ã

See also: Ã, -ã, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ã U+00E3, ã LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̃ [U+0303] ← â [U+00E2] Latin-1 Supplement ä → [U+00E4]

Translingual

Symbol

ã

1. (international standards) transliterates Indic अँ (or equivalent).

English

Letter

ã

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) The letter a with a tilde, replacing the sequence an or am.

   commãd — command

   hãmer — hammer

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 ã for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ã (lower case, upper 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

Middle French

Letter

ã

1. The letter a with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence an or am

   chãter (chanter) ― to sing

   chãp (champ) ― field

Old French

Letter

ã

1. The letter a with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence an or am

   chãter (chanter) ― to sing

   chãp (champ) ― field

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(phoneme)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃/

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. the letter a with a tilde
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 231:

     ― Harry, você não pode mencionar uma coisa dessas numa carta! [...] ― Tudo bem, tudo bem, então não vou contar a ele, tampouco!

     ― Harrry, you can't mention such a thing in a letter! [...] ― All right, all right, so I won't tell him either.

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 ã for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ã (lower case, upper 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

Slovene

Alternative forms

• (Logar transcription) ą

Etymology

Letter a with tilde ◌̃ to signify nasal vowel.

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): [ã]

Symbol

ã

1. (Ramovš transcription) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [ã].

See also

• a
• à
• á
• ä
• å
• ḁ
• ā
• ą
• ȁ
• ȃ
• ȧ

References

• Kenda-Jež, Karmen (February 27, 2017) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎^[1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, retrieved March 19, 2022, pages 27–30

Zacatepec Chatino

Pronoun

ã

1. he, she, it (third person pronoun singular)