# A

| A | U+0041, &#65; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A |
| ← @ [U+0040] | Basic Latin | B → [U+0042] |
| Ａ | U+FF21, &#65313; FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A |
| ← ＠ [U+FF20] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | Ｂ → [U+FF22] |

## Translingual
### Etymology 1

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

* IPA: /a/ (most languages)

#### Letter

A
* The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

##### See also

* (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* (Variations of letter A): Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Ａａ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Ꜳꜳ Ꜵꜵ Ꜷꜷ Ꜹꜹ Ꜻꜻ
* Appendix:Variations of "a"

#### Symbol

A
* Marks the first item in a list.
    A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
* A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one.
    Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
* Ten, especially used in bases above ten, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.
    Decimal 270 can be converted as duodecimal 1A6 or vigesimal DA.
    (computing) The variable was a byte with value A0, or 160 in decimal.
* A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger than AA.
* (Can we verify this sense?) A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as A0, A1, A2, etc.
* (Can we verify this sense?) An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-.
* (linguistics) A wildcard for an open vowel
* (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is upper-medium grade with low risk of default.
* (clothing) Bra cup size.

##### Related terms

* Arabic ا (a, “alif”)
* Coptic Ⲁ (a, “alfa”)
* Cyrillic А (A)
* Devanāgari अ (a, “aksara”)
* Greek Α (A, “Alpha”)
* Hebrew א (a, “aleph”)
* Phoenician 𐤀
* Syriac ܐ (a, “alaph”)

##### See also

* (previous) 9, (next) B

### Etymology 2

The abbreviation of a variety of terms.

#### Symbol

A
* (chemistry, obsolete) Obsolete chemical symbol for argon.
    Synonym: (obsolete) Ar
* (chemistry, physics) Symbol for mass number (“nucleon number”). Abbreviation of English atomic mass number..
* (geometry) Area.
* (international standards) A category of vehicle licence under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, referring to motorcycles.

#### Noun

A
* (physics, International System of Units) Ampere, a unit of electrical current.
* (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
* (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter symbol for alanine in proteins.
    Synonym: Ala
* (music) Alto.

#### Proper noun

A
* (vehicle-distinguishing signs) Austria.

### Gallery

* Letter styles
* Uppercase and lowercase versions of A, in normal and italic type
* Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
* A in uncial script

### See also

Other representations of A:
| NATO phonetic: Alpha Morse code: ·– Braille: ⠁ ASL Manual: A | Signal flag: | Semaphore: |
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### Further reading

* A on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “A”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.
* ↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ.
* The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century.

#### Alternative forms

* (Gregg shorthand versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary) · (“dot”)

#### Pronunciation

* (letter name)
** (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /eɪ̯/
** Audio (US):(file)
** (General Australian) IPA: /æɪ/
** (Indic) IPA: /eː/
* Rhymes: -eɪ
    The current pronunciation is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 15th century, was similar to that in other languages.

#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, plural As or A's)
* The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
    Apple starts with A.
** 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

##### Derived terms

* A-back
* A factor
* A formation
* A-League
* A-Log
* antihemophilic factor A
* A number
* A number 1
* cluster A personality disorder
* diptoindonesin A
* double-A
* Exhibit A
* Generation A
* List A
* Mode A
* P-A
* Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
* Série A
* triple-A

##### Related terms

* A-frame
* ABC, A.B.C.
* A to Z
* A wave

##### 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

#### Number

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.
    Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks".

### Etymology 2

* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
* (blood type): From A antigen

#### Symbol

A
* A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.
    We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.
    In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.
    The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.
* (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
    I was so happy to get an A on that test.
** 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.
* (music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.
    Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.
* (medicine) A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.
    My blood type is A negative.
* (chemistry) Mass number.
* (logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.
* (historical) Abbreviation of adulterer, adulteress, used as a human brand.
** 1966 July 30, Ralph McGill, “Today's students aim for humanistic values”, in Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, page 6:Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A".
* Allele dominant.
* (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. (“ante meridiem”) or AM

##### Derived terms

* A1
* AA
* AAA
* A cup
* A game, A-game
* A level
* A-list
* A team
* double A
* grade A
* triple A
* A minus
* A plus
* straight A's
* A-flat
* A major
* A-minor
* A-sharp
* concert A
* AB
* A negative
* A positive

#### Noun

A
* Ace. (including in card games)
* Acre.
* Adult; as used in film rating.
* Ammeter.
* (physics) Angstrom.
* Answer.
* (sports) An assist.
* (sexuality) Asexual.
* (UK, chiefly London) Arsehole.
* (weaponry) Atom.
    A-bomb

##### Synonyms

* (physics, angstrom): Å

##### Translations
#### Adjective

A
* (weaponry) Atom; atomic.

##### Derived terms

* (weaponry, atom): A-bomb

### References

* 1 2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.
* ↑ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “A”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 1.

### Further reading

* A in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

## Acehnese
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Acehnese alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ace.

## Acheron
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Acheron alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/acz.

## Adzera
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Adzera alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/adz.

## Afar
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Afar alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/aa.

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ɑː/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Afrikaans 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

### Noun

A (plural A's, diminutive A'tjie)
* A

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

IPA: /a/, /ɑ/

### Letter

A (upper case A, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### 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

## Alekano
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Alekano alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gah.

## Alemannic German
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Alemannic German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gsw.

## Aleut
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Aleut alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ale.

## Amaimon
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Amaimon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ali.

## Amarasi
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Amarasi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/aaz.

## Ambrak
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ambrak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## American Sign Language
### Letter

* Stokoe notation of 𝣷𝪜 (“the letter A”)

## Anāl
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Anāl alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/anm.

## Angami
### Letter

A
* The third letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/njm.

## Ankave
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ankave alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/aak.

## Anuki
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Anuki alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/aui.

## Araki
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Araki alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/akr.

## Aromanian
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Aromanian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rup.

## Ashéninka Pajonal
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ashéninka Pajonal alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/cjo.

## Assiniboine
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Assiniboine alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/asb.

## Atsahuaca
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Atsahuaca alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/atc.

## Auhelawa
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Auhelawa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kud.

## Avokaya
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Avokaya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/avu.

## Awara
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Awara alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/awx.

## Azerbaijani
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme; letter name) IPA: /ɑ/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, 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

## Balanta-Kentohe
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Balanta-Kentohe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ble.

## Barai
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Barai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bbb.

## Bari
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Bari alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bfa.

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/, [a]

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Basque alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L, l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Bavarian
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Bavarian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bar.

## Beja
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Beja alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bej.

## Bemba
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Bemba alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bem.

## Blagar
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Blagar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/beu.

## Blin
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Blin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/byn.

## Brahui
### Letter

A
* The thirty-second letter of the Brahui alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/brh.

## Breton
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Breton alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/br.

## Busa
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Busa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bqp.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Central Franconian
### Etymology

* /a/ is from Middle High German a in most closed syllables.
* /aː/ is from a before certain clusters, in most dialects also in open syllables; in southern Moselle Franconian from ou.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (short) /a/, (long) /aː/

### Letter

A
* A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
* A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

#### Usage notes

* In the German-based spelling, long a is doubled to aa when the German cognate word has aa as well. Long a may or may not be doubled in the following cases:
** when it is followed by two or more consonants: Saach, (rarely) Sach;
** when the German cognate has two vowel letters: glaawe, glawe (German glauben);
** when the German cognate has a consonant lost or not present in Central Franconian: waade, wade (German warten);
** when the German cognate has a short vowel: baal, bal (German bald).
* In the Dutch-based spelling, long a is always doubled in closed syllables, always written simple in open syllables.

## Chachi
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Chachi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/cbi.

## Chamorro
### Letter

A
* The second letter of the Chamorro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ch.

## Chechen
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, Cyrillic А)
* The first letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ce.

## Cheyenne
### Letter

A (upper case)
* The first letter of the Cheyenne alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/chy.

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

From the hotkey in many video games associated with the command "attack".

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ēi (ei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄟ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ei
*** Wade–Giles: ei$^1$
*** Yale: ēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
*** Palladius: эй (ej)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/

#### Verb

A
* (slang, neologism) to attack; to assault
* (slang, neologism) to pursue romantically

#### See also

* 平A
* 對A／对A

### Etymology 2

Initialism of English available.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ei$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ei$^1$
*** Yale: ēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: éi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ei̯⁵⁵/

#### Adjective

A
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) single, open to a relationship

##### Derived terms

* A0
* A380

### Etymology 3

From the letter A of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.

#### Mandarin jiān

    From 尖 (jiān, “tip”), because the letter A has an upward tip.

#### Cantonese jin1

    Clipping of 煙士 / 烟士 (jin$^1$ si$^{6-2}$), from English ace.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiān (jian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^1$
*** Yale: yīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn⁵⁵/

#### Noun

A
* (card games) ace (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 尖兒, 叉, 老叉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 尖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老幺, 老帽兒, 尖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 尖子, 尖, 耶司 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 尖, 尖尖, 帽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 煙洗, 煙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 愛斯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 煙士, 煙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 煙士, 煙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 一士 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 煙 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 煙 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 尖 |
| Gan | Pengze | 尖 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尖子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尖子, 尖 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 煙仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尖子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 尖子, 尖心 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 幺尖兒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | A |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 幺, 一 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 愛斯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 愛斯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | A, 愛斯 |

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ēi (ei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ei$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): e
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ê$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$e
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ei
*** Wade–Giles: ei$^1$
*** Yale: ēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
*** Palladius: эй (ej)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ei$^1$
*** Yale: ēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: éi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ei̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e
*** Tâi-lô: e
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /e⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ê
*** Sinological IPA : /e⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$e
*** MiniDict: e$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$e
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /e⁵³/

##### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Latin alphabet.

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ā (a$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ā
*** Zhuyin: ㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: a
*** Wade–Giles: a$^1$
*** Yale: ā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: a
*** Palladius: а (a)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀä⁵⁵/

#### Letter

A
* The first letter used in Pinyin.

##### Usage notes

* The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

### Etymology 5

Initialism of English alpha

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ēi (ei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄟ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ei
*** Wade–Giles: ei$^1$
*** Yale: ēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ei
*** Palladius: эй (ej)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵/

#### Noun

A
* (fandom slang) Alternative form of 阿爾法 / 阿尔法 (ā'ěrfǎ)
    see: ABO, B, and O
** 2020 December, 晚秋初十, 晋江文学城‎, archived from the original on 2024-12-26:
       “Zài Qíngdí Miànqián A Biàn O Hòu Wǒ Huáiyùn Le” [Pinyin]
       After Having Become Omega From Alpha In Front Of My Rival In Love, I Got Pregnant

## Chiwere
### Letter

A (upper case)
* The first letter of the Chiwere alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/iow.

## Choctaw
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Choctaw alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/cho.

## Ch'orti'
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ch'orti' alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/caa.

## Cofán
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Cofán alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/con.

## Comanche
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Comanche alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/com.

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Corsican alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/co.

## Crimean Tatar
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/crh.

## Cypriot Arabic
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Cypriot Arabic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/acy.

## Czech
### Letter

A
* A (the 1st letter in the Czech alphabet)

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/cs.

## Dagbani
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Dagbani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/dag.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æː/, [ˈæːˀ]
* Rhymes: -æː
* Audio (Copenhagen):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin script letters) bogstav; 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

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* a

#### Noun

A n (singular definite A'et, plural indefinite A'er)
* The first letter of the Danish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### Inflection
## Dinka
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Dinka alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/din.

## Domari
### Letter

A
* The second letter of the Domari alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rmt.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aː/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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

## Duun
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Duun alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### Further reading

* Duungooma ABC (alphabet duun), page 2

## Egyptian
### Romanization

A
* Manuel de Codage transliteration of ꜣ.

## Elfdalian
### Alternative forms

* ᛅ, ᚷ (Dalecarlian runes)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ovd.

## Esan
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Esan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ish.

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /a/
* (phoneme): IPA: /a/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name, aa): IPA: /ˈɑː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /ɑ/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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)

## Ewe
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ewe alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ee.

## Faroese
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* 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

## Fe'fe'
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Fe'fe' alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/fmp.

## Fijian
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Fijian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/fj.

## Finnish
### Etymology

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 A for information on the development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* Audio; “aa, auto, aamu, ananas, aa”:(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Finnish alphabet, called aa and written in the Latin script.

#### Derived terms

* A-oikeudet
* A-pilari
* A-pylväs

#### 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

### Noun

A
* Abbreviation of approbatur.
* Alternative letter-case form of a (“A (musical note)”)

### Symbol

A
* (linguistics) Either the vowel a /ɑ/ or ä /æ/, depending on vowel harmony.

#### Usage notes

Used in linguistic descriptions in Finnish. For example, a Finnish grammar could use -mA to refer to the suffix -ma (in e.g. osuma) or -mä (in e.g. elämä).

## Fon
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Fon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/fon.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Derived terms

* bombe A
* prouver par A plus B, prouver par A + B

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/fr.

## Friulian
### Letter

A (upper, lower a)
* The first letter of the Friulian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/fur.

## Fula
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Fula alphabet, called a and 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

## Ga
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gaa.

## Gagauz
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Gagauz alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gag.

## Galician
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Galician alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, X x, Z z

## Gallo-Italic of Sicily
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Gallo-Italic of Sicily alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## German
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aː

#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/de.

#### Noun

A n (strong, genitive A or As, plural A or As)
* A
    Von A bis Z. ― From A to Z.
    Wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen. ― One who says A must also say B.

##### Declension
#### Related terms

* das A und O
* von A bis Z
* von A nach B
* wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

A
* Abbreviation of A-Dur.
* Abbreviation of Ampere.
* Abbreviation of Autobahn.
* Alternative form of Å (symbol for Ångström)

### References

* “a, Buchstabe, Ton” in Duden online
* “a, a Moll, Ar” in Duden online
* “A” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Gilbertese
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Gilbertese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gil.

## Gimi (Goroka)
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Gimi (Goroka) alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gim.

## Greenlandic
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kl.

## Haida
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Haida alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/hai.

## Haitian Creole
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Haitian Creole alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ht.

## Halkomelem
### Letter

A
* The thirty-seventh letter of the Halkomelem alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/hur.

## Hausa
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Latin script. followed by B.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ha.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* (letter name) ʻā

#### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ˈʔaː/
* (phoneme) IPA: /a/, [ə]

#### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

A
* Abbreviation of ʻākau (“north”).

#### References

* A₂ in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (letter or phoneme itself): IPA: [ɒː]
* (identifier or musical note): IPA: [ˈaː] (in the names of major scales; see also a)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### Derived terms

* A-dúr
* A-vitamin

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/hu.

### References

* ↑ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 280

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aː/
* Rhymes: -aː

### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Hunsrik alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/hrx.

## Hupa
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Hupa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/hup.

## Icelandic
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### Noun

A n
* Abbreviation of austur (“east”).

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/is.

## Ido
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* 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

## Igbo
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Igbo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ig.

## Inari Sami
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Inari Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/smn.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /a/
* (phoneme): IPA: /a/
* Homophones: a, à

### Etymology 1

From the Latin letter A, 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.

#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/id.

### Etymology 2

From the initial position of the letter A in the Indonesian alphabet.

#### Symbol

A
* A:
** a rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.
** (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).
** (music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.
* (vehicle-distinguishing signs) vehicle number plate code for the Banten, Cilegon, Serang, Pandeglang, Lebak and Tangerang areas.

### Etymology 3

(blood type): From A antigen

#### Symbol

A
* (medicine) A: A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.

### Further reading

* “A” 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.

## Ingrian
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ingrian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/izh.

## Interlingua
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Interlingua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ia.

## Inupiaq
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Inupiaq alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ik.

## Irish
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
* (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
* (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ˈa/$^*$
** Rhymes: -a
** Hyphenation: À
** Homophone: a
* (phonemic realization) IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Italian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
* Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Japanese
### Romanization

A
* Rōmaji transcription of あ

## Jarai
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/jra.

## Juǀ'hoan
### Letter

A
* The ninety-sixth letter of the Juǀ'hoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ktz.

## Kabyle
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kab.

## Kaingang
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Kaingang alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kgp.

## Kakabai
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Kakabai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kqf.

## Kalo Finnish Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rmf.

### References

* ↑ Kimmo Granqvist (2011) “Aakkoset [Alphabet]”, in Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 6, 2022, pages 1-2

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog A. Pronunciation is influenced by English A.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔei̯]
* Rhymes: -ej

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ey and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; 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

### References

* Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

## Kanuri
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Kanuri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kr.

## Karakalpak
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Karakalpak alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kaa.

## Karelian
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Karelian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/krl.

## Kari'na
### Letter

A
* A letter of the Kari'na alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/car.

## Kashaya
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Kashaya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kju.

## Kashubian
### 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 A for development of the glyph itself.

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Kashubian alphabet, called A and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, 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

## Kawésqar
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Kawésqar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/alc.

## Khakas
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kjh.

## Kikuyu
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Kikuyu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ki.

## Kobon
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Kobon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kpw.

## Krio
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Krio alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kri.

## Kwak'wala
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Kwak'wala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kwk.

## Lakota
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/lkt.

## Latgalian
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Latgalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ltg.

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈaː/, [ˈäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa/, [ˈäː]

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* (sometimes with littera) The first letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* In compound words, long ā remains unchanged: lābor, dēlābor; āctus, perāctus. In an internal syllable, short ă is changed by vowel reduction into short ĭ in open syllables and before /ng/, or short ĕ in closed ones and before /r/ and /l/: faciō, perficiō, perfectus; tangō, contingō; parō, imperō. It remains unchanged in cases in which the word was coined later on or levelled through analogy: amō, adamō; patiēns, impatiēns; tractō, dētrectō, later dētractō.

#### Descendants

* Norwegian Bokmål: A

#### See also

* littera

### References

* A in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    and in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## 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: [a]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called a and 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

## Lingala
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Lingala alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ln.

## Lithuanian
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/lt.

## Livonian
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/liv.

## Lou
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Lou alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/loj.

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aː/
** Rhymes: -aː

### Etymology 1
#### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Luxembourgish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/lb.

### Etymology 2

From Old High German ouga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). The phonetic development in Luxembourgish is regular: Old High German -ou- becomes -ā-; intervocalic -g- is lost; word-final short vowels are apocopated.

#### Noun

A n (plural Aen)
* eye
    Ech hunn eppes am A.I have something in my eye.

### Etymology 3

From Middle High German ouwe, from Old High German ouwa, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognate with German Aue, English eyot, Icelandic ey, Danish ø, Swedish ö.

#### Noun

A f (plural Aen)
* (only used in place names) floodplain, meadow

## Malagasy
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Malagasy alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mg.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: [e]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* (interjection): IPA: [a]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mt.

## Mampruli
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Mampruli alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/maw.

## Mankanya
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Mankanya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/knf.

## Manx
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Manx alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gv.

## Maori
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mi.

## Mapudungun
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Mapudungun alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/arn.

## Marba
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Marba alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mpg.

## Marshallese
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Marshallese alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mh.

## Maskelynes
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Maskelynes alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/klv.

## Massachusett
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Massachusett alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/wam.

## Mayoyao Ifugao
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Mayoyao Ifugao alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ifu.

## Mecayapan Nahuatl
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Mecayapan Nahuatl alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nhx.

## Mohawk
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Mohawk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/moh.

## Moore
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Moore alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mos.

## Muinane
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Muinane alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/bmr.

## Muong
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Muong alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/mtq.

## Nauruan
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Nauruan alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/na.

## Navajo
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Navajo alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nv.

## Nisga'a
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Nisga'a alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ncg.

## Noon
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Noon alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/snf.

## Nootka
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Nootka alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nuk.

## Northern Kurdish
### Letter

A (lowercase a)
* The first letter of the Northern Kurdish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kmr.

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Northern Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/se.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### 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: /ɑː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /a/, /ɑː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: A
* Homophones: a, à, A-, a-, ah

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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

A m (definite singular A-en, indefinite plural A-er, definite plural A-ene)
* the letter A
* (horology) symbol for avance
* (physics) symbol for ampere
* (physics) symbol for massetall (“nucleon number”)

### Anagrams

* a, A-, a-

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Norwegian Nynorsk alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nn.

### Noun

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

## Nuer
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Nuer alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nus.

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /a/, (after /n/ or /m/) /ã/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nup.

## Occitan
### Letter

A (lowercase a)
* The first letter of the Occitan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/oc.

## Okanagan
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Okanagan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/oka.

## O'odham
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the O'odham alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Alvarez Spelling) See Template:list:Latin script letters/ood.

## Paraguayan Guaraní
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Paraguayan Guaraní alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/gug.

## Plautdietsch
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Plautdietsch alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

Plautdietsch has no standard orthography but this is by far the most widely used alphabet.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/pdt.

## Polish
### 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 A for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Polish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/pl.

## Portuguese
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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

A m (plural As)
* Alternative form of á

## Q'eqchi
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Q'eqchi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kek.

## Rohingya
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Rohingya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rhg.

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rom.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Romanian alphabet, called a and 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

## Ronga
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ronga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rng.

## Rotokas
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Rotokas alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/roo.

## Rotuman
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Rotuman alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/rtm.

## Saafi-Saafi
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Saafi-Saafi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sav.

## Saanich
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e/

### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/str.

## Samoan
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Samoan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sm.

## Samogitian
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Samogitian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sgs.

## Sango
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Sango alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sg.

## Scots
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑː/, /ɔː/
* (Northern Scots, Northern Isles) IPA: /aː/

#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Scots alphabet, called aw and 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

### Etymology 2

From Middle English a, an unstressed form of I, itself a reduced form of ik, ic, from Old English ic, from Proto-West Germanic *ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”, pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

#### Alternative forms

* A', Aa, Ah, Aw

#### Pronunciation

* (stressed) IPA: /ɑː/, /ɑɪ/
** (Dundee) IPA: /ɛː/ (sometimes spelled Eh)
* (unstressed) IPA: /ə/

#### Pronoun

A
* I (first-person singular pronoun)

#### See also

| | | | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| | | | subjective | objective | reflexive | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner |
| first person | singular | singular | A, I, Ik | me | mysel | mine, mines | mine, my |
| first person | plural | plural | we | us, we | oorsel, oorsels | oors | our |
| second person | singular | standard (formal) | ye you, yow | ye you, yow | yersel yoursel | yers yours | yer your |
| second person | singular | Insular (informal) | thoo | thee | thysel, theesel | thines | thy, thee, thees |
| second person | plural | plural | ye, yese you, youse | ye, yese you, youse theer | yesels yoursels | yers yours | yer your |
| third person | singular | masculine | he, e | him, im | himsel, hissel | his, is | his, is |
| third person | singular | feminine | scho, she, shu | her, er | hersel | hers | her, er |
| third person | singular | neuter | it hit | it hit | itsel hitsel | its hits | its hits |
| third person | singular | genderless, nonspecific (formal) | ane | ane | – | – | ane's |
| third person | plural | plural | thay | thaim | thaimsel, thaimsels | thairs | thair |

### References

* “A, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 20 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
* “A, pers. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 20 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

## Scottish Gaelic
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sh.

## Serer
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Serer alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/srr.

## Seri
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Seri alphabet, called ha and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sei.

### References

* Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 37.

## Shilluk
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Shilluk alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/shk.

## Shona
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Shona alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sn.

## Silesian
### 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 A for development of the glyph itself.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: A

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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, Ŏ ŏ, 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: /ɑ/

### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sms.

## Slovak
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* 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

### Further reading

* “A”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Gay's Latin alphabet A, from Czech alphabet A, 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: /áː/, /àː/, /ʌ́/, /a/, [â], [ǎ]
* (phoneme, non-tonal variety): IPA: /aː/, /a/
* (letter name): IPA: /àː/, /áː/
* Audio (letter name, non-tonal):(file)
* Rhymes: -aː
* Homophone: a

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
* The first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
* The first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

### Noun

Ā m inan
* The name of the Latin script letter A / a.

#### Inflection

* Overall more common
* More common when with a definite adjective

#### Derived terms

* Á
* Ä
* ena A
* od A do B
* 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
* Ä
* Á

### Further reading

* “A”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Somali
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /æ/, /ɑ/
* (letter name): IPA: /ʔæ/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The twenty-third letter of the Somali alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* The twenty-third letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by Y and followed by E.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/so.

## Southern Sami
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Southern Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sma.

## Spanish
### Etymology 1
#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

##### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/es.

### Etymology 2

Abbreviation of alfil.

#### Noun

A m (uncountable)
* (chess) bishop
** 1997, Anatoly Karpov, EL AJEDREZ. Aprender y progresar, page 24:19. Ac4xd5, Ab7xd519. Bc4xd5, Bb7xd5
** 1998, Benito López Esnaola, Ajedrez a la ciega, page 87:Tae1, Ae6Rae1, Be6
** 2006, Antonio Lopez Manzano, Joan Segura Vila, “Los Errores en la Apertura. Las celadas.”, in Iniciación al ajedrez, volume 59, page 79:Veamos un ejemplo: 1. e4, e5; 2. Cf3, Cc6; 3. Ac4, Cd4?Let's look at an example: 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, Nc6; 3. Bc4, Nd4?

## Squamish
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Squamish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/squ.

## Swedish
### Letter

A (name a, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Swedish alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/sv.

### Symbol

A
* (SAB) books and libraries
    Meronyms: Aa, Ab, Ac, Ad, Ae, Af
* (zoning, dated) allmänt ändamål (“public purpose”); all operations with a public body as principal
    Holonym: detaljplan

### Adjective

A
* indication of being of a higher rank, successful
    Antonym: B

#### Derived terms

* A-aktie (“class A share”)
* A-lag (“A team”)

### Noun

A
* (2011–) the highest grade in the current grade system
    Coordinate terms: A, B, C, D, E
* (1897–1962) the highest grade in the older grade system
    Synonyms: stora A, berömligt
    Coordinate terms: A, a, AB, Ba, B, BC, B?, C
* (1820–1897) the highest grade in the oldest grade system
    Synonym: berömlig insikt
    Coordinate terms: A, B, C, D

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

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: /ˈʔej/ [ˈʔeɪ̯] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -ej
** IPA: /ˈʔa/ [ˈʔa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario)
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /ˈa/ [ˈa] (phoneme, stressed)
*** Rhymes: -a
** IPA: /a/ [ɐ] (phoneme, unstressed)
* Syllabification: A

#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔)
* The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ey and written in the Latin script.

#### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a, Baybayin spelling ᜀ)
* The first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called a and written in the Latin script.
* (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

### Etymology 2

Possibly short for ama (ni).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔa/ [ʔɐ]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: A

#### Noun

A (Baybayin spelling ᜀ) (obsolete)
* father of
    Synonym: Pan
    A Miguel ― Father of Miguel

##### See also

* I

### Further reading

* “A”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 458: “Padre) A) vſa le poco y cõ algunos nõbres, vt. a Maria, padre đ Maria, ada Lamba, padre đ Lamba”

## Tahitian
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tahitian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ty.

## Tashelhit
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /æ/

### Letter

A (lower case a)
* A letter of the Tashelhit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### Further reading

* Berber Latin alphabet

## Tatar
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* the 1st letter of Jaꞑalif

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tt.

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [ʔaː˦˥]

### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tày alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tyz.

## Tetum
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Tetum alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tet.

## Tigon Mbembe
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tigon Mbembe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/nza.

## Tlingit
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tli.

## Tongan
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tongan alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/to.

## Tonkawa
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tonkawa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tqw.

## Tuareg
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tmh.

## Tundra Nenets
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/yrk.

## Turkish
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Turkish alphabet, called a and 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

## Turkmen
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/tk.

## Tyap
### Letter

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

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/kcg.

## Ubykh
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Ubykh alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/uby.

## Udihe
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Udihe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ude.

## Upper Sorbian
### Letter

A (lower case a, upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Upper Sorbian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/hsb.

## Uzbek
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/uz.

## Venda
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Venda alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ve.

## Veps
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Veps alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/vep.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔaː˧˧]
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called a 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)

### Interjection

A!
* hah!

## Vilamovian
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Vilamovian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/wym.

## Volapük
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Volapük alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/vo.

## Võro
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Võro alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/vro.

## Votic
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Votic alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/vot.

## Wakhi
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Wakhi alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/wbl.

## Walloon
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Walloon alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/wa.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aː/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Welsh alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script. It is followed by B.

### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/cy.

### Mutation

* A cannot be mutated but, being a vowel, does take h-prothesis, for example with the word afal (“apple”):
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

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

## West Frisian
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the West Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/fy.

## Winnebago
### Letter

A (lower case a)
* The first letter of the Winnebago alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/win.

## Xârâcùù
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ/

### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Xârâcùù alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/ane.

## Xhosa
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Xhosa alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/xh.

## Yámana
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Yámana alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/yag.

## Yele
### Letter

A
* The second letter of the Yele alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/yle.

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /a/
* (letter name): IPA: /á/

### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/yo.

## Zarma
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Zarma alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/dje.

## Zazaki
### Letter

A
* The first letter of the Zazaki alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/zza.

## Zulu
### Letter

A (upper case, lower case a)
* The first letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* See Template:list:Latin script letters/zu.