"Æ" meaning in English

See Æ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Æ
  1. The pseudonym of the Irish writer George William Russell.
    Sense id: en-Æ-en-name-E7Kl60Gd

Symbol

Forms: æ [lowercase], Æs [plural], Æ's [plural]
Head templates: {{head|en|letter|upper case||lower case|æ|plural|Æs|or|Æ's}} Æ (upper case, lower case æ, plural Æs or Æ's), {{en-letter|script=Latn}} Æ (upper case, lower case æ, plural Æs or Æ's)
  1. (chiefly dated or linguistics) A ligature of vowels A and E, called ash. Tags: uppercase Categories (topical): Linguistics, Individuals Synonyms: ash
    Sense id: en-Æ-en-symbol-gxmjb9wC Disambiguation of Individuals: 28 44 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages using bad params when calling Template:en-letter, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 65 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 75 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 67 20 Disambiguation of Pages using bad params when calling Template:en-letter: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 13 67 21
  2. (archaic) aevum; formerly used on gravestones to indicate the deceased's age at time of death Tags: archaic, uppercase
    Sense id: en-Æ-en-symbol-j7OM-gWa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Œ

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Æ meaning in English (3.2kB)

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