æ

See also Appendix:Variations of "a", Appendix:Variations of "e", and Appendix:Variations of "ae"

Translingual

Character	æ
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
Latin-1 Supplement	U+00E6

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Letter

æ lower case (upper case Æ)

1. Ligature from the letters a and e.

Symbol

Wikipedia

æ

1. (IPA) near-open front unrounded vowel

See also

• (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  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letter combinations):  Ꜳꜳ  Ææ  ᴁᴭ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜵꜵ  Åå  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ꜽꜽ  ct  ȸ  DZDzdz  DŽDždž  ᴂᵆ  ᴔ  &  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl  ℔  IJij  LJLjlj  Ỻỻ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  Œœ  ɶ  Ꝏꝏ  Ȣȣᴕ  ȹ  ẞß  ſtst  ᵫ  Ůů  Ww  Ꝡꝡ
• SAMPA equivalent: {
• æ-tensing

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English

Symbol

æ lower case (upper case Æ)

1. (chiefly dated) Ligature of vowels a and e.

Usage notes

• Normally used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin.
• Uncommon in modern English mainly due to its absence in English typographical equipment.
• In American English: this symbol is usually absent in favor of e whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ (SAMPA /E/) or /iː/ (SAMPA /i:/), but not when it makes a different sound, as in this example: ‘formulæ’.

See also

• ash
• œ
• Appendix:English pronunciation

Anagrams

• EA, Ea, ea, ea.

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛː/, [ɛːˀ]

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

1. Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.

Inflection

    Inflection of æ

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) bogstav; 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, Ææ, Øø, Åå

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛa/
• Homophone: a

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

1. Penultimate letter of the Faroese alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

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German

Symbol

æ (lower case, upper case Æ)

1. (obsolete) Vowel borrowed from Latin. Succeeded by ä.

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Icelandic

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

1. Penultimate letter of the Icelandic alphabet.

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

1. Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronoun

æ

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)(dialectal, mostly found in Trøndelag, northern Norway, and parts of western and southern Norway).

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /æː/

Letter

æ (upper case Æ)

1. 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.

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aiwō, *aiwaz (“law”), from Proto-Indo-European *oiw- (“custom, tradition, law”). Cognate with Old Saxon êo, Ol Frisian ewa, êwe, ê, â, Old German êwa, êha, êa, ê (German Ehe).

Alternative forms

• ǣw

Noun

ǣ f

1. law, scripture

   God is wisdom and æ woruldbuendra. God is the wisdom and law of world-dwellers.

2. ceremony, custom, marriage

Declension

    Declension of æ

	Singular	Plural
nominative	ǣ	ǣ
accusative	ǣ	ǣ
genitive	ǣ, ǣwe	ǣwa
dative	ǣ, ǣwe	ǣwum

Derived terms

• ǣwnian
• æubreche "adultery, adulterer"

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ahwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognate with Old Frisian â, ê, Old Norse á, Old Saxon and Old High German aha, and Gothic ahwa; and with Latin aqua.

Alternative forms

• ēa

Noun

ǣ f

1. river, running water