ã

See also: Ã, -ã, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ã U+00E3, ã LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̃ [U+0303] ← â [U+00E2] Latin-1 Supplement ä → [U+00E4]

Translingual

Symbol

ã

1. (IPA, phonetics) a nasalized open front unrounded vowel.
2. (international standards) transliterates Indic अँ (or equivalent).

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 with tilde or middle tilde):  Ãã  Ẵẵ  Ẫẫ  ᵬ  ᵭ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ĩĩ  Ññ  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ỡỡ  Ṏṏ  P̃p̃  Ũũ  Ữữ  Ṽṽ  Ỹỹ

English

Letter

ã

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) The letter a with a tilde, replacing the sequence an or am.

   commãd — command

   hãmer — hammer

Kashubian

Etymology

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

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

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

See also

• (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

Middle French

Letter

ã

1. The letter a with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence an or am

   chãter (chanter) ― to sing

   chãp (champ) ― field

Old French

Letter

ã

1. The letter a with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence an or am

   chãter (chanter) ― to sing

   chãp (champ) ― field

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(phoneme)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃/

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. the letter a with a tilde
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 231:

     ― Harry, você não pode mencionar uma coisa dessas numa carta! [...] ― Tudo bem, tudo bem, então não vou contar a ele, tampouco!

     ― Harrry, you can't mention such a thing in a letter! [...] ― All right, all right, so I won't tell him either.

Silesian

Etymology

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

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Slovene

Alternative forms

• (Logar transcription) ą

Etymology

Letter a with tilde ◌̃ to signify nasal vowel.

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): [ã]

Symbol

ã

1. (Ramovš transcription) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [ã].

See also

• a
• à
• á
• ä
• å
• ḁ
• ā
• ą
• ȁ
• ȃ
• ȧ

References

• Kenda-Jež, Karmen (2017 February 27) Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎^[1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on January 22, 2022, pages 27–30

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦]

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Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. The letter a with the tilde.

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)

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Pronoun

ã

1. he, she, it (third person pronoun singular)