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A

Pronunciation: /eɪ̯/

The English word “A” has 12 meanings listed here.

numeral

  1. The first numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. Ace. (including in card games)
  2. Acre.
  3. Adult; as used in film rating.
  4. Ammeter.
  5. Angstrom.
  6. Answer.
  7. An assist.
  8. Asexual.
  9. Arsehole.
  10. Atom.

adjective

  1. Atom; atomic.

Etymology

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ. * The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century.

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