# a.
## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* A.

### Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin artēria (“artery”).

### Noun

a. (plural aa.)
* (medicine) artery

## English

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### Noun

a.
* Abbreviation of abbreviation.
* Abbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
* Abbreviation of accommodation.
* Abbreviation of account.
* Abbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
* Abbreviation of acronym.
* Abbreviation of act; acting.
* Abbreviation of activity.
* Abbreviation of adjective.
* Abbreviation of adjutant.
* Abbreviation of adult.
* Abbreviation of afternoon.
* Abbreviation of age.
* Abbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
* Abbreviation of alto.
* Abbreviation of amateur.
* Abbreviation of ampere.
* Abbreviation of annealing.
* Abbreviation of anode.
* Abbreviation of answer.
* Abbreviation of anthracite.
* Abbreviation of apprentice.
* Abbreviation of arc.
* Abbreviation of are, ares.
* Abbreviation of area.
* Abbreviation of argent.
* Abbreviation of assist; assists.
* Abbreviation of atmosphere.
* Abbreviation of attendance.
* Abbreviation of audit; auditor.
* Abbreviation of aunt.
* Abbreviation of aviation; aviator.
* Abbreviation of axis.

#### Derived terms

* ppl. a.

### Adjective

a.
* Abbreviation of absent.
* Abbreviation of absolute.
* Abbreviation of abundant.
* Abbreviation of accepted.
* Abbreviation of accidental.
* Abbreviation of acting.
* Abbreviation of active.
** (linguistics, by extension) Abbreviation of transitive. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
* Abbreviation of aerial.
* Abbreviation of alto.
* Abbreviation of amateur.
* Abbreviation of annus (“a year”).
* Abbreviation of anonymous.
* Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
* Abbreviation of anterior.
* Abbreviation of aqua.
* Abbreviation of argent.
* Abbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
* Abbreviation of automatic.
* Abbreviation of available.

### Adverb

a.
* Abbreviation of anno (“in the year”).
* Abbreviation of annually.

### Preposition

a.
* Abbreviation of about.
* Abbreviation of at.
* Abbreviation of ante (“before”).

### Conjunction

a.
* Abbreviation of also.

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)

### Further reading

* Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 1

## German
### Adjective

a. (indeclinable)
* (Switzerland) Abbreviation of alt.
    a. Bundesrat ― alter Bundesrat

#### Derived terms

* a. Reg.-Rat m

### Adverb

a.
* Abbreviation of anno.
* Abbreviation of auch.

### Contraction

a.
* Abbreviation of am.
    Frankfurt a. Main ― Frankfurt am Main

### Preposition

a.
* Abbreviation of an.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /a/, [ä̃]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /a/, [ä]

### Preposition

a. (+ accusative)
* Abbreviation of ante.

### Noun

a. m (indeclinable)
* Abbreviation of annus.

#### Derived terms

* a. reg. m (numismatics)

## Lithuanian
### Noun

a.
* Abbreviation of amžius (“century”).
* Abbreviation of aikštė (“square”).

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.bɔ/
* Rhymes: -albɔ
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### Conjunction

a.
* Abbreviation of albo.

### Further reading

* a. in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* a. in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Welsh
### Noun

a. m
* (grammar) Abbreviation of ansoddair (“adjective”).