ă

See also: Ă, -ă, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ă U 0103, ă LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH BREVE Composition: a [U 0061] ◌̆ [U 0306] ← Ă [U 0102] Latin Extended-A Ą → [U 0104]

English

Symbol

ă

1. (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the TRAP vowel

Jarai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Letter

ă (upper case Ă)

1. The second letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Malay

Letter

ă

1. (obsolete) The second letter of the 1927 – 1972 Malay alphabet, written in Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/

Conjunction

ă

1. and

   Synonym: un

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “ə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 147
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “ă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “a”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)

1. The second letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ă and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Slovene

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): /aː/, /a/
• (sound, educated): IPA^(key): /ɤ/

Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)

1. (linguistics) Letter used for transcription of Bulgarian letter Ъ / ъ.

See also

• a
• ä
• á
• à

References

• Toporišič, Jože (2001) “Slovaropisna pravila”, in Slovenski pravopis (in Slovene), Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 178

Tuareg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ/

Letter

ă (upper case Ă)

1. A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: á

Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)

1. The second letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)