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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Letter 1.1.3 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Symbol 1.2.1.1 See also 2 English 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Alternative forms 2.1.2 Pronunciation 2.1.3 Letter 2.1.3.1 Related terms 2.1.3.2 See also 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Symbol 2.2.1.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 Abbreviation 2.2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2.2 Derived terms 3 American Sign Language 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Letter 4 Egyptian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.1.1 See also 4.2 Noun 4.3 Verb 5 Finnish 5.1 Noun 6 French 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Derived terms 7 Latin 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Letter 7.3 Abbreviation 7.3.1 See also 7.3.2 References 8 Romanian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Letter 8.2.1 See also 9 Scots 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Pronunciation 9.3 Pronoun 10 Vietnamese 10.1 Letter 10.1.1 See also 10.2 Interjection

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek letter Α (a), “‘alpha’”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʼ), “‘aleph’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (most languages): IPA: /ɑː/, /a/

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A (upper case, lower case a)

1. An upper case letter of the Latin (Roman) script, the first of most alphabets written in that script, including the English alphabet.

[edit] See also

• (select forms with diacritics) À Á Â Ā Ä Ǻ
• (select forms with ligatures) Æ
• (select symbols) ⠁ ₳ ∀
• (other scripts) Cyrillic А (A), Greek Α (A), “‘Alpha’”), Hebrew א (a), “‘aleph’”), Arabic ا (a), “‘alif’”), Syriac ܐ (a), “‘alaph’”), Devanāgari अ (a), “‘aksara’”), Coptic Ⲁ (a), “‘alfa’”)
• For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "a".
• See Appendix:Roman script
• A on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology 2

• (physics, ampere): abbreviation of surname of André-Marie Ampère
• (biochemistry, adenosine): abbreviation of adenosine
• (biochemistry, alanine): abbreviation of alanine
• (computing, hexadecimal 10): the tenth item in the sequence {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

[edit] Symbol

A

1. (physics, International System of Units) ampere, a unit of electrical current.
2. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine
4. (computing) hexadecimal digit for 10

   0x0000000A

   The value is hexadecimal A0, or decimal 160.

5. (stock symbol) Symbol for the company Agilent Technologies, Inc. on the NYSE

[edit] See also

• (computing, hexadecimal): (previous) 9, (next) B

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[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.

• 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)
  • (RP, GenAm) IPA: /eɪ̯/, SAMPA: /eI/
  •  Audio (US)^{help, file}
  • (Aus) IPA: /æɪ/, SAMPA: /{I/
• 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)

1. The first letter of the English alphabet.

   Apple starts with A.

[edit] Related terms

• A frame
• ABC, A.B.C.
• A to Z

[edit] See also

• Next letter: B
• alphabet

[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

1. 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.

2. (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).

   I was so happy to get an A on that test.

3. (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.

4. 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.

5. (vehicle-distinguishing signs) Austria

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Abbreviation

A

1. (Webster 1913) Adjective.
2. (often with ‘Q’ for “Question”) Answer
3. Asian
4. Admit
5. Application
6. asynchron
7. Augsburg
8. (physics) angstrom
9. (weaponry) atom
10. (baseball) An assist.

[edit] Synonyms

• (physics, angstrom): Å

[edit] Derived terms

• (weaponry, atom): A-bomb

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[edit] American Sign Language

[edit] Etymology

From French Sign Language sign for the letter A.

[edit] Letter

(Stokoe A)

1. The letter A

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[edit] Egyptian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔ/

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia: Manuel de Codage

[edit] Noun

(G1) or

(G1-Z1) A

1. vulture
2. bird in general

[edit] Verb

(G1-D56) A

1. tread

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

A

1. approbatur

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

A

1. A (first letter of the alphabet)

[edit] Derived terms

• bombe A
• prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio (ecclesiastical)^{help, file}

[edit] Letter

A (upper case, lower case A)

1. (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

[edit] Abbreviation

A

1. (in dates) ante (“before”)

   A. D. — ante diem

2. (in dates) anno, annus (“year”)

   A. U. C. — anno urbis conditae

   A. P. R. C. — anno post Romam conditam

3. Aulus (a Roman given name)
   • Inscriptiones Orelli 1530: A. A. — Auli duo
4. aquae (“waters”)
   • Inscriptiones Orelli 1643 sequens; 2620; 3011: A.A. — Aquae Aponi (“Abano Terme”)
5. 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
6. agris (“fields”)
   • A. D. A. — agris dandis adsignandis
   • A. I. A. — agris judicandis adsignandis
7. (upon the voting tablets in judicial trials) absolvo (“I free”, “I acquit”)
8. (in the Roman Comitia) antiquo — “I leave in its former state”, “I reject” [e.g. the point in question]
9. amicō (“friend”)

   A. O. — amico optimo — “best friend”

10. a (“to”)

    A. P. — a populo

11. aediliciae

    A. P. — aediliciae potestatis

12. aerario

    A. P. R. — aerario populi Romani

13. (in Cicero's Tusculanae Disputationes, “Tusculan Disputations”) adulescens or auditor, one of the disputants, as opposed to M. for magister or Marcus

[edit] See also

• littera

[edit] References

• Lewis and Short’s Latin Dictionary, Oxford, 1879

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /a/

[edit] Letter

A (capital, lowercase a)

1. The first letter of the Romanian alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Next letter: Ă

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

Old English iċ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (stressed) IPA: /ɑ:/
• (unstressed) IPA: /ə/

[edit] Pronoun

A (first person singular, emphatic I)

1. I

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Letter

A

1. The first letter of the Vietnamese alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Next letter: Ă

[edit] Interjection

A!

1. hah!