à

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Letter 2 Danish 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Preposition 3 Dutch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Preposition 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Letter 4.3.1 Usage notes 4.4 Preposition 4.4.1 Derived terms 4.4.2 Usage notes 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pinyin 6 Portuguese 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Contraction 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Preposition 7.1.1 Synonyms 7.1.2 Usage notes 7.1.3 Derived terms

[edit] Translingual

The Latin script
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
Variations of letter A Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Ａａ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Letters using grave accent or double grave accent Àà Ȁȁ Ằằ Ầầ Èè Ìì Ǹǹ Òò Ờờ Ùù Ừừ Ẁẁ Ỳỳ

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à lower case (upper case À)

1. The letter a with a grave accent.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Alternative forms

• a

[edit] Preposition

à (unofficial but common)

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

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from French.

[edit] Preposition

à

1. to

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin ad.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a/, SAMPA: /a/

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à (lower case, upper case A, alternate usage À)

1. A with grave accent, a letter used in French mostly to distinguish some homographs and in transliteration.

[edit] Usage notes

• Accents usage on capital letters is variable. Quebec usage is normally to put capitals, European usage usually does not put capitals.

[edit] Preposition

à

1. to (towards, in the direction of)

   Je vais à Paris. -- I am going to Paris.

2. to (until)

   Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. -- The show will be from 6pm to 9 pm.

3. at (said of a particular time)

   Je pars à cinq heures. -- I am leaving at five.

4. at (said of a particular place)

   à la maison - at home

   à l'hôtel - at the hotel

5. of (belonging to)

   C'est un ami à moi. -- This is a friend of mine.

   C'est la voiture à John. -- This is John's car.

6. till, until (used in farewells)

   Salut, à demain. -- Bye, til tomorrow/Bye, see you tomorrow

7. (cuisine) cooked in or with

   Steak au poivre -- Steak with pepper sauce

[edit] Derived terms

When followed by a definite article, à is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

à + article	Combined form
à + le	au
à + la	à la
à + l'	à l'
à + les	aux

• à bientôt
• à la fois
• jusqu'à

[edit] Usage notes

• Expresses a report/ratio of place (to), time (at), possession (of or 's), means, manner, price.
• Introduced a complement of indirect object or a complement of attribution, a complement of the name or adjective.
• Some intransitive verbs in French use à before the object, e.g. réussir à, jouer à. In these cases, the à is not translated into English

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin

à (form of a4 with diacritic)

1. 阾:

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

Contraction of a (“‘to’”) + a (“‘the’”)

[edit] Contraction

à

1. to/at the

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Preposition

à

1. from

[edit] Synonyms

• bho
• o

[edit] Usage notes

• Before the definite article the form às is used instead.

[edit] Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	asam	asamsa
tu	asad	asadsa
e	às	às-san
i	aiste	aistese
sinn	asainn	asainne
sibh	asaibh	asaibhse
iad	asta	astasan