â

See also: 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

Franco-Provençal

Noun

â (plural â) (Fribourgeois)

  1. Alternative form of âp (bee) documented in the following location(s): Allières

French

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

  1. the letter a with circumflex, used in French spelling, representing the phoneme /ɑ/

Jarai

Pronunciation

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

Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare Italian alla.

Contraction

â (used with feminine singular nouns)

  1. contraction of a 'a (to the)

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

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

Sicilian

Preposition

â

  1. contraction of a la (to the)

See also

Sicilian articles
singular plural
masculine feminine
indefinite article nu, un, 'n na
definite
article
liquid lu la li
illiquid u, û a, â i, î
Sicilian definite articled prepositions
singular plural
masculine feminine
u / lu a / la i / li
a ô
(older also: a lu)
â
(older also: a la)
ê
(older also: a li)
di
(older also: di lu)

(older also: di la)

(older also: di li)
cu
(older also: cu lu)

(older also: cu la)
chî
(older also: cu li)
pi
(older also: pi lu)

(older also: pi la)

(older also: pi li)
nna nnô
(older also: nna lu)
nnâ
(older also: nna la)
nnê
(older also: nna li)
nni nnû
(older also: nni lu)
nnâ
(older also: nni la)
nnî
(older also: nni li)

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

Tlingit

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /áː/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

  1. (Canada) A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: áa

See also

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʲa/, /ʲaː/, /aː/

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

  1. 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


Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

  1. The third letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.

See also

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).[1] (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.

Derived terms
  • Category:Welsh phrasal verbs formed with "â"
See also

Conjunction

â

  1. as (in equative constructions mor...â, cyn...â)
    mor hen â phechod ei hunas 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.

References

  1. ^ 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

  1. alternative spelling of ö (Protestant spelling)

Yele

Pronunciation

Letter

â

  1. 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