A
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| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A |
|---|---|
| Basic Latin | U+0041 |
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek letter Α (a), “‘alpha’”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʼ), “‘aleph’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɑː/, /a/ (most languages)
[edit] Letter
A upper case (lower case a)
- The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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- (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
- Appendix:Variations of "a"
[edit] Symbol
A
- Marks the first item in a list
- A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
- (computing) The hexadecimal digit for 10
- 0x0000000A
- The value is hexadecimal A0, or decimal 160.
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[edit] Etymology 2
Abbreviation of various terms.
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A
- (physics, International System of Units) ampere, a unit of electrical current.
- (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine
- (stock symbol) Symbol for the company Agilent Technologies, Inc. on the NYSE
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Other representations of A:
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Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur |
A in uncial script |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ.
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Old English upper case letter A from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter A of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚪ (a), “‘āc’”), derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a), “‘Ansuz’”).
Old English upper case letter Æ from 7th century replacement by Latin upper case ligature Æ of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚫ (æ), “‘æsc’”), also derived from Runic letter ᚫ (a), “‘Ansuz’”).
[edit] Alternative forms
- (Gregg shorthand versions Centennial,Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary) · (“‘dot’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name)
- 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.
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A (upper case, lower case a)
- The first letter of the English alphabet.
- Apple starts with A.
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[edit] Etymology 2
- (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
- (blood type): From A antigen
- (vehicle-distinguishing signs): From Australia
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A
- 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.
- (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
- I was so happy to get an A on that test.
- (music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz.
- Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.
- A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. They may receive blood from type A or type O, but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
- My blood type is A negative.
- (vehicle-distinguishing signs) Austria
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[edit] Abbreviation
A
- (Webster 1913) Adjective.
- (often with ‘Q’ for “Question”) Answer
- Asian
- Admit
- Application
- asynchron
- Augsburg
- (physics) angstrom
- (weaponry) atom
- (baseball) An assist.
[edit] Synonyms
- (physics, angstrom): Å
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- (weaponry, atom): A-bomb
[edit] American Sign Language
[edit] Alternative forms
- (with the thumb extended) OpenA
[edit] Etymology
From French Sign Language sign for the letter A.
[edit] Production
This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “A” handshape .
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(Stokoe A)
- The letter A
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
A (capital, lowercase a)
- The first letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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- Next letter: B
[edit] Egyptian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ʔ/
[edit] Noun
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(G1) or
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(G1-Z1) A
[edit] Verb
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(G1-D56) A
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[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
A (upper case, lower case a)
- The first letter of the Esperanto alphabet.
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- Next letter: B
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
A
[edit] French
[edit] Letter
A (upper case, lower case a)
[edit] Derived terms
- bombe A
- prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B
[edit] Italian
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
A m. and f. inv.
- The first letter of the Italian, and of the Latin alphabets
[edit] Latin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
A (upper case, lower case A)
- (sometimes with littera) the first letter of the Latin alphabet.
- C. Ennius Lucilius apud Terent, Scaur. p. 2255 P.:
- A primum est: hinc incipiam, et quae nomina ab hoc sunt
- M. Tullius Cicero’s De Divinatione ad M. Brutum 1, 13, 23:
- sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit
- M. T. Quintilianus 1, 5, 61:
- ne in A quidem atque S litteras exire temere masculina Graeca nomina recto casu patiebantur
- C. Ennius Lucilius apud Terent, Scaur. p. 2255 P.:
[edit] Abbreviation
A
- (in dates) ante (“before”)
- A. D. — ante diem
- (in dates) anno, annus (“year”)
- A. U. C. — anno urbis conditae
- A. P. R. C. — anno post Romam conditam
- Aulus (a Roman given name)
- Inscriptiones Orelli 1530: A. A. — Auli duo
- aquae (“waters”)
- Inscriptiones Orelli 1643 sequens; 2620; 3011: A.A. — Aquae Aponi (“Abano Terme”)
- auro, argento, or aeri (the three directors of the mint)
- Inscriptiones Orelli 569; 2242; 2379; 3134 alia: III. VIRI A. A. A. F. F. — auro, argento, aeri flando, feriundo
- agris (“fields”)
- A. D. A. — agris dandis adsignandis
- A. I. A. — agris judicandis adsignandis
- (upon the voting tablets in judicial trials) absolvo (“I free”, “I acquit”)
- (in the Roman Comitia) antiquo — “I leave in its former state”, “I reject” [e.g. the point in question]
- amicō (“friend”)
- A. O. — amico optimo — “best friend”
- a (“to”)
- A. P. — a populo
- aediliciae
- A. P. — aediliciae potestatis
- aerario
- A. P. R. — aerario populi Romani
- (in Cicero's Tusculanae Disputationes, “Tusculan Disputations”) adulescens or auditor, one of the disputants, as opposed to M. for magister or Marcus
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[edit] References
- Lewis and Short’s Latin Dictionary, Oxford, 1879
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /a/
[edit] Letter
A (capital, lowercase a)
- The first letter of the Romanian alphabet.
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- Next letter: Ă
[edit] Scots
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Pronoun
A (first person singular, emphatic I)
[edit] Slovene
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
A (capital, lowercase a)
- The first letter of the Slovene alphabet. Next letter: B.
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
A (upper case, lower case a)
- First letter of the Spanish alphabet.
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Letter
A
- The first letter of the Vietnamese alphabet.
[edit] See also
- Next letter: Ă
[edit] Interjection
A!
- hah!



