â

See also: Â, -â, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

â U+00E2, â LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̂ [U+0302] ← á [U+00E1] Latin-1 Supplement ã → [U+00E3]

Translingual

Letter

â (upper case Â)

1. The letter a with a circumflex.

See also

• (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
• (Letters using circumflex accent):  Ââ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ĉĉ  Ḓḓ  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ếế  Ĝĝ  Ĥĥ  Îî  Ĵĵ  Ôô  Ồồ  Ŝŝ  Ûû  Ŵŵ  Ŷŷ  Ẑẑ

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑ̃]

Verb

â

1. Gheg form of është

French

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

1. the letter a with circumflex, used in French spelling, representing the phoneme /ɑ/

Jersey Dutch

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɔː/

Letter

â

1. A letter of the Jersey Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Namuyi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔa˥]

Pronoun

â

1. we

Synonyms

• âxrô

Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare Italian alla.

Contraction

â (used with feminine singular nouns)

1. Contraction of a 'a (“to the”).

Related terms

• ê
• ô

Portuguese

Etymology

The letter a with a circumflex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/, [ɐ], [ɜ], [ə]
• (preceding coda ‘n’ or ‘m’) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃/, [ɐ̃], [ɜ̃], [ə̃]
• Always stressed.

Letter

â

1. a letter "a" which is stressed and close
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 9:

     [...] a poucos metros de distância [...]

     [...] from few meters of distance [...]

Contraction

â

1. Obsolete spelling of à

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

1. The third letter of the Romanian alphabet, called î or î din a and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• See the usage notes at Â.

See also

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

Sicilian

Article

â f sg (plural î)

1. (definite article, spoken only) the, colloquial form of la

Preposition

â

1. Contraction of a la (“to the”).

See also

Sicilian articles
	Masculine	Feminine
indefinite singular	un, nu	na
definite singular	lu, û	la, â
definite plural	li, î	li, î

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɐ/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Turkish

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

1. The letter of the Turkish alphabet, called â and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Not specified in the alphabet, but used officially to mark the palatalized consonant in the same syllable or distinguish long vowels if long vowel is distinguishing factor.

kâr – /cɑɾ/, gâvur – /ɟɑˈvuɾ/

adet (“amount”) – /ɑˈdet/, âdet (“tradition”) – /ɑːˈdet/

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /əː˧˥/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

1. The third letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ớ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Welsh

Etymology 1

In origin a specialised prepositional use of a (“and”). (The distinction in spelling and pronunciation between the two prevocalic forms ag and ac is artificial.)

Alternative forms

• ag (used before vowels)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/
• Homophone: a

The circumflex is used to distinguish the word from a (“and”) rather than to indicate vowel length.

Preposition

â

1. with
2. (instrumental) with, by means of

Usage notes

 traditionally triggers the aspirate mutation, but in speech this may be absent. Before vowels, ag is used instead, except in some colloquial versions of the language where it remains â.

In the colloquial language â meaning “with” is mostly used after verbs such as cwrdd (“meet”), priodi (“marry”), ymweld (“visit”). The synonyms gyda or efo are used more generally.

Note especially the forms mynd â (“take”, literally “go with”) and dod â (“bring”, literally “come with”). Compare:

• Es i â fy mam at y meddyg ― I took my mother to the doctor [I transported her]
• Es i at y meddyg gyda fy mam ― I went to the doctor with my mother [she accompanied me]

Inflection

No personal inflections.

See also

• gyda
• efo

Conjunction

â

1. as (in equative constructions mor...â, cyn...â)

   mor hen â phechod ei hun ― as old as sin itself

Usage notes

 traditionally triggers the aspirate mutation, but in speech this may be absent. Before vowels, ag is used instead.

See also

• fel (“as, like”)

Etymology 2

Proto-Celtic *ageti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Verb

â

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of mynd

Synonyms

• eith (colloquial)
• aiff (colloquial)
• eiff (colloquial)

Xavante

Noun

â

1. Alternative spelling of ö (Protestant spelling)