# â

| â | U+00E2, &#226; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX |
| Composition: | a [U+0061] + ◌̂ [U+0302] |
| ← á [U+00E1] | Latin-1 Supplement | ã → [U+00E3] |

## English
### Symbol

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

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑ̃]

### Verb

â
* Gheg form of është

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

â (plural â) (Fribourgeois)
* Alternative form of âp (“bee”) documented in the following location(s): Allières

## French
### Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)
* the letter a with circumflex, used in French spelling, representing the phoneme /ɑ/

## Jarai
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɨ/

### Letter

â (upper case Â)
* The third letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Jersey Dutch
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ɔː/

### Letter

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

## Namuyi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔa˥]

### Pronoun

â
* we

#### Synonyms

* âxrô

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Compare Italian alla.

### Contraction

â (used with feminine singular nouns)
* Contraction of a 'a (“to the”).

#### Related terms

* ê
* ô

## Portuguese
### Etymology

The letter a with a circumflex.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɐ/, [ɐ], [ɜ], [ə]
* (preceding coda ‘n’ or ‘m’) IPA: /ɐ̃/, [ɐ̃], [ɜ̃], [ə̃]
* Always stressed.

### Letter

â
* a letter "a" which is stressed and close
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### Contraction

â
* Obsolete spelling of à.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɨ/

### Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)
* 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 â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, 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
### Preposition

â
* Contraction of a la (“to the”).

### See also
## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ɐ/

### Letter

â (upper case Â)
* The second letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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

## Tlingit
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /áː/

### Letter

â (upper case Â)
* (Canada) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: áa

#### See also

* Canada:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, À à, Â â, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dł dł, Dz dz, E e, É é, È è, Ê ê, G g, Gw gw, Gh gh, Ghw ghw, H h, I i, Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Kh kh, Khw khw, Khʼ khʼ, Khʼw khʼw (L l), Ł ł, Łʼ łʼ (M m), N n (O o), S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, Xh xh, Xhw xhw, Xhʼ xhʼ, Xhʼw xhʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), ․
* US:
* (Latin-script letters) A a, Á á, Aa aa, Áa áa, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e, É é, Ee ee, Ée ée, Ei ei, Éi éi, G g, Gw gw, G̱ g̱, G̱w g̱w, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, Kw kw, Kʼ kʼ, Kʼw kʼw, Ḵ ḵ, Ḵw ḵw, Ḵʼ ḵʼ, Ḵʼw ḵʼw, L l, Lʼ lʼ (Ḻ ḻ, M m), N n (O o), Oo oo, Óo óo, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tl tl, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ú ú, W w, X x, Xw xw, Xʼ xʼ, Xʼw xʼw, X̱ x̱, X̱w x̱w, X̱ʼ x̱ʼ, X̱ʼw x̱ʼw, Y y (Ÿ ÿ, Y̱ y̱), ․

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʲa/, /ʲaː/, /aː/

### Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)
* the letter a with circumflex, used in Turkish spelling, representing /ʲa/, /ʲaː/, or /aː/

#### Usage notes

Not considered a letter of the alphabet, but the letter a with the circumflex diacritic. Represents palatalized k or g in the same syllable (i.e. /c/, /ɟ/) or long a (/aː/) where it is phonemic.
    kâr – /caɾ/, gâvur – /ɟaˈvuɾ/
    adet (“amount”) – /aˈdet/, âdet (“tradition”) – /aːˈdet/
Note that the palatalizing effect of the letter â means that it can never appear in the same syllable as a /k/ or /ɡ/ sound, even when it would be needed to mark vowel length and distinguish two homographs.
    katil (“murder”) – /kaˈtil/, katil (“murderer”) – /kaːˈtil/ (*kâtil would be pronounced */caːˈtil/)

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), 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 (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔəː˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔəː˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔəː˦˥]
* Phonetic spelling: ớ

### Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)
* 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, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â 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: /aː/

### Letter

â (upper case Â)
* 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: /a/
* Homophone: a
The circumflex is used to distinguish the word from a (“and”) rather than to indicate vowel length.

#### Preposition

â
* with
* (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.

##### Derived terms

* Category:Welsh phrasal verbs formed with "â"

##### See also

* gyda
* efo

#### Conjunction

â
* 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: /aː/

#### Verb

â
* (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of mynd

##### Synonyms

* eith (colloquial)
* aiff (colloquial)
* eiff (colloquial)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /ˈaː/

#### Letter

â (upper case Â)
* The letter A, marked for its long stressed pronunciation, either in a monosyllabic word or in the final syllable of a polysyllabic word.

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “â”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## Xavante
### Noun

â
* Alternative spelling of ö (Protestant spelling)

## Yele
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ/

### Letter

â
* A letter of the Yele alphabet.

#### Derived terms

* The digraph ⟨ââ⟩ transcribes the long vowel /ɑː/
* The digraph ⟨꞉â⟩ transcribes the nasal vowel /ɑ̃/
* The trigraph ⟨꞉ââ⟩ transcribes the long nasal vowel /ɑ̃ː/

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉