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a ᴀ Ａ 𜳖 Translingual Etymology 1 From the mul ett - letter ett 𐌀, from the mul grc - letter grc Α alpha, derived from the mul phn - letter phn 𐤀 aleph, from the mul egy - hieroglyph egy 𓃾. Pronunciation mul /a/ most languages Letter mul mul letter 1 See also Appendix:Variations of "a" Symbol mul symbols Marks the first item in a list. mul A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat. A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one. mul Person A had 5 apples, and person B... Ten, especially used in bases above ten, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on. mul Decimal 270 can be converted as duodecimal 1A6 or vigesimal DA. mul computing The variable was a byte with value A0, or 160 in decimal. A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger than AA.1 A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as A0, A1, A2, etc.1 en 2007 International Organization for Standardization Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter — Trimmed sizes — A and B series, and indication of machine direction International Standard https://cdn.standards.iteh.ai/samples/36631/c0883203ea25445c9992bb09343620c5/ISO-216-2007.pdf 5 The trimmed sizes of the A series are intended for all kinds of stationery and printed matter as specified in Clause 1 28 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20221217145334/https://cdn.standards.iteh.ai/samples/36631/c0883203ea25445c9992bb09343620c5/ISO-216-2007.pdf 17 December 2022 en 17 August 2022 28 June 2025 Neenah International Paper Sizes and Dimensions https://www.neenahpaper.com/resources/paper-101/international-sizes The most widely used for general printing and letterhead stationery is the A series. https://web.archive.org/web/20220817013238/https://www.neenahpaper.com/resources/paper-101/international-sizes 17 August 2022 en 27 June 2024 MUNBYN Team MUNBYN https://munbyn.com/blogs/news/standard-paper-sizes 27 June 2025 Understanding International Standard Paper Sizes Matters The A series is the most common and versatile among the ISO 216 standard paper sizes. https://web.archive.org/web/20240713012802/https://munbyn.com/blogs/news/standard-paper-sizes 13 July 2024 mul A Translingual Symbol sense 6 An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-. en 13 February 1983 Ian Frazier w:The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1983/02/21/ponce-cruse-evans-profile-nobody-better-better-than-nobody 27 June 2025 The Woman Behind “Hints from Heloise” ...she was the only girl in her high school to take shop class, and she got an A in it. https://web.archive.org/web/20241226024149/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1983/02/21/ponce-cruse-evans-profile-nobody-better-better-than-nobody 26 December 2024 en Alexandra Smith Johnson unveils exam reform plans w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/nov/30/schools.alevels 2006-11-30 "The A* grade at A-level is the inevitable consequence of the intention to make A-levels harder. As such, it will provide additional recognition for additional achievement. Importantly, it leaves the existing grades A to E untouched, so that standards over time are preserved." https://web.archive.org/web/20250824003801/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/nov/30/schools.alevels en 2009 Charles J. Whalen Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr. https://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/up_press/article/1161/&path_info=up09cwhrea.pdf 9 When I earned an “A” in the course, not the dominant grade on my transcript at that time, Briggs sent a letter congratulating me and inviting me to visit during his office hours. https://web.archive.org/web/20240912101420/https://research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/up_press/article/1161/&path_info=up09cwhrea.pdf 12 September 2024 en 09 October 2018 Anna Yuan the black & white https://theblackandwhite.net/62957/news/students-earning-more-as-with-new-grading-system/ 27 June 2025 Students earning more A’s with new grading system The Board’s data indicated that, in the 2014-2015 school year, 16.1 percent of students districtwide earned an A in core math classes. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806074638/https://theblackandwhite.net/62957/news/students-earning-more-as-with-new-grading-system/ 6 August 2020 mul linguistics A wildcard for an open vowel 1 1 1 a bond is upper-medium grade with low risk of default mul clothing Bra cup size. mul spectroscopy absorbance mul biochemistry adenine mul biochemistry alanine Related terms mul Letters sharing the same origin as "A" Arabic mul ا a alif Coptic mul Ⲁ a alfa Cyrillic mul А A Devanāgari mul अ a aksara Greek mul Α A Alpha Hebrew mul א a aleph Phoenician mul 𐤀 Syriac mul ܐ a alaph See also previous 9, next B Etymology 2 The abbreviation of a variety of terms. Symbol mul symbols 1 argon mul Ar mul chemistry physics mul en:atomic mass number: mass number, nucleon number mul geometry Area. mul international standards A category of vehicle licence under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, referring to motorcycles. mul license plate codes Austria Noun mul nouns mul physics International System of Units Ampere, a unit of electrical current. mul genetics IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code. mul amino acid alanine in proteins. mul Ala mul music en alto Alto. Proper noun mul proper nouns mul vehicle-distinguishing signs Austria. Gallery See also A Alpha ·– ⠁ mul ⠁ mul ·– mul LeftFlagDown-RightFlagLow Further reading References English thumb|100px|Runic letter mul ᚫ a ansuz, source for Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters replaced by A Etymology 1 From en enm - and en ang - upper case letter enm A and split of en enm - and en ang - upper case letter enm Æ. The en ang - letters ang A and ang Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters mul ᚪ a āc and mul ᚫ æ æsc, derived from the Runic letter mul ᚫ a Ansuz, in the 7th century. Alternative forms Gregg shorthand versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary mul · dot Pronunciation letter name en /eɪ/ RP,GA en en-us-a.ogg US en /æɪ/ AusE en /eː/ South Asia en eɪ 1 The current pronunciation is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 15th century, was similar to that in other languages. Letter en en letter 1 a en Apple starts with A. 3 Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof Derived terms en Exhibit A A number antihemophilic factor A A-League A-back Mode A Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Série A A-Log P-A A factor double-A List A triple-A diptoindonesin A A formation A number 1 cluster A personality disorder Generation A A-B power A-B powering A-road A road A final A-DNA A-line A-RNA absey A-site A-tier Area A ciclosporin A Related terms en A-frame en ABC, en A.B.C. en A to Z en A wave See also Number en en ordinal 1 a en Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks". Etymology 2 highest rank grade music From the initial position of the letter en A in the English alphabet. blood type From en w:ABO blood group system A antigen Symbol sym en rank A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters. en We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors. en In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class. en The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup. en grade en education The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses). en I was so happy to get an A on that test. en 1999 W. Peter Iliff Varsity Blues (film) Varsity Blues Mox w:James Van Der Beek Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's. en music A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A.1 en Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A. en music A major chord having the notes A–C♯–E as the root, third, and fifth; the major scale with A as its keynote. en Ray Stevens, Bill Justis Bill Everette Gitarzan Ray Stevens 1969 He ordered Chet's guitar course CODMakes A, E, workin' on BDigs C&W an' R&BAn' me an' a chimpanzee agreeThat one day soon he'll beA celebrity. en medicine A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B. en My blood type is A negative. en chemistry Mass number. en logic A universal affirmative suggestion.1 en historical en adulterer,adulteress used as a human brand. en 1966 July 30 w:Ralph McGill Today's students aim for humanistic values Latrobe Bulletin Latrobe, Pennsylvania 6 Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A". Allele dominant. en chiefly US en A.M.,AM ante meridiem. Derived terms en Rank or size A1 AA double A AAA triple A A cup A game,A-game A level A-list A team grade A en Letter grade straight A's A minus A plus en (music) tone three fifths above C A-flat A major A-minor A-sharp concert A en Blood type A positive A negative AB Noun en nouns Ace. including in card games Acre. Adult; as used in film rating. Ammeter. en physics nonstandard Angstrom. Answer. en sports An assist. en UK chiefly _ London Arsehole. en weaponry Atom. en A-bomb Synonyms physics angstrom en Å Translations playing card Danish: da E es Dutch: nl A aas Estonian: et Ä äss French: fr A as German: de A Ass Icelandic: is A as Italian: it A Polish: pl A as Portuguese: pt A ás Russian: ru Т туз Swedish: sv E ess Adjective en adjectives en weaponry Atom; atomic. en asexual. en 1897 The Columbian Cyclopedia 13 A S A S Generations. - A, asexual, produces S, sexual, from fertilized ovum of which A again arises. en 1994 M. G. Bulmer Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology 274 Suppose that there are S sexual and A asexual species in some taxon, with S + A = N. en 2022 Jing-wen Lin; et al Malaria Targeting Toolkit: Host-Parasite Interaction 135 A, asexual; S, sexual stages; A > S, A < S and A / S represent the relative abundance of transcription between these two stages Derived terms weaponry atom en A-bomb References Further reading A en Academic grades Acehnese Letter ace ace letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/ace Acheron Letter acz acz letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/acz Adzera Letter adz adz letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/adz Afar Letter aa aa letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/aa Afrikaans Pronunciation letter name af /ɑː/ af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-A.wav Letter af af letter 1 See also Noun A's A'tjie A Akawaio Pronunciation ake /a/ Letter ake ake letter 1 See also References 2 Albanian Pronunciation sq /a/ /ɑ/ Letter sq sq letter 1 See also Alekano Letter gah gah letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gah Alemannic German Letter gsw gsw letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gsw Aleut Letter ale ale letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ale Amaimon Letter ali ali letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ali Amarasi Letter aaz aaz letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/aaz Ambrak Letter aag aag letter 1 American Sign Language Letter ase letter 100px|A ase Stokoe notation 𝣷𝪜 the letter A Anāl Letter anm anm letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/anm Angami Letter njm njm letter 3 See also list:Latin script letters/njm Ankave Letter aak aak letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/aak Anuki Letter aui aui letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/aui Araki Letter akr akr letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/akr Aromanian Letter rup rup letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/rup Assiniboine Letter asb asb letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/asb Atsahuaca Letter atc atc letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/atc Auhelawa Letter kud kud letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kud Avokaya Letter avu avu letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/avu Awara Letter awx awx letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/awx Azerbaijani Pronunciation az /ɑ/ phoneme; letter name Letter az az letter 1 See also Balanta-Kentohe Letter ble ble letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ble Barai Letter bbb bbb letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bbb Bari Letter bfa bfa letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bfa Basque Pronunciation Letter eu eu letter 1 a See also Bavarian Letter bar bar letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bar Beja Letter bej bej letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bej Bemba Letter bem bem letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bem Blagar Letter beu beu letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/beu Blin Letter byn byn letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/byn Brahui Letter brh brh letter 32 See also list:Latin script letters/brh Breton Letter br br letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/br Busa Letter bqp bqp letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bqp Catalan Pronunciation ca /a/ Letter ca ca letter 1 See also Central Franconian Etymology /a/ is from Middle High German gmh a in most closed syllables. /aː/ is from gmh a before certain clusters, in most dialects also in open syllables; in southern Moselle Franconian from ou. Pronunciation gmw-cfr short /a/ long /aː/ Letter gmw-cfr gmw-cfr letter German-based gmw-cfr letter Dutch-based Usage notes 2 Doubling of long A In the German-based spelling, long a is doubled to aa when the German cognate word has aa as well. Long a may or may not be doubled in the following cases: when it is followed by two or more consonants: gmw-cfr Saach, rarely gmw-cfr Sach; when the German cognate has two vowel letters: gmw-cfr glaawe, gmw-cfr glawe (German de glauben); when the German cognate has a consonant lost or not present in Central Franconian: gmw-cfr waade, gmw-cfr wade (German de warten); when the German cognate has a short vowel: gmw-cfr baal, gmw-cfr bal (German de bald). In the Dutch-based spelling, long a is always doubled in closed syllables, always written simple in open syllables. Central Mazahua Pronunciation maz /a/ Letter maz maz letter See also Chachi Letter cbi cbi letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/cbi Chamorro Letter ch ch letter 2 See also list:Latin script letters/ch Chechen Letter ce Cyrl:А ce letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ce Cheyenne Letter chy chy letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/chy Chinese Etymology 1 From the hotkey in many video games associated with the command "attack". Pronunciation ēi v Verb zh slang neologism to attack; to assault zh slang neologism to pursue romantically See also 平A 對A Etymology 2 Initialism of zh en available. Pronunciation ei1 a Adjective zh adjectives zh Hong Kong Cantonese slang single, open to a relationship Derived terms zh A0 zh A380 Etymology 3 From the letter A of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language. Mandarin jiān From 尖 tip, because the letter A has an upward tip. Cantonese jin1 yue 煙士, from yue en ace. Pronunciation jiān jin1 n Noun zh nouns zh card games ace 隻 張 Synonyms 尖兒 Etymology 4 Pronunciation 1 ēi ei1 xm:e ê5 sh:1e letters Letter zh zh letter 1 the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese Pronunciation 2 ā letters Letter zh zh letter 1 Pinyin Usage notes Etymology 5 Initialism of zh en alpha. Pronunciation ēi n Noun zh nouns zh fandom zh 阿爾法 zh 1 ABO B O zh 2020-12 晚秋初十 晋江文学城 https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=4526134 《^在 ^情敌 ^面前 A ^变 O ^后 ^我 ^怀孕 ^了》 After Having Become Omega From Alpha In Front Of My Rival In Love, I Got Pregnant y Chiwere Letter iow iow letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/iow Choctaw Letter cho cho letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/cho Ch'orti' Letter caa caa letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/caa Cofán Letter con con letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/con Comanche Letter com com letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/com Corsican Pronunciation co /a/ Letter co co letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/co Crimean Tatar Letter crh crh letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/crh Cypriot Arabic Letter acy acy letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/acy Czech Letter cs cs letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/cs Dagbani Letter dag dag letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/dag Danish Pronunciation da /æː/ [ˈæːˀ] da æː da da-cph-a-letter.ogg Copenhagen Etymology 1 Letter da da letter 1 See also Etymology 2 Alternative forms da a Noun da nouns n singular definite A'et plural indefinite A'er da letter 1 Inflection A'et A'er A'erne A's Dinka Letter din din letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/din Domari Letter rmt rmt letter 2 See also list:Latin script letters/rmt Dutch Pronunciation nl /aː/ nl Nl-A.ogg Letter nl nl letter 1 See also Interfix nl interfix nl -A- morpheme occurring in Chinese Surinamese surnames Duun Letter dux dux letter 1 Further reading Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 2 Egyptian Romanization egy romanizations ꜣ Manuel de Codage Elfdalian Alternative forms ovd ᛅ ᚷ Dalecarlian runes Letter ovd ovd letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ovd Esan Letter ish ish letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ish Esperanto Pronunciation See eo a. Letter eo eo letter 1 a See also Further reading eo a Estonian Pronunciation letter name aa et /ˈɑː/ phoneme et /ɑ/ Letter et et letter 1 aa See also Ewe Letter ee ee letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/ee Faroese Letter fo fo letter 1 See also Fe'fe' Letter fmp fmp letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/fmp Fijian Letter fj fj letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/fj Finnish Etymology Pronunciation fi Fi-aa.ogg aa, auto, aamu, ananas, aa Letter fi fi letter 1 aa Derived terms fi compounds A-oikeudet A-pilari A-pylväs See also Noun fi nouns fi approbatur fi a A (musical note) note Symbol fi symbols fi linguistics Either the vowel fi a /ɑ/ or fi ä /æ/, depending on vowel harmony. Usage notes Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use fi -mA to refer to the suffix fi -ma (in e.g. fi osuma) or fi -mä (in e.g. fi elämä). Fon Letter fon fon letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/fon French Pronunciation fr Fr-FR-A.oga Paris fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-A.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-A.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-A.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-A.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-A.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Letter fr fr letter 1 Derived terms fr bombe A fr prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B See also list:Latin script letters/fr Friulian Letter fur fur letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/fur Fula Letter ff ff letter 1 a Usage notes See also Ga Letter gaa gaa letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gaa Gagauz Letter gag gag letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gag Galician Letter gl gl letter 1 See also Gallo-Italic of Sicily Letter roa-gis roa-gis letter 1 German Etymology 1 Pronunciation de /ʔaː/ de De-A.OGG de aː 1 Letter de de letter 1 See also Noun n,-,-:s en A 1 de Von A bis Z. From A to Z. 1 de Wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen. One who says A must also say B. Declension n,-,-:s Related terms de das A und O von A bis Z von A nach B wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen Etymology 2 Noun de noun de A-Dur de Ampere de historical Nazism de ArbeitsjudenMichael, R., & Doerr, K. (2002). Nazi-Deutsch/Nazi German: An English Lexicon of the Language of the Third Reich. Greenwood, page 49. de Autobahn de Å symbol for de Ångström References a_Buchstabe_Ton a, Buchstabe, Ton a_a_Moll_Ar a, a Moll, Ar Gilbertese Letter gil gil letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gil Gimi (Papuan) Letter gim gim letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gim Greenlandic Letter kl kl letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kl Haida Letter hai hai letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/hai Haitian Creole Letter ht ht letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ht Halkomelem Letter hur hur letter 37 See also list:Latin script letters/hur Hausa Letter ha ha letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ha Hawaiian Etymology 1 Alternative forms haw ʻā letter name Pronunciation letter name ʻā phoneme Letter haw haw letter 1 See also Etymology 2 Noun haw noun haw ʻākau north References A₂ Hungarian Pronunciation letter or phoneme itself hu [ɒː], p. 280 identifier or musical note hu [ˈaː] in the names of major scales; see also hu a letter Letter hu hu letter 1 a Declension A- oA- Derived terms hu A-dúr hu A-vitamin See also list:Latin script letters/hu References Hunsrik Pronunciation hrx /aː/ hrx aː 1 Letter hrx hrx letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/hrx Hupa Letter hup hup letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/hup Icelandic Pronunciation Letter is is letter 1 Noun is noun n Category:Requests for inflections in Icelandic noun entries is austur east Declension is noun See also list:Latin script letters/is Ido Letter io io letter 1 See also Igbo Letter ig ig letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ig Inari Sami Letter smn smn letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/smn Indonesian Pronunciation letter name id /a/ phoneme id /a/ id a à Etymology 1 From the id la - letter la A, from the id ett - letter ett 𐌀, from the id grc - letter grc Α alpha, derived from the id phn - letter phn 𐤀 aleph, from the id egy - hieroglyph egy 𓃾. Letter id id letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/id Etymology 2 From the initial position of the letter id A in the Indonesian alphabet. Symbol id symbol en A: id rank a rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters id grade id education the highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses) id music a tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote id vehicle-distinguishing signs vehicle number plate code for the Banten, Cilegon, Serang, Pandeglang, Lebak and Tangerang areas Etymology 3 blood type From en w:ABO blood group system A antigen Symbol id symbol id medicine en A blood type Further reading Ingrian Letter izh izh letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/izh Interlingua Letter ia ia letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ia Inupiaq Letter ik ik letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ik Irish Letter ga ga letter 1 See also Isoko Letter iso iso letter 1 References E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, pages 8, 10-11 Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1 Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020 Italian it: Pronunciation À*<pre:letter name><hmp:a> a<pre:phonemic realization><rhyme:-> Letter it it letter 1 a Noun it noun it chess it alfiere bishop it transport it autostrada motorway, when followed by a number it Sulla A21 si è verificato un incidente. On the A21 there's been an accident. See also Italian alphabet References FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 - German translation Japanese Romanization あ Jarai Letter jra jra letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/jra Juǀ'hoan Letter ktz ktz letter 96 See also list:Latin script letters/ktz Kabyle Letter kab kab letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kab Kaingang Letter kgp kgp letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kgp Kakabai Letter kqf kqf letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kqf Kalo Finnish Romani Pronunciation rmf /ɑ/ Letter rmf rmf letter 1fi Kimmo Granqvist Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi Consice grammar of Finnish Romani Aakkoset Alphabet 1-2 https://www.academia.edu/1523925/Lyhyt_Suomen_romanikielen_kielioppi_Consice_grammar_of_Finnish_Romani_ 2011 Helsinki Kotimaisten kielten keskus 978-952-5446-69-2 1796-041X February 6, 2022 See also list:Latin script letters/rmf References Kankanaey Etymology kne tl A. Pronunciation is influenced by kne en A. Pronunciation ey Letter letter kne letter 1 ey See also References 10-11 Kanuri Letter kr kr letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kr Karakalpak Letter kaa kaa letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/kaa Karelian Letter krl krl letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/krl Kari'na Letter car car letter See also list:Latin script letters/car Kashaya Letter kju kju letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kju Kashubian Etymology Letter csb csb letter 1 A See also Kawésqar Letter alc alc letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/alc Khakas Letter kjh kjh letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kjh Khiamniungan Naga Etymology Pronunciation kix /a³³/ kix en-A.ogg Letter kix kix Patsho kix letter 1 See also Pronunciation guide Kikuyu Letter ki ki letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ki Kobon Letter kpw kpw letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kpw Krio Letter kri kri letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kri Kwak'wala Letter kwk kwk letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kwk Lakota Letter lkt lkt letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/lkt Latgalian Letter ltg ltg letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ltg Latin Etymology la :bor grc:Α :influence ett:𐌀 1 Borrowed from la grc Α alpha, likely through Etruscan. Pronunciation ā Letter la la sometimes with littera la letter 1 Usage notes In compound words, long ā remains unchanged: la labor lābor, la delabor dēlābor; la actus āctus, la peractus perāctus. In an internal syllable, short ă is changed by vowel reduction into short ĭ in open syllables and before /ng/, or short ĕ in closed ones and before /r/ and /l/: la facio faciō, la perficio perficiō, la perfectus; la tango tangō, la contingo contingō; la paro parō, la impero imperō. It remains unchanged in cases in which the word was coined later on or levelled through analogy: la amo amō, la adamo adamō; la patiens patiēns, la impatiens impatiēns; la tracto tractō, la detrecto dētrectō, later la detracto dētractō. Descendants nb A See also la littera References A in Charlton T. Lewis An Elementary Latin Dictionary Harper & Brothers New York 1891 and in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short A Latin Dictionary Clarendon Press Oxford 1879 Latvian lv: Etymology Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic. Pronunciation a lv lv-riga-a.ogg Letter thumb|200px|A lv lv letter 1 a See also Lingala Letter ln ln letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ln Lithuanian Letter lt lt letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/lt Livonian Letter liv liv letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/liv Lou Letter loj loj letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/loj Lower Sorbian Pronunciation dsb /a/ Letter dsb dsb letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/dsb Luxembourgish Pronunciation lb /aː/ lb aː 1 Etymology 1 lb letter Letter lb lb letter 1 a See also Noun m A-en A the letter en A Further reading 4 Etymology 2 lb eye :inh gmh:ouge From lb gmh ouge, from lb goh ouga, from lb gem-pro *augô, ultimately from lb ine-pro *h₃ekʷ- eye; to see. The phonetic development in Luxembourgish is regular: Old High German -ou- becomes -ā-; intervocalic -g- is lost; word-final short vowels are apocopated. Noun n eye lb blot A black eye lb gliesent A glass eye, ocular prosthetic lb Ech hunn eppes am A. I have something in my eye. lb meat industry fat globule bud pip, spot (on a dice) Further reading Etymology 3 lb floodplain :inh gmh:ouwe<id:stream> From lb gmh ouwe stream, from lb goh ouwa, from lb gem-pro *awjō. Cognate with de Aue, en eyot, is ey, da ø, sv ö. Noun f lb only used in place names floodplain, meadow lb Eye Malagasy Letter mg mg letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/mg Malay ms: Pronunciation letter name ms [e] ms LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-a (L).wav Malaysia interjection ms [a] ms LL-Q9237 (msa)-GinormousBuildings-a (interj).wav Malaysia Letter ms ms letter 1 See also Maltese Letter mt mt letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/mt Mampruli Letter maw maw letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/maw Mankanya Letter knf knf letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/knf Manx Letter gv gv letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gv Māori Letter mi mi letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/mi Mapudungun Letter arn arn letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/arn Marba Letter mpg mpg letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/mpg Marshallese Letter letter lower case a mh letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/mh Maskelynes Letter klv klv letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/klv Massachusett Letter wam wam letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/wam Mayoyao Ifugao Letter ifu ifu letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ifu Mecayapan Nahuatl Letter nhx nhx letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/nhx Mohawk Letter moh moh letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/moh Moore Letter mos mos letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/mos Muinane Letter bmr bmr letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/bmr Muong Letter mtq mtq letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/mtq Nauruan Letter na na letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/na Navajo Letter nv nv letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/nv Nisga'a Letter ncg ncg letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ncg Noon Letter snf snf letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/snf Nootka Letter nuk nuk letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/nuk Northern Kurdish Letter kmr kmr letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/kmr Northern Sami Pronunciation se Letter se se letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/se Norwegian Bokmål nb: 250px|thumb|The letter A from the Norwegian alphabet. Etymology From nb la A, from nb grc Α alpha, likely through the nb ett - language, from nb phn 𐤀, from Proto-Canaanite 20px, from Proto-Sinaitic 20px, from nb egy 𓃾 representing the head of an ox. Pronunciation letter name nb /ɑː/ phoneme nb /a/ /ɑː/ nb Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «A», «a».ogg nb ɑː nb A nb a à A- a- ah Letter nb nb letter 1 See also Noun A- the letter en A nb horology symbol for nb avance nb physics symbol for nb ampere nb physics symbol for nb massetall nucleon number References “A – bokstav” in no Store norske leksikon. Anagrams nb a A- a- Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Pronunciation nn /a/ Letter nn nn letter 1 See also Noun A- the letter en A References Nuer Letter nus nus letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/nus Nupe Pronunciation phoneme nup /a/ /ã/ after /n/ or /m/ Letter nup nup letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/nup Nuxalk Pronunciation phoneme blc /a/ [a~ɐ~æ~ɑ] Letter blc blc letter 1 See also Occitan Letter oc oc letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/oc Okanagan Letter oka oka letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/oka Old English Pronunciation a ā ang ɑ ɑː 1 Letter ang ang letter O'odham Letter ood ood letter 1 See also Alvarez spelling list:Latin script letters/ood Oromo Pronunciation a ā om Om-a.ogg Letter om The first letter of the Oromo alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. Pajonal Ashéninka Letter cjo cjo letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/cjo Paraguayan Guarani Letter gug gug letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/gug Pennsylvania German Etymology From pdc de A. Pronunciation pdc /ɔː/ pdc ɔː Noun pdc noun A, the first letter of the alphabet. pdc Vun A bis Z. From the beginning to the end. References Beam, C. R., Brown, J. R., & Trout, J. L. (2004). The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary. Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary. (n.d.). https://padutchdictionary.com/ Plautdietsch Letter pdt pdt letter 1 a Usage notes Plautdietsch has no standard orthography but this is by far the most widely used alphabet. See also list:Latin script letters/pdt Polish Etymology pl letter Pronunciation pl /a/ Letter pl pl letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/pl Portuguese Letter pt pt letter 1 See also Noun pt noun m plural As pt á Q'eqchi Letter kek kek letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kek Rohingya Letter rhg rhg letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/rhg Romani Pronunciation rom /a/ Letter rom rom letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/rom Romanian Pronunciation ro /a/ Letter ro ro letter 1 a See also Ronga Letter rng rng letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/rng Rotokas Letter roo roo letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/roo Rotuman Letter rtm rtm letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/rtm Saafi-Saafi Letter sav sav letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/sav Saanich Pronunciation str /e/ Letter str nocase str letter 1 See also Samoan Letter sm sm letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/sm Samogitian Letter sgs sgs letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/sgs Sango Letter sg sg letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/sg Sarikoli Pronunciation Letter srh srh letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/srh Scots Etymology 1 Pronunciation sco /ɑː/ /ɔː/ sco /aː/ Northern,Insular Letter sco sco letter 1 aw See also Etymology 2 From sco enm a, an unstressed form of enm I, itself a reduced form of enm ik, enm ic, from sco ang ic, from sco gmw-pro *ik, from sco gem-pro *ek pronoun I, from sco ine-pro *eǵh₂óm. Alternative forms sco A' Aa Ah Aw Pronunciation sco /ɑː/ /ɑɪ/ stressed sco /ɛː/ Dundee sometimes spelled sco Eh sco /ə/ unstressed Pronoun sco pronoun personal pronouns I first-person singular pronoun sco 1901 Robert De Bruce Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago: Being a Series of Articles Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Peculiarities of the Aboriginal Picts of Galloway 196 "A dinna think we could spare't fae the swine, puir things." "Wull ye tak a half-croon for yer pennyworth o' milk, than?" quo Wullie. "Weel! A dinna ken! A'm no sure if A durst; it wud scrimp the swine, puir things." See also References n 20 May 2024 SND pers. pron https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/a_pers_pron 20 May 2024 SND Scottish Gaelic Letter gd gd letter 1 B ; traditionally named gd ailm elm See also Serbo-Croatian Letter sh sh letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/sh Serer Letter srr srr letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/srr Seri Letter sei sei letter 1 ha See also list:Latin script letters/sei References 37 Shilluk Letter shk shk letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/shk Shona Letter sn sn letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/sn Silesian Etymology Pronunciation LL-Q30319 (szl)-Vxern-#.wav Letter szl szl letter 1 See also Skolt Sami Pronunciation phoneme sms /ɑ/ Letter sms sms letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/sms Slovak Letter sk sk letter 1 See also Further reading Slovene sl: Etymology From Gay's Latin alphabet sh A, from sl cs - alphabet cs A, from the sl ett - letter ett 𐌀, from the sl grc - letter grc Α alpha, derived from the sl phn - letter phn 𐤀 aleph, from the sl egy - hieroglyph egy 𓃾. Pronunciation phoneme tonal variety: sl /áː/ /àː/ /ʌ́/ /a/ [â] [ǎ] phoneme non-tonal variety: aː a letter name: ā sl Sl-nt-á.ogg letter name, non-tonal sl aː sl a Letter sl sl letter 1 sl Resian letter 1 sl Natisone Valley dialect letter 1 Noun Ā m-in sl name A a Declension Overall more common Ā Ā-j More common when with a definite adjective Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Masculine inan., no endings Derived terms sl od A do Ž ena A od A do B Á Ä See also sl Ä sl A Á Further reading Somali Pronunciation phoneme so /æ/ /ɑ/ ATR+ ATR- letter name so /ʔæ/ Letter so so letter 23 a Y E Usage notes The Somali alphabet follows the Arabic abjad order. See also list:Latin script letters/so References a 1 Southern Sami Letter sma sma letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/sma Spanish Etymology 1 Letter es es letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/es Etymology 2 es alfil. Noun m - es chess bishop es EL AJEDREZ. Aprender y progresar 24 https://books.google.com/books?id=glYPGL_VffsC&pg=PA24 Anatoly Karpov 1997 19. Ac4xd5, Ab7xd5 19. Bc4xd5, Bb7xd5 es Ajedrez a la ciega 87 Benito López Esnaola 1998 Tae1, Ae6 Rae1, Be6 https://books.google.com/books?id=owDIVtASvAsC&pg=PA87 es Iniciación al ajedrez Los Errores en la Apertura. Las celadas. 59 https://books.google.com/books?id=6BANkSIOrIUC&pg=PA79 79 Antonio Lopez Manzano; Joan Segura Vila 2006 Veamos un ejemplo: 1. e4, e5; 2. Cf3, Cc6; 3. Ac4, Cd4? Let's look at an example: 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; 3. Bc4, Nd4? es Leyes Del Ajedrez 2023 https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Traduccion-Leyes-Version-Final.pdf 2023-04 27 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 a.p. Cxd6; 7.Ag5 Cc68.De3+ Ae7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1(=). https://web.archive.org/web/20250814163116/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Traduccion-Leyes-Version-Final.pdf 14 August 2025 14 June 2025 Squamish Letter squ squ letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/squ Swedish Letter sv sv letter 1 a Declension A A:n A A:na A:s A:ns A:s See also list:Latin script letters/sv Symbol sv symbols sv SAB books and libraries sv Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae Af sv zoning dated sv allmänt ändamål public purpose; all operations with a public body as principal sv detaljplan sv manhole cover sv avlopp sewage sv superstition A manhole cover that cause bad luck if stepped on; abbreviation of AIDS, sv arbetslöshet unemployment, sv aga corporal punishment, etc... Derived terms sv A-brunn sewer manhole Adjective sv adjectives indication of being of a higher rank, successful sv B Derived terms sv A-aktie class A share sv A-lag A team Noun sv nouns sv 2011– the highest grade in the current grade system sv A B C D E sv 1897–1962 the highest grade in the older grade system sv stora A berömligt sv A a AB Ba B BC B? C sv 1820–1897 the highest grade in the oldest grade system sv berömlig insikt sv A B C D Tagalog Etymology 1 tl es A. Each pronunciation has a different source: Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by tl en A. Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character tl ᜀ. Abecedario pronunciation is from tl es A. Pronunciation éy<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet> á<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario> -á<qq:phoneme, stressed> -ā<qq:phoneme, unstressed> A Letter tl 1 ey fil 1 a abak tl historical 1 a abec See also Etymology 2 Possibly short for tl ama (ni). Pronunciation Noun + tl obsolete father of tl Pan An tl A Miguel Father of Miguel Usage notes In some areas, a linker was added after the term. tl Ang Luis Father of Luis See also tl I ang Further reading 458 Padre) A) vſa le poco y cõ algunos nõbres, vt. a Maria, padre đ Maria, ada Lamba, padre đ Lamba Tahitian Letter ty ty letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/ty Tashelhit Pronunciation shi /æ/ Letter shi shi letter Further reading Berber Latin alphabet Tày Pronunciation a Letter tyz tyz letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/tyz Tetum Letter tet tet letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/tet Tigon Mbembe Letter nza nza letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/nza Tlingit Letter tli tli letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/tli Tongan Letter to to letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/to Tonkawa Letter tqw tqw letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/tqw Tuareg Letter tmh tmh letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/tmh Tundra Nenets Letter yrk-tun yrk-tun letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/yrk-tun Turkish Letter tr tr letter 1 a See also Turkmen Letter tk tk letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/tk Tyap Letter kcg kcg letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/kcg Ubykh Letter uby uby letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/uby Udihe Letter ude ude letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ude Upper Sorbian Letter hsb hsb letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/hsb Uzbek Letter uz uz letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/uz Venda Letter ve ve letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ve Veps Letter vep vep letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/vep Vietnamese Pronunciation vi Vi ngang tone.ogg Letter vi vi letter 1 a See also Interjection vi interjections A! hah! Vilamovian Letter wym wym letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/wym Volapük Letter vo vo letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/vo Võro Letter vro vro letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/vro Votic Letter vot vot letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/vot Wakhi Letter wbl wbl letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/wbl Walloon Pronunciation wa /a/ Letter wa wa letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/wa Welsh Pronunciation cy /aː/ Letter cy cy letter 1 a B See also list:Latin script letters/cy Mutation A cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take en h-prothesis, for example with the word cy afal apple: afal Further reading West Frisian Letter fy fy letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/fy Winnebago Letter win win letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/win Wolaytta Personal pronoun wal personal pronoun she him Letter wal letter upper case A, 1st letter in Latin alphabet, in Wolaytta alphabet read as "aa" Xârâcùù Pronunciation ane /ɑ/ Letter ane ane letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/ane Xhosa Letter xh xh letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/xh Yámana Letter yag yag letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/yag Yele Letter yle yle letter 2 See also list:Latin script letters/yle Yoruba Pronunciation phoneme yo /a/ letter name yo /á/ Letter yo yo letter 1 á See also list:Latin script letters/yo Zarma Letter dje dje letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/dje Zazaki Letter zza zza letter 1 a See also list:Latin script letters/zza Zulu Letter zu zu letter 1 See also list:Latin script letters/zu