A

From the Etruscan letter 𐌀 (a), from the Ancient Greek letter Α (A, “alpha”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾.

• IPA^(key): /a/ (most languages)

A

1. The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• Appendix:Variations of "a"

A

1. Marks the first item in a list.

   A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.

2. A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one.

   Person A had 5 apples, and person B...

3. Ten, especially used in bases above ten, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.

   Decimal 270 can be converted as duodecimal 1A6 or vigesimal DA.

   (computing) The variable was a byte with value A0, or 160 in decimal.

4. A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger than AA.[1]
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as A0, A1, A2, etc.[2]
6. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-.
7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an open vowel
8. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is upper-medium grade with low risk of default.
9. (clothing) Bra cup size.

• (previous) 9, (next) B

The abbreviation of a variety of terms.

A

1. (chemistry, obsolete) Symbol for the element Argon, changed after 1956 to Ar.
2. (chemistry, physics) Symbol for mass number (“nucleon number”). Abbreviation of English atomic mass number..
3. (geometry) Area.
4. (international standards) A category of vehicle licence under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, referring to motorcycles.

A

1. (physics, International System of Units) Ampere, a unit of electrical current.
2. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter symbol for alanine in proteins.

   Synonym: Ala

4. (music) Alto.

A

1. (vehicle-distinguishing signs) Austria.

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of A, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
• 
  A in uncial script

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Other representations of A:

• ⠁
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• A on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ.

• The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century.

• (Gregg shorthand versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary) · (“dot”)

• (letter name)
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /eɪ̯/

  • Audio (US)

    (file)

  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /æɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

  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.

A (upper case, lower case a, plural As or A's)

1. The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

   Apple starts with A.

   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

• A-frame
• ABC, A.B.C.
• A to Z

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

   Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks".

• (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
• (blood type): From A antigen

A

1. A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.

   We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.

   In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.

   The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.

2. (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).

   I was so happy to get an A on that test.

   • 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):

     Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.

3. (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.[1][2]

   Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.

4. (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.

   My blood type is A negative.

5. (chemistry) Mass number.
6. (logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.[1]
7. (historical) Abbreviation of adulterer, adulteress, used as a human brand.
   • 1966 July 30, Ralph McGill, “Today's students aim for humanistic values”, in Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, page 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".

8. Allele dominant.
9. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. (“ante meridiem”) or AM

A

1. Ace. (including in card games)
2. Acre.
3. Adult; as used in film rating.
4. Ammeter.
5. (physics) Angstrom.
6. Answer.
7. (sports) An assist.
8. (sexuality) Asexual.
9. (UK, chiefly London) Arsehole.
10. (weaponry) Atom.

    A-bomb

• (physics, angstrom): Å

A

1. (weaponry) Atom; atomic.

• (weaponry, atom): A-bomb

• A in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

A

1. The first letter of the Acehnese alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ace.

A

1. The first letter of the Acheron alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/acz.

A

1. The first letter of the Adzera alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/adz.

A

1. The first letter of the Afar alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/aa.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɑː/

• Audio

  (file)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

A (plural A's, diminutive A'tjie)

1. A

IPA^(key): /a/, /ɑ/

A (upper case A, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) shkronjë; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, Dh dh, E e, Ë ë, F f, G g, Gj gj, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, Nj nj, O o, P p, Q q, R r, Rr rr, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, U u, V v, X x, Xh xh, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

A

1. The first letter of the Alekano alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/gah.

A

1. The first letter of the Alemannic German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/gsw.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Aleut alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ale.

A

1. The first letter of the Amaimon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ali.

A

1. The first letter of the Amarasi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/aaz.

A

1. The first letter of the Ambrak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A

1. The first letter of the Anal alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/anm.

A

1. The third letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/njm.

A

1. The first letter of the Ankave alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/aak.

A

1. The first letter of the Anuki alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/aui.

A

1. The first letter of the Araki alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/akr.

A

1. The first letter of the Aromanian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/rup.

A

1. The first letter of the Ashéninka Pajonal alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/cjo.

A

1. The first letter of the Assiniboine alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/asb.

A

1. The first letter of the Atsahuaca alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/atc.

A

1. The first letter of the Auhelawa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kud.

A

1. The first letter of the Avokaya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/avu.

A

1. The first letter of the Awara alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/awx.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

A

1. The first letter of the Balanta-Kentohe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ble.

A

1. The first letter of the Barai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/bbb.

A

1. The first letter of the Bari alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/bfa.

• IPA^(key): /a/, [a]

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Basque alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

A

1. The first letter of the Bavarian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/bar.

A

1. The first letter of the Beja alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/bej.

A

1. The first letter of the Bemba alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/bem.

A

1. The first letter of the Blagar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/beu.

A

1. The first letter of the Blin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/byn.

A

1. The thirty-second letter of the Brahui alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/brh.

A

1. The first letter of the Breton alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/br.

A

1. The first letter of the Busa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/bqp.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a]

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) alfabet català; Aa, Bb, Cc, (Çç), Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, (L·Ll·l), Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

• /a/ is from Middle High German a in most closed syllables.
• /aː/ is from a before certain clusters, in most dialects also in open syllables; in southern Moselle Franconian from ou.

• IPA^(key): (short) /a/, (long) /aː/

A

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

A

1. The first letter of the Ch'orti' alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/caa.

A

1. The first letter of the Chachi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/cbi.

A

1. The second letter of the Chamorro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ch.

A (upper case, lower case a, Cyrillic А)

1. The first letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ce.

A (upper case)

1. The first letter of the Cheyenne alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/chy.

From the hotkey in many video games associated with the command "attack".

A

1. (slang, neologism) to attack; to assault
2. (slang, neologism) to pursue romantically

• 平A
• 對A／对A

Initialism of English available.

A

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) single, open to a relationship

• A0
• A380

From the letter A of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.

Mandarin jiān

From 尖 (jiān, “tip”), because the letter A has an upward tip.

Cantonese jin1

Clipping of 煙士／烟士 (jin¹ si^6-2), from English ace.

A

1. (card games) ace (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)

A

1. The first letter of the Latin alphabet.

A

1. The first letter used in Pinyin.

• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

A (upper case)

1. The first letter of the Chiwere alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/iow.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Choctaw alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/cho.

A

1. The first letter of the Cofán alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/con.

A

1. The first letter of the Comanche alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/com.

A

1. The first letter of the Comox alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/coo.

• IPA^(key): /a/

A

1. The first letter of the Corsican alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/co.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/crh.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Cypriot Arabic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/acy.

A

1. A (the 1st letter in the Czech alphabet)

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/cs.

A

1. The first letter of the Dagbani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/dag.

• IPA^(key): /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]
• Rhymes: -æː

• Audio (Copenhagen)

  (file)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) bogstav; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

• a

A n (singular definite A'et, plural indefinite A'er)

1. The first letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A

1. The first letter of the Dinka alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/din.

A

1. The second letter of the Domari alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/rmt.

• IPA^(key): /aː/

• Audio

  (file)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

A

1. The first letter of the Duun alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 2

A

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣ.

• ᛅ, ᚷ (Dalecarlian runes)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ovd.

A

1. The first letter of the Esan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ish.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /a/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

• Audio

  (file)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

• (letter name, aa): IPA^(key): /ˈɑː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑ/

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Estonian alphabet, called aa and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

A

1. The first letter of the Ewe alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ee.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

A

1. The first letter of the Fe'fe' alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/fmp.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Fijian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/fj.

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and A for information on the development of the glyph itself.

• Audio: aa, auto, aamu, ananas, aa

  (file)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Finnish alphabet, called aa and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

A

1. Abbreviation of approbatur.
2. Alternative letter-case form of a (“A (musical note)”)

A

1. (linguistics) Either the vowel a /ɑ/ or ä /æ/, depending on vowel harmony.

Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use -mA to refer to the suffix -ma (in e.g. osuma) or -mä (in e.g. elämä).

A

1. The first letter of the Fon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/fon.

• IPA^(key): /a/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• bombe A
• prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/fr.

A (upper, lower a)

1. The first letter of the Friulian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/fur.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Fula alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

A

1. The first letter of the Ga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/gaa.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Gagauz alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/gag.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Galician alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, X x, Z z

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aː

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/de.

A n (strong, genitive A or As, plural A or As)

1. A

   Von A bis Z. ― From A to Z.

   Wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen. ― One who says A must also say B.

A

1. Abbreviation of A-Dur.
2. Abbreviation of Ampere.
3. Abbreviation of Autobahn.
4. Alternative form of Å (symbol for Ångström)

• “a, Buchstabe, Ton” in Duden online
• “a, a Moll, Ar” in Duden online
• “A” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

A

1. The first letter of the Gilbertese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/gil.

A

1. The first letter of the Gimi (Goroka) alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/gim.

A

1. The first letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kl.

A

1. The first letter of the Haida alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/hai.

A

1. The first letter of the Haitian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ht.

A

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Halkomelem alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/hur.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Latin script. followed by B.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ha.

A

1. The first letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/haw.

• (letter or phoneme itself): IPA^(key): [ˈɒː][1]
• (identifier or musical note): IPA^(key): [ˈaː] (in the names of major scales; see also a)

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• A-dúr
• A-vitamin

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/hu.

• IPA^(key): /aː/
• Rhymes: -aː

A

1. The first letter of the Hunsrik alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/hrx.

A

1. The first letter of the Hupa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/hup.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

A n

1. Abbreviation of austur (“east”).

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/is.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ig.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Inari Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/smn.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /a/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/id.

A

1. The first letter of the Ingrian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/izh.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Interlingua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ia.

A

1. The first letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ik.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ga.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈa/^*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: À
  • Homophone: a
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /a/

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Italian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A

1. The first letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/jra.

A

1. The ninety-sixth letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ktz.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kab.

A

1. The first letter of the Kaingang alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kgp.

A

1. The first letter of the Kakabai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kqf.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ/

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.[1]

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/rmf.

A

1. The first letter of the Kanuri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kr.

A

1. The first letter of the Karakalpak alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kaa.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Karelian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/krl.

A

1. A letter of the Kari'na alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/car.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Kashaya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kju.

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and A for development of the glyph itself.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Kashubian alphabet, called A and written in the Latin script.

• (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

A

1. The first letter of the Kawésqar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/alc.

A

1. The first letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kjh.

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Kikuyu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ki.

A

1. The first letter of the Kobon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kpw.

A

1. The first letter of the Krio alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kri.

A

1. The first letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/kwk.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/lkt.

A (lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/ltg.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through Etruscan.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aː/, [äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a/, [äː]

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. (sometimes with littera) The first letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• In compound words, long ā remains unchanged: lābor, dēlābor; āctus, 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/: faciō, perficiō, perfectus; tangō, contingō; parō, imperō. It remains unchanged in cases in which the word was coined later on or levelled through analogy: amō, adamō; patiēns, impatiēns; tractō, dētrectō, later dētractō.

• Norwegian Bokmål: A

• littera

• A in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

and in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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.

• IPA^(key): [a]

A

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• (Latvian letters) latviešu burti; Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž