Ã

See also: ã and Appendix:Variations of "a"

à U+00C3, Ã
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
Composition:A [U+0041] + ◌̃ [U+0303]
Â
[U+00C2]
Latin-1 Supplement Ä
[U+00C4]

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 à for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

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

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Ã, Ā, Ȧ; originally A with a superscript N.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐ̃/
  • When à occurs word-finally in a word without an acute or circumflex diacritic (as in maçã), the last syllable is stressed.

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

  1. the letter A with a tilde

Usage notes

  • Never occurs initially, so the capital form is only used in words written completely uppercase.

Descendants

  • Guaraní: Ã
  • Nheengatu: Ã

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 à for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

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

See also

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaː˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦]
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

à (upper case, lower case ã)

  1. The letter A with the perispomene.

See also