æ U+00E6, æ
LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
å
[U+00E5]
Latin-1 Supplement ç
[U+00E7]

TranslingualEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Ligature from the letters a and e.

SymbolEdit

𐞃 U+10783, 𐞃
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL AE
𐞂
[U+10782]
Latin Extended-F 𐞄
[U+10784]

æ

  1. (IPA) near-open front unrounded vowel

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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æ (lower case, upper case Æ, plural æs or æ's)

  1. (chiefly dated or linguistics) A ligature of vowels a and e.
    Synonym: ash

Usage notesEdit

  • Mostly used for words of either Ancient Greek or Latin origin, though also used when referencing Old English texts or using recently derived Old English loanwords.
  • Uncommon in modern times except in linguistic use.
  • Often absent in American English (reduced to e) whenever it has the sound /ɛ/ or /iː/, but sometimes retained (in this form, or as ae) when it has a different sound, as in formulæ/formulae.

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AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Antepenultimate letter of the Danish alphabet.
InflectionEdit
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ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Danish thæn (Modern Danish den).

ArticleEdit

æ

  1. (dialectal) the (definite article)

Further readingEdit

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ø dɑ̃ l‿a/

LetterEdit

æ (lower case, upper case Æ)

  1. Ligature of the letters a and e
    Synonym: e dans l'a

GermanEdit

SymbolEdit

æ (lower case, upper case Æ)

  1. Obsolete form of ä (used, alongside other graphemes, until ca. 1700, since then very rarely).

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

æ (upper case Æ)

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

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InterjectionEdit

æ

  1. ah!, oh!
    Æ, já nú man ég!Ah, now I remember!
  2. indicating annoyance
    Æ, hvað heitir lagið aftur?Remind me again, what that song's called?
    Æææ, ég er kominn með bólu.Darn it, I have a zit.
  3. indicating compassion; alas
    Æ, það er leitt að heyra.That's sad to hear.
    Æ, því miður.Unfortunately not.
  4. indicating affection; aww!
    Æææ, en sætt!Aww, how cute!
  5. indicating pain; ouch!, ow!
    Æ! Hann beit mig!Ouch! He bit me!
    Synonyms: ái, áts, á

Usage notesEdit

Can be arbitrarily lengthened and written as ææ, æææ and so on.

AdverbEdit

æ

  1. always, forever

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

JutishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse ek.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

æ

  1. (Fjolde) I (first-person singular pronoun)

ReferencesEdit

  • æ” in Anders Bjerrum and Marie Bjerrum (1974), Ordbog over Fjoldemålet, Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

LigurianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

æ

  1. second-person singular present indicative of avéi: you have (singular)

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English ēa, ǣ.

NounEdit

æ

  1. a waterway; a stream or river.

DescendantsEdit

  • English: ea, Eau, eau, yeo

NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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æ (upper case Æ)

  1. Antepenultimate letter of the Norwegian alphabet, coming after Z and before Ø.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Variant of eg, from Old Norse ek.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

æ (accusative )

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Northern Norway, Southern Norway) I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

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Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

ǣ (upper case Æ)

  1. letter of the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) alphabet, listed in 24th and final position by Byrhtferð (1011); Called æsc (ash tree) after the Anglo-Saxon rune

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwi. Cognate with Old Frisian and Old High German ēwa ~ ē, Old Saxon ēo.

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

ǣ f

  1. law
  2. marriage
  3. rite
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Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

ǣ f

  1. Alternative form of ēa: river, running water

Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *aiwi (forever), *aiwaz. Cognate with Old English ā, āwa, ǣ, Old Saxon eo, io, ia, Old High German eo, io.

Alternative formsEdit

AdverbEdit

æ (not comparable)

  1. ever, eternally, at any time
    • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 7-8, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      [] stendr æ yfir grœnn / Urðar brunni
      [] stands ever green, over / the well of Urd
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

æ

  1. inflection of æja:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Old SwedishEdit

LetterEdit

æ

  1. a letter of the Old Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.