"Â" meaning in French

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Character

Forms: â [lowercase]
  1. the letter A with circumflex, used to indicate historical deletion of an adjacent ⟨s⟩. For example: pâte, formerly paste. Tags: letter, uppercase
    Sense id: en-Â-fr-character-Q6e5ku~x Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Latin script characters, Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries
     
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "character",
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        },
        {
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        }
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "circumflex",
          "Appendix:Glossary#circumflex"
        ],
        [
          "pâte",
          "pâte#French"
        ],
        [
          "paste",
          "paste#Middle_French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Â"
}

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    {
      "form": "â",
      "tags": [
        "lowercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "character",
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        "French lemmas",
        "French letters",
        "French nouns",
        "Latin script characters",
        "Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary",
        "Pages with 8 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the letter A with circumflex, used to indicate historical deletion of an adjacent ⟨s⟩. For example: pâte, formerly paste."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "A",
          "A#French"
        ],
        [
          "circumflex",
          "Appendix:Glossary#circumflex"
        ],
        [
          "pâte",
          "pâte#French"
        ],
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          "paste",
          "paste#Middle_French"
        ]
      ],
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        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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