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]

English

Symbol

â

1. (lexicography) An element of the digraph âr, a dictionary transcription for the SQUARE vowel

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/

Jarai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

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

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔəː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔəː˦˥]
• Phonetic: ớ

Letter

â (lower case, 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)

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

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

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

• In formal language, â triggers the aspirate mutation, but colloquially this is usually absent unless in certain set phrases. Before vowels, ag is used instead, but often it remains â colloquially.
• In the colloquial language â meaning “with” is mostly used after specific verbs, such as cwrdd (“meet”) or 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 gyda fy mam at y meddyg. ― I went with my mother to the doctor. [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

• In formal language, â triggers the aspirate mutation, but colloquially this is usually absent unless in certain set phrases. Before vowels, ag is used instead, but it often remains â colloquially.

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)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ˈaː/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

1. The letter A, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

Xavante

Noun

â

1. Alternative spelling of ö (Protestant spelling)