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à — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • A character The first letter of the English alphabet.
  • an article The form of "a" used before a word that starts with a vowel sound.
  • at preposition Indicating a specific location or place.
  • in prep Contained by, inside, or within the limits of something — spatially, in time, or in a more abstract sense.
  • to particle Used before a verb to form the infinitive.

Senses

à is used for these senses in English:

  • an Of or pertaining to; an adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. (Often added to words of Latin origin, but also used with words of other origins. When a word ends in a, -n is used instead.)
  • ane Variant of -an, usually with differentiation (germane, humane, urbane), but sometimes alone (mundane).
  • a The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
  • a The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
  • in Into.
  • to Indicating destination or final position: In the direction of, so as to arrive at or reach.
  • to (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

A — full definition

  1. character The first letter of the English alphabet.
  2. article Used before a singular noun to mean "one" or "some", without pointing to a specific example.
  3. prep Per, each — used in expressions of rate or frequency.

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