"çà" meaning in French

See çà in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /sa/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-çà.wav
Etymology: From Middle French and Old French ça, from Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc. Compare Portuguese cá, Spanish acá. The grave accent now serves to distinguish it from ça (“that”). However, çà was already widely spelt thus before ça became common in writing, and in fact the accent was formerly also found for the latter. Thus perhaps by analogy with là. Compare also jà (where the accent has no clear purpose). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|-}} Middle French, {{inh|fr|fro|ça}} Old French ça, {{der|fr|VL.|*ecce hāc}} Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc, {{cog|pt|cá}} Portuguese cá, {{cog|es|acá}} Spanish acá, {{glossary|grave accent}} grave accent Head templates: {{fr-adv}} çà
  1. (archaic) hither Tags: archaic Derived forms: çà et là
    Sense id: en-çà-fr-adv-LUz5oETu

Interjection

IPA: /sa/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-çà.wav
Etymology: From Middle French and Old French ça, from Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc. Compare Portuguese cá, Spanish acá. The grave accent now serves to distinguish it from ça (“that”). However, çà was already widely spelt thus before ça became common in writing, and in fact the accent was formerly also found for the latter. Thus perhaps by analogy with là. Compare also jà (where the accent has no clear purpose). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|-}} Middle French, {{inh|fr|fro|ça}} Old French ça, {{der|fr|VL.|*ecce hāc}} Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc, {{cog|pt|cá}} Portuguese cá, {{cog|es|acá}} Spanish acá, {{glossary|grave accent}} grave accent
  1. so, well, then (with exhortative or intensive effect)
    Sense id: en-çà-fr-intj-X8qbckbS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 60 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 86 14
  2. (archaic) la! (expressing strong emotion of anger, surprise etc.) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-çà-fr-intj-azBvt7RN
     
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      "expansion": "Old French ça",
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        "(archaic) hither"
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        "(archaic) hither"
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