â

Letter

â (upper case Â)

1. The letter a with a circumflex.

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) âsht
• (Standard, Tosk) ësht, është

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑ̃]

Verb

â

1. (Gheg) is (third-person singular present indicative of jam)

Letter

â (lower case, upper case Â)

1. A with circumflex, a letter used in French spelling, originally representing the sound /ɑ/.

Etymology

Compare Italian alla.

Contraction

â (used with feminine singular nouns)

1. Contraction of a 'a.

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 placed in the penultimate syllable of a noun that ends in another a.
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Contraction

â

1. Obsolete spelling of à

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨ.din.a]

Letter

â (capital, lowercase Â)

1. The third letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /ɨ/. Preceded by ă and followed by b.

Article

â f sg (plural î)

1. (definite article, spoken only) the, colloquial form of la

See also

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

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /əː˧˥/

Letter

â (upper case Â)

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

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  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)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a]

The circumflex is used to distinguish the word from "a" rather than indicate vowel length.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• keu (Martius' spelling; obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (modern) IPA^(key): /ʔə/^[1]
• (1800s) IPA^(key): /kə/^[1]

Noun

â

1. water

References

• Aspectos da língua xavante