â

See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"

â U+00E2, â LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← á [U+00E1] Latin-1 Supplement ã → [U+00E3]

Translingual

Letter

â (upper case Â)

1. The letter a with a circumflex.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  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
• (Letters using circumflex accent):  Ââ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ĉĉ  Ḓḓ  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ếế  Ĝĝ  Ĥĥ  Îî  Ĵĵ  Ôô  Ồồ  Ŝŝ  Ûû  Ŵŵ  Ŷŷ  Ẑẑ

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) âsht
• (Standard, Tosk) ësht, është

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑ̃]

Verb

â

1. (Gheg) is (third-person singular present indicative of jam)

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French

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

1. A with circumflex, a letter used in French spelling, originally representing the sound /ɑ/.

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare Italian alla.

Contraction

â (used with feminine singular nouns)

1. Contraction of a 'a.

Related terms

• ê
• ô

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Portuguese

Etymology

The letter a with a circumflex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/, [ɐ], [ɜ], [ə]
• (preceding coda ‘n’ or ‘m’) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃/, [ɐ̃], [ɜ̃], [ə̃]
• Always stressed.

Letter

â

1. A letter "a" which is stressed and placed in the penultimate syllable of a noun that ends in another a.
   • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 9:

     [...] a poucos metros de distância [...]

     [...] from few meters of distance [...]

Contraction

â

1. Obsolete spelling of à

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨ.din.a]

Letter

â (capital, lowercase Â)

1. The third letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /ɨ/. Preceded by ă and followed by b.

Usage notes

• See Â
• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Sicilian

Article

â f sg (plural î)

1. (definite article, spoken only) the, colloquial form of la

See also

Sicilian articles
	Masculine	Feminine
indefinite singular	un, nu	na
definite singular	lu, û	la, â
definite plural	li, î	li, î

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɐ/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /əː˧˥/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

1. The third letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ớ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a]

The circumflex is used to distinguish the word from "a" rather than indicate vowel length.

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ag (used before vowels)

Preposition

â

1. with, by means of

Usage notes

 traditionally triggers the aspirate mutation, but in speech this may be absent. Before vowels, ag is used instead, except in some colloquial versions of the language where it remains "â".

See also

• gyda
• efo

Conjunction

â

1. as

   mor hen â phechod ei hun ― as old as sin itself

Usage notes

 traditionally triggers the aspirate mutation, but in speech this may be absent. Before vowels, ag is used instead.

Etymology 2

Verb

â

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative / future of mynd

Synonyms

• eith (colloquial)
• aiff (colloquial)
• eiff (colloquial)

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Xavante

Alternative forms

• keu (Martius' spelling; obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (modern) IPA^(key): /ʔə/
• (1800s) IPA^(key): /kə/

Noun

â

1. water

References

• Aspectos da língua xavante (archived)