As
See also: Appendix:Variations of "as"
Translingual edit
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As
- (chemistry) Symbol for arsenic.
- (climatology) Köppen climate classification for a dry-summer tropical savanna climate.
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Noun edit
As
Usage notes edit
- 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.
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As
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
As n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse)
- as, a unit and a Roman coin
Declension edit
Declension of As [neuter, strong]
Further reading edit
- “As” in Duden online
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French as, from Latin as.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
As n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse)
- 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.
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- Das Fallen der fremden Trümpfe, nämlich Pik-Bube, Herz-As, Herz-Zehn und Herz-Acht, sollte man sich merken.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007, Martin Schuster & Hans-Dieter Dumpert, Besser lernen, Springer, pg. 153:
Usage notes edit
- The spelling As was deprecated in 1996 in the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform).
Declension edit
Declension of As [neuter, strong]
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Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
As n (strong, genitive As, plural As)
Declension edit
Declension of As [neuter, strong]