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Prepositional phrase [ edit ]
from A to Z
( idiomatic ) Covering a complete range ; comprehensively ; from beginning to end .[ 1] [ 2]
They covered the whole field from A to Z in eight classes.
completely
Afrikaans: van A tot Z (af)
Albanian: nga A në Z
Arabic: مِنَ الأَلِف إِلَى اليَاء ( mina l-ʔalif ʔilā l-yāʔ )
Belarusian: ад а́ да я́ ( ad á da já ) , ад А́ да Я́ ( ad Á da Já ) , ад а́льфы да аме́гі ( ad álʹfy da amjéhi )
Bulgarian: от А́ до Я́ ( ot Á do Já ) , от а́лфа до оме́га ( ot álfa do oméga )
Catalan: de la A a la Z
Chinese:
Mandarin: 從頭到尾 / 从头到尾 (zh) ( cóng tóu dào wěi ) ( from head to tail )
Czech: od A do Z
Danish: fra A til Z , fra A til Å
Dutch: van A tot Z
Estonian: A-st Z-ni
Finnish: aasta ööhön (fi) , A:sta Ö:hön
French: de A à Z (fr) , depuis A jusqu’à Z (fr)
Georgian: ანიდან ჰოემდე ( anidan hoemde )
German: von A bis Z (de)
Greek: από το Α ως το Ω ( apó to A os to O )
Hebrew: מ־א׳ ועד ת׳ (he) ( mi-álef ve'ád tav )
Hungarian: á-tól z-ig (hu) , ától zéig , ától cettig (hu)
Icelandic: frá A til Ö
Italian: dalla A alla Z
Japanese: 初めから終わりまで ( はじめからおわりまで, hajime kara owari made ) ( from beginning to end ) , 一から十まで ( いちからじゅうまで, ichi kara jū made ) ( from one to ten )
Kazakh: А-дан Я-ға дейін ( A-dan Ä-ğa deiın )
Korean: 하나에서 열까지 다 ( hana-eseo yeol-kkaji da ) ( from one to ten )
Latvian: no A līdz Z
Lithuanian: nuo A iki Z
Macedonian: од А до Ш ( od A do Š )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fra A til Å
Occitan: de la A a la Z
Polish: od A do Z (pl) , od a do zet (pl)
Portuguese: de A a Z
Romanian: de la A la Z
Russian: от а́ до я́ (ru) ( ot á do já ) , от А́ до Я́ (ru) ( ot Á do Já ) , с нача́ла до конца́ ( s načála do koncá ) ( from beginning to end ) , от а́льфы до оме́ги (ru) ( ot álʹfy do omégi ) , от а́ до и́жицы (ru) ( ot á do ížicy ) ( archaic )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: од А до Ш ( Serbian )
Roman: od A do Š ( Serbian ) , od A do Z ( Croatia )
Slovak: od A po Z
Slovene: od A do Ž
Spanish: de pe a pa (es) , de la cruz a la fecha
Swedish: från A till Ö (sv) , A och O
Turkish: A'dan Z'ye
Ukrainian: від а́ до я́ ( vid á do já ) , від А́ до Я́ ( vid Á do Já ) , від а́льфи до оме́ги ( vid álʹfy do oméhy )
Yiddish: פֿון א׳ ביז תּ׳ ( fun alef biz tof )
^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002 ), “from A to Z”, in The Oxford College Dictionary , 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN , page 1.
^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN ), page 1