á — meaning in English
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English meaning
- A character The first letter of the English alphabet.
- ah intj An exclamation showing relief, understanding, surprise, or realization, depending on tone.
- blame noun Responsibility for something bad, or the act of holding someone responsible for it.
- her det Belonging to her — used before a noun to show something is owned by or associated with a particular woman, girl, or (in older or poetic use) a ship, country, etc.
- his determiner Belonging to or associated with him.
- its det Belonging to it.
- their det Belonging to them.
- to particle Used before a verb to form the infinitive.
- which det Used to ask someone to specify one or more people or things from a known set.
- who pron Used to ask about the identity of a person or people.
- whose det Belonging to which person; used to ask or show ownership.
Senses
á is used for these senses in English:
- s Used to form regular plurals of nouns.
- O The vocative particle, used for direct address.
- a The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
- a The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
- ah An expression of relief, relaxation, comfort, confusion, understanding, wonder, awe, etc. according to uttered inflection.
- blame (transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
- her Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).
- his Belonging to him. [from 8th c.]
A — full definition
- character The first letter of the English alphabet.
- article Used before a singular noun to mean "one" or "some", without pointing to a specific example.
- prep Per, each — used in expressions of rate or frequency.