from A to Z

English

Alternative forms

• from A to Zed (UK)
• from A to Zee (US)

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Prepositional phrase

from A to Z

1. (idiomatic) Covering a complete range; comprehensively; from beginning to end.
   • 1966, Bobby Hebb, “Sunny”, in Sunny:

     Sunny, thank you for the truth you let me see / Sunny, thank you for the facts from A to Z / My life was torn like windblown sand / Then, a rock was formed when we held hands / Sunny, one so true, I love you

Synonyms

• (completely): from A to izzard; for more, see Thesaurus:completely

Related terms

• A to Z
• from A to B

Translations

completely

• Afrikaans: van A tot Z (af)
• Albanian: nga A-ja deri te Zh-ja
• 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: 처음부터 끝까지 (cheo'eum-buteo kkeut-kkaji) (from beginning to end), 하나에서 열까지 (hana-eseo yeol-kkaji) (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)

See also

• alpha and omega