"a" meaning in French

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Character

IPA: /a/ Forms: A [uppercase]
Head templates: {{head|fr|letter|lower case||upper case|A}} a (lower case, upper case A)
  1. The first letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-a-fr-character-mCo9TNYK Disambiguation of Latin letter names: 63 12 6 19 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 0 4 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /a/ Forms: as [plural]
Head templates: {{head|fr|noun|plural as|cat2=countable nouns|g=m|g2=f}} a m or f (plural as)
  1. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A Tags: feminine, masculine Derived forms: e dans l’a
    Sense id: en-a-fr-noun-YlFyOJWM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /a/ [Canada]
Etymology: Quebec eye-dialect spelling of elle. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|elle}} elle Head templates: {{head|fr|pronouns|g=f}} a f
  1. (Quebec, colloquial) alternative form of elle (“she”) Tags: Quebec, alt-of, alternative, colloquial, feminine Alternative form of: elle (extra: she)
    Sense id: en-a-fr-pron-yMKDM7U~ Categories (other): Quebec French, French pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /a/ [France], /a/ [Canada], /ɔ/ [Canada]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From Old French a, at from Vulgar Latin *at, from Latin habet. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|a}} Old French a, {{m|fro|at}} at, {{inh|fr|VL.|*at}} Vulgar Latin *at, {{inh|fr|la|habet}} Latin habet Head templates: {{head|fr|verb forms}} a
  1. third-person singular present indicative of avoir Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: avoir Related terms: à, â
    Sense id: en-a-fr-verb-2yTtOfBi Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 53 0 4 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for a meaning in French (4.1kB)

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