Ã

See also: ã and Appendix:Variations of "a"

à U+00C3, à LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE Composition: A [U+0041] + ◌̃ [U+0303] ←  [U+00C2] Latin-1 Supplement Ä → [U+00C4]

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and à for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

1. The third letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ã, Ā, Ȧ; originally A with a superscript N.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ̃/
• When à occurs word-finally in a word without an acute or circumflex diacritic (as in maçã), the last syllable is stressed.

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

1. the letter A with a tilde

Usage notes

à never occurs initially, so the capital form is only used in words written completely uppercase.

Descendants

• Nheengatu: Ã
• Guarani: Ã

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and à for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

1. The second letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ǒ ǒ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż