanna go play?

Etymology 2

Comparea.

Noun

à(A)

1. bloodpaternal aunt(younger than one's father)

   me̱à―(polite)paternal aunt

Etymology 3

Particle

à

1. yeah

   Àchư̱ dá.

   Yeah, that's right.

Etymology 4

Particle

à(A)

1. Sound made during singing.

References

• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006)Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt[Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011)Từ điển Tày-Việt[Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[5][6](in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày[A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[7](in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Tlingit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/aː/

Letter

à(upper caseÀ)

1. (Canada)Aletterof the Tlingitalphabet,written in theLatin script.

   Synonym:aa

See also

• Canada:(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,Àà,Ââ,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dłdł,Dzdz,Ee,Éé,Èè,Êê,Gg,Gwgw,Ghgh,Ghwghw,Hh,Ii,Íí,Ìì,Îî,Jj,Kk,Kwkw,Kʼkʼ,Kʼwkʼw,Khkh,Khwkhw,Khʼkhʼ,Khʼwkhʼw(Ll),Łł,Łʼłʼ(Mm),Nn(Oo),Ss,Sʼsʼ,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tltl,Tlʼtlʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Ww,Xx,Xwxw,Xʼxʼ,Xʼwxʼw,Xhxh,Xhwxhw,Xhʼxhʼ,Xhʼwxhʼw,Yy(Ÿÿ),․
• US:(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,Aaaa,Áaáa,Chch,Chʼchʼ,Dd,Dldl,Dzdz,Ee,Éé,Eeee,Éeée,Eiei,Éiéi,Gg,Gwgw,G̱g̱,G̱wg̱w,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Kwkw,Kʼkʼ,Kʼwkʼw,Ḵḵ,Ḵwḵw,Ḵʼḵʼ,Ḵʼwḵʼw,Ll,Lʼlʼ(Ḻḻ,Mm),Nn(Oo),Oooo,Óoóo,Ss,Sʼsʼ,Shsh,Tt,Tʼtʼ,Tltl,Tlʼtlʼ,Tsts,Tsʼtsʼ,Uu,Úú,Ww,Xx,Xwxw,Xʼxʼ,Xʼwxʼw,X̱x̱,X̱wx̱w,X̱ʼx̱ʼ,X̱ʼwx̱ʼw,Yy(Ÿÿ,Y̱y̱),․

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[ʔaː˨˩]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[ʔaː˦˩]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[ʔaː˨˩]

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Letter

à(lower case,upper caseÀ)

1. The letterawith thegrave accent.

See also

• (Quốc ngữletters)chữ cái;Aa(Àà,Ảả,Ãã,Áá,Ạạ),Ăă(Ằằ,Ẳẳ,Ẵẵ,Ắắ,Ặặ),Ââ(Ầầ,Ẩẩ,Ẫẫ,Ấấ,Ậậ),Bb,Cc(Chch),Dd,Đđ,Ee(Èè,Ẻẻ,Ẽẽ,Éé,Ẹẹ),Êê(Ềề,Ểể,Ễễ,Ếế,Ệệ),Gg(Ghgh,Gigi),Hh,Ii(Ìì,Ỉỉ,Ĩĩ,Íí,Ịị),Kk(Khkh),Ll,Mm,Nn(Ngng,Nghngh,Nhnh),Oo(Òò,Ỏỏ,Õõ,Óó,Ọọ),Ôô(Ồồ,Ổổ,Ỗỗ,Ốố,Ộộ),Ơơ(Ờờ,Ởở,Ỡỡ,Ớớ,Ợợ),Pp(Phph),Qq(Ququ),Rr,Ss,Tt(Thth,Trtr),Uu(Ùù,Ủủ,Ũũ,Úú,Ụụ),Ưư(Ừừ,Ửử,Ữữ,Ứứ,Ựự),Vv,Xx,Yy(Ỳỳ,Ỷỷ,Ỹỹ,Ýý,Ỵỵ)

Interjection

à

1. oh;I see

Particle

à

1. Question particle.

   Thếà?

   Really?

   Cháu mới vềà?

   So you've come back.

   Nhóm mày có bốn người thôià?

   There's only four members in your group, isn't there?

Usage notes

• In contrast tokhôngwhich is used to make a yes-no question,àis used to seek confirmation, roughly equivalent toJapaneseね(ne)or the English use of tag questions. Compare tonhỉ,which is similar toJapaneseよ(yo)in that it is used to make a light assertion or remark. However,àdenotes a speaker's stronger belief that the hearer will agree with him or her than the expressionphải không.
• The negative reply to this type of question can start withkhông phảionly to questions with a nominal predicate. Otherwise, the negative reply starts withkhông(or its variants, such ashông) or some other negators such asđâu.
• Not to be confused withạ(politeness particle).

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/a/

Letter

à(upper caseÀ)

1. The letter A, marked for its short pronunciation in monosyllabic words.