Meaning

3 senses

  1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

    A

    эйej, аa

    the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet

  2. The name of the Cyrillic script letter А/а.

    A

    аa

  3. (informal)The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.

    The pianist played a C on the a of four.

Examples

330849 sentences

  1. Italy is a very beautiful country.

    Італія - дуже гарна країна. — hectorvk

    ruИталия — очень красивая страна. — paul_lingvo

    deItalien ist ein sehr schönes Land. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Take a book and read it.

    Візьми книгу та прочитай її! — aandrusiak

    ruВозьми книгу и прочитай её! — al_ex_an_der

    deNimm ein Buch und lies es! — MUIRIEL

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  3. I want a piece of candy.

    Я хочу цукерку. — zinova

    ruХочу конфету. — ae5s

    deIch will ein Bonbon. — MUIRIEL

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  4. She was wearing a black hat.

    Вона була в чорному капелюсі. — zinova

    ruОна была в чёрной шляпе. — paul_lingvo

    deSie trug einen schwarzen Hut. — MUIRIEL

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  5. I'm going to take a bath.

    Я збираюся прийняти ванну. — tikan0

    ruЯ собираюсь принять ванну. — paul_lingvo

    deIch werde ein Bad nehmen. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
name of the letter A, a:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
name of the letter A, a:

Origin

The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of

The letter name is from Middle English ā, from Old French, ultimately from Latin ā. Use of the Latin letter in (Old) English displaced the futhorc letter ᚪ (a) beginning in the 7th century, and partially also ᚫ (æ).

Borrowed from Russian а (a).

From the common method of counting semiquavers as "one-e-and-a, two-e-and-a" and so on.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: a's
Singulara
Plurala's

irregular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen:type Agroup A
  • (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA:adenine
  • one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA, also known as deoxyadenylate, or dAMP; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose):deoxyadenosine monophosphate
  • the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites:ampereamp
  • a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation:angstromangstrom unit
  • any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes:vitamin Aantiophthalmic factoraxerophthol

Word family

27 related words
RelatedletterA1beeA1geeB1iA1peeB2ceedeeeefaitchjaykayelemenocuearessteeuveedouble-uex

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aardvarkaartiaback

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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