As

See also: Appendix:Variations of "as"

Translingual

Symbol

As

1. (chemistry) Symbol for arsenic.

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English

Noun

As

1. plural of A

   She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• S&A, S. A., S.A., SA, Sa, s.a.

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Egyptian

Romanization

As

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German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -as, -aːs

Etymology 1

From Latin as.

Noun

As n (genitive Asses, plural Asse)

1. as, a unit and a Roman coin

Etymology 2

From French as, from Latin as.

Alternative forms

• Aß (obsolete)
• Ass

Noun

As n (genitive Asses, plural Asse)

1. ace, a playing card
   • 2007, Martin Schuster & Hans-Dieter Dumpert, Besser lernen, Springer, pg. 153:

     Insgesamt gibt es elf Trumpfkarten. Das sind die vier Buben und die anderen: As, Zehn, König, Dame und die Neun, Acht, Sieben.

     Das Fallen der fremden Trümpfe, nämlich Pik-Bube, Herz-As, Herz-Zehn und Herz-Acht, sollte man sich merken.

Hyponyms

• Herz-As
• Karo-As
• Kreuz-As
• Pik-As

Derived terms

• As der Asse
• Flieger-As, Fliegeras
• Sport-As

Usage notes

• The spelling As was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).

Noun

As n (genitive Asses, plural Asse)

1. (music) A-flat

Further reading

• “As” in Duden online
• “As” in Duden online