User:Chuck Entz/a/letter

See also: A, ᴀ, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ᵃ U+1D43, ᵃ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL A ← ᵂ [U+1D42] Phonetic Extensions ᵄ → [U+1D44]

ａ U+FF41, ａ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER A ← ｀ [U+FF40] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｂ → [U+FF42]

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Modification of capital A.

Pronunciation

• (letter, most languages) IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /a/

• IPA:

  (file)

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

   (superscript) See ª.

Other representations of A:

NATO phonetic: Alpha Morse code: ·– Braille: ⠁ ASL Manual: A

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of A, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
• 
  Approximate form of Greek uppercase Α (a, “alpha”), the source of both common variants of a A in uncial script

English

Etymology

The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name)
  • (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

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

  The current pronunciation resulted from the Great Vowel Shift. Before the early part of the 17th century, the pronunciation was similar to that in other languages.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /æ/, /ɑː/, /eɪ/, /ə/, etc.

Letter

letter (lowercase, uppercase A, plural as or a's)

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

Usage notes

• In English, the letter a usually denotes the near-open front unrounded vowel (IPA^(key): /æ/), as in pad, the open back unrounded vowel (IPA^(key): /ɑː/) as in father, the mid-central vowel (IPA^(key): /ə/) when unstressed as in about, or, when followed by another vowel, the diphthong IPA^(key): /eɪ/, as in ace.
• A is the third most common letter in English.

Derived terms

• Digraph sequences: ae, ah, ai, au, aw, ay, ea, eau, ia, oa, ua

See also

• (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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Albanian

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Standard Albanian Latin-script alphabet.

See also

• (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

Asturian

Noun

letter f

1. a (the name of the letter A, a)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑ/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/, [a]

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• see other Basque letters

Noun

letter (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

See also

• see other Basque letter names

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/
• Rhymes: -a

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

Derived terms

• no saber ni la a

See also

• see other Catalan letters

Dakota

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (uppercase A)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, D d, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, I i (Í í), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, M m, N n, ŋ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Š š, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Copenhagen):

  (file)

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• see other Danish letters

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Copenhagen):

  (file)

Noun

letter n (singular definite a'et, plural indefinite a'er)

1. The name of the letter A or a.

Inflection

Declension of Chuck Entz/a/letter

gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Chuck Entz/a/letter	a'et	a'er	a'erne
genitive	a's	a'ets	a'ers	a'ernes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /aː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (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

Egyptian

Romanization

letter

1. Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜥ.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Noun

letter (accusative singular a-on, plural a-oj, accusative plural a-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litero; a, bo, co, ĉo, do, e, fo, go, ĝo, ho, ĥo, i, jo, ĵo, ko, lo, mo, no, o, po, ro, so, ŝo, to, u, ŭo, vo, zo

Estonian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (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)

Noun

letter (genitive a or a', partitive a-d or a'd)

1. The letter a (the first letter of the Estonian alphabet)
2. (music) A (note)

   Synonym: la

Declension

Declension of Chuck Entz/a/letter (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		a-	a-d
accusative	nom.
	gen.	a-
genitive			a-de
partitive		a-d	a-id a-sid
illative		a-sse	a-desse a-isse
inessive		a-s	a-des a-is
elative		a-st	a-dest a-ist
allative		a-le	a-dele a-ile
adessive		a-l	a-del a-il
ablative		a-lt	a-delt a-ilt
translative		a-ks	a-deks a-iks
terminative		a-ni	a-deni
essive		a-na	a-dena
abessive		a-ta	a-deta
comitative		a-ga	a-dega

(music):

Declension of Chuck Entz/a/letter (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		a'	a'd
accusative	nom.
	gen.	a'
genitive			a'de
partitive		a'd	a'id a'sid
illative		a'sse	a'desse a'isse
inessive		a's	a'des a'is
elative		a'st	a'dest a'ist
allative		a'le	a'dele a'ile
adessive		a'l	a'del a'il
ablative		a'lt	a'delt a'ilt
translative		a'ks	a'deks a'iks
terminative		a'ni	a'deni
essive		a'na	a'dena
abessive		a'ta	a'deta
comitative		a'ga	a'dega

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛaː/
• Homophone: æ
• Rhymes: -ɛaː

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

See also

• (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

Finnish

Etymology 1

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 Chuck Entz/a/letter for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

Noun

letter

1. (music) A (note)

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Declension of a (type maa) singular plural nominative a a:t genitive a:n a:iden a:itten partitive a:ta a:ita accusative a a:n a:t inessive a:ssa a:issa elative a:sta a:ista illative a:han a:ihin adessive a:lla a:illa ablative a:lta a:ilta allative a:lle a:ille essive a:na a:ina translative a:ksi a:iksi abessive a:tta a:itta instructive – a:in comitative – a:ineen

Derived terms

compounds

• A-duuri
• a-molli

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

Noun

letter m or f (plural as)

1. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A

Derived terms

• e dans l’a

Fula

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (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

Galician

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa/

Noun

letter m (plural as)

1. a (name of the letter A, a)

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/, /ä/
• Rhymes: -aː

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

Noun

letter n (strong, genitive a or as, plural a or as)

1. Alternative form of A

Etymology 2

Noun

letter

1. Abbreviation of a-Moll.
2. Abbreviation of Ar.

Gilbertese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Numeral

letter

1. four

Gothic

Romanization

letter

1. Romanization of 𐌰

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of letter – see 阿. (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 阿).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

2. The first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
3. (music) designation of the sixth note from C and the corresponding tone

Derived terms

• a-moll

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

Noun

letter ?

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation, letter name) IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

letter (plural a-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

Igbo

Letter

letter (upper case A, lower case a)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃhut͡ʃk əntz/a/ˈləttər/, [ˈt͡ʃhut͡ʃʔ ənt̪.z/a/ˈlət̪.t̪ər]
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Indonesian alphabet, called id and written in the Latin script.
2. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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
• (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet

Further reading

• “Chuck Entz/a/letter” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/^*

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a

Etymology

From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

Letter

letter f or m (invariable)

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

Noun

letter f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, kappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Japanese

Romanization

letter

1. The hiragana syllable あ (a) or the katakana syllable ア (a) in Hepburn romanization.

Jersey Dutch

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʊ/, /ɑ/

Letter

letter

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

Kabuverdianu

Letter

letter (uppercase A)

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

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a

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 Chuck Entz/a/letter for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

letter (lowercase, uppercase A)

1. The first letter of the Kashubian alphabet, called a and 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

Kayan

Letter

letter

1. a the first letter of Kayan alphabet.

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

(letter name):

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

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. (sometimes with littera) the first letter of the Latin alphabet.

   littera a ― the letter a

Etymology 2

From Etruscan.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ā f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter A.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a]

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

A

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (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

Noun

letter m (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

See also

• (Latvian letter names) latviešu burtu vārdi; a, garais ā, bē, cē, čē, dē, e, garais ē, ef, gā, ģē, hā, i, garais ī, jē, kā, ķē, el, eļ, em, en, eņ, o, pē, er, es, eš, tē, u, garais ū, vē, zē, žē

Further reading

• Chuck Entz/a/letter on the Latvian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^lv

Laz

Letter

letter

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) burts; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, Ç̌ ç̌, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, İ i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, P̌ p̌, Q q, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, Ť ť, U u, V v, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ

Numeral

letter

1. Latin spelling of ა (a)

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑ/

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
2. The name of the Latin-script letter a/A.

See also

• See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.
• See Template:list:Latin script letter names/dsb.

Lushootseed

Letter

letter

1. The second letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, pronounced as an open back unrounded vowel.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /e/
• (interjection): IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) 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

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/ (short phoneme)
• IPA^(key): /aː/ (long phoneme)

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

Navajo

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

   a = /a˨/

   ą = /ã˨/

   á = /a˥/

   ą́ = /ã˥/

   aa = /aː˨˨/

   ąą = /ãː˨˨/

   áa = /aː˥˨/

   ą́ą = /ãː˥˨/

   aá = /aː˨˥/

   ąą́ = /ãː˨˥/

   áá = /aː˥˥/

   ą́ą́ = /ãː˥˥/

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Norwegian Bokmål

The letter a from the Norwegian alphabet.

Etymology

From Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾, representing the head of an ox.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɑː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /a/, (before u or in some Enɡlish loan words) [æ]

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a
• Homophones: A, à, A-, a-, ah

Letter

letter (uppercase A)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) 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

Noun

letter m (definite singular a-en, indefinite plural a-er, definite plural a-ene)

1. the letter a, the first letter of the Norwegian alphabet

   fra A til B ― from A to B

   fra A til Å ― from A to Z

   har man sagt a, må man si b ― if you have said A, you should say B

   • 1999, Lars Roar Langslet, I kamp for norsk kultur, page 234:

     bruken av a i bestemt form i hunkjønnsord

     the use of a in the definite form of feminine words

2. indicates the first or best entry of a list, order or rank

   Synonyms: A-, a-

   oppgang A ― apartment entrance A

   blodgruppe A ― blood group A

   førerkort i klasse A ― (motorcycle) driver's license in class A

   øl i klasse A ― beer in class A (with 0,0-0,7 volume percent alcohol)

   A post ― A post / priority mail

   A-aksje ― class A-share

   hepatitt A ― hepatitis A

   • 1919, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede digter-verker I [Collected poetic works 1], page 454:

     [bokstavene begynte] at gaa sammen, to og to: a stod og hvilte under et træ, som hedte b

     [the letters began] to go together, two by two: a stood and rested under a tree called b

   • 1920, Jonas Lie, Samlede Digterverker V, page 389:

     begynde paa Ø istedet for A

     start with Ø instead of A

   • 1886, Arne Garborg, Mogning og manndom I, page 172:

     jeg traf sammen med et par generalbanditter, gamle gutter, storartede ranglefanter, 1ste klasse 1 A med stjerne, deilige herremænd

     I met a couple of general bandits, old boys, great revelers, 1st class 1 A with a star, lovely gentlemen

   • 1939, Knut Hamsun, Artikler, page 99:

     historie er hvad A mener til forskel fra B, og hvad C igen mener til forskel baade fra A og B om den samme sag

     story is what A thinks differently from B and what C again thinks differently from both A and B about the same case

3. the highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale

   få A til eksamen

   receive an A on an exam

   • 2019, Helene Uri, Stillheten etterpå, page 14:

     jeg har gode karakterer. Bare A-er og B-er

     I have good grades. Only A's and B's

4. (music) designation of the sixth note from C and the corresponding tone

   A-dur

   A major

   A-moll

   A minor

   • 1944, Børre Qvamme, Musikk, page 10:

     synge en riktig A uten hjelp av et instrument eller stemmegaffel

     sing a correct A without the aid of an instrument or tuning fork

   • 1973, Finn Havrevold, Avreisen, page 127:

     han slår énstrøken a på klaveret

     he strikes one stroke A on the piano

   • 1997, Tove Nilsen, G for Georg, page 42:

     så gal at man virkelig tror at svaler er g-nøkler og bass-nøkler og a’er og c’er som svever rundt hverandre og lager konsert i himmelen

     so crazy that you really think swallows are g-keys and bass-keys and a's and c's floating around each other and making a concert in the sky

5. (physics) symbol for ampere
6. (physics) symbol for nucleon number
7. (horology) symbol for avance
8. symbol for anno
9. short form of atom-

   Synonym: a-

   a-bombe

   atom bomb (a-bomb)

Derived terms

• a-form (“a-form”), a-infinitiv (“a-infinitive”), a-kjendis (“A-list celebrity”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː/

Letter

letter (lowercase, uppercase A)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) 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

Noun

letter m (definite singular a-en, indefinite plural a-ar, definite plural a-ane)

1. the letter a

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ã/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

letter f (plural as)

1. a (the letter a)

Old French

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

Papiamentu

Letter

letter (lower case upper case, A)

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and Chuck Entz/a/letter for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

letter (lowercase, uppercase A)

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

   małe a ― a minuscule/small/little a

   duże a ― a capital/big/large a

See also

• see other Polish letters

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/
• Homophone: à (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: a

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology

From Latin a, form of A, from Etruscan 𐌀 (a), from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from Egyptian 𓃾.

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

2. The first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

letter m (plural letteres)

2. Alternative spelling of á

Related terms

• with diacritics: ã, â, à, á

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

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

Scots

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) 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, Ȝ ȝ

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (etymologies 2-8) /ə/, (etymologies 1 and 9) /a/
• Hyphenation: a

Letter

letter (upper case A, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is followed by b. Its traditional name is ailm (“elm”).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Etymology

See Translingual section.

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. The 1st letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), followed by b.

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Noun

letter f

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a

Silesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: a

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 Chuck Entz/a/letter for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, 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, Ǒ ǒ, 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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑ/

Etymology

See Translingual section.

Letter

letter (upper case A)

1. The first 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

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin a, form of A, from Etruscan 𐌀 (a), from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from Egyptian 𓃾.

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Slovene

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet a, from Czech alphabet a, modification of capital A, itself derived 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.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme, tonal variety): IPA^(key): /áː/, /àː/, /ʌ́/, /a/, [â], [ǎ]
• (phoneme, non-tonal variety): IPA^(key): /aː/, /a/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /àː/, /áː/

• Audio (letter name, non-tonal):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aː
• Homophone: a

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Symbol

letter

1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [a].

Noun

ā m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
2. The name of the phonemes /a, aː, ʌ/.

Inflection

• Overall more common

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	ā
gen. sing.	ā-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ā	ā-ja	ā-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ā-ja	ā-jev	ā-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	ā-ju	ā-jema	ā-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ā	ā-ja	ā-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ā-ju	ā-jih	ā-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ā-jem	ā-jema	ā-ji

• More common when with a definite adjective

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	ā
gen. sing.	ā
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ā	ā	ā
accusative	ā	ā	ā
genitive	ā	ā	ā
dative	ā	ā	ā
locative	ā	ā	ā
instrumental	ā	ā	ā

Derived terms

• à, á, ā, ȁ, ȃ
• ã, ȧ, ä, å, ḁ, ą
• če si rekel a, reci tudi b
• ena a
• od a do ž

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž

• à
• á
• ã
• ä
• å
• ā
• ą
• ȁ
• ȃ
• ȧ
• ḁ
• ali

Further reading

• “letter”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/, [a]

• Audio (Latin America):

  (file)

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Homophone: ha
• Rhymes: -a

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

Noun

letter f (plural aes)

1. Name of the letter A.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letra; a, be, ce, de, e, efe, ge, hache, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, cu, ere, ese, te, u, ve, ve doble/uve doble, equis, ye, zeta ^{(Category: es:Latin letter names)}

Sumerian

Romanization

letter

1. Romanization of 𒀀 (a)

Swedish

Letter

letter (name a, uppercase form A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish a. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English a.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜀ (a).
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish a.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔɛɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -ej
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔa/ [ˈʔa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ˈa/ [ˈa] (phoneme, stressed)
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /a/ [ɐ] (phoneme, unstressed)
• Syllabification: a

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case LETTER, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔)

1. The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ey and written in the Latin script.

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case LETTER, Baybayin spelling ᜀ)

1. The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called a and written in the Latin script.
2. (historical) The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called a and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

letter (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter A/a, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) ey

2. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter A/a, in the Abecedario

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) ey

Related terms

• abakada
• abese
• abesedaryo

 

See also

• aa

Turkish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑ/

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

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

Noun

letter

1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names)}

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /a/, /aː/

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

Tyap

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /a/, /aː/

Letter

letter (upper case A)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cy cy, D d, E e, F f, G g, Gb gb, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, Ghy ghy, H h, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jy jy, K k, Kh kh, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, Ny ny, O o, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, Shy shy, T t, Ts ts, U u, V v, W w, Y y, Z z

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French a.

Letter

letter (upper case A, lower case a)

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

Noun

letter

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

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)

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡shut͡sk ˈentzɑletːer/, [ˈt͡shut͡sk ˈentzə̠ˌletːer]

Letter

letter

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

• (with grave accent to indicate otherwise unpredictable short vowel) à
• (with acute accent to indicate unusually stressed short vowel) á
• (with circumflex to indicate otherwise unpredictable or unusually stressed long vowel) â
• (with diaeresis to indicate disyllabicity) ä

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Welsh alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. It is followed by b.

Mutation

• a cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word afal (“apple”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	h-prothesis
afal	unchanged	unchanged	hafal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

• Digraph sequences: ae, ai, au, aw, ay

See also

• see other Welsh letters and their names

Noun

letter f (plural âu, not mutable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Chuck Entz/a/letter	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

1. The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

Noun

á

1. The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
• (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

Zulu

Letter

letter (lower case, upper case A)

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

See also

• see other Zulu letters