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A

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See also:a,ᴀ,andAppendix:Variations of "a"

A	U+0041,A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A

←@
[U+0040]

Basic Latin

B →
[U+0042]

Character variations

Ａ	U+FF21,Ａ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A

←＠
[U+FF20]

Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

Ｂ →
[U+FF22]

Languages (240)

Translingual • English

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Translingual

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Etymology 1

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From theEtruscan letter𐌀(a), from theAncient Greek letterΑ(A,“alpha”), derived from thePhoenician letter𐤀(ʾ,“aleph”), from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓃾.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /a/(most languages)

Letter

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The first letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

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Marks the first item in a list.
A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one.
PersonA had 5 apples, and person B...
Ten, especially used inbases above ten, such asduodecimal,hexadecimal,vigesimal and so on.
Decimal 270 can be converted as duodecimal 1A6 or vigesimal DA.
(computing)The variable was a byte with valueA0, or 160 in decimal.
A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger thanAA.^[1]
A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, asA0,A1,A2, etc.^[2]
- 2022 August 17, “International Paper Sizes and Dimensions”, inNeenah‎^[2], archived fromthe original on17 August 2022:
  The most widely used for general printing and letterhead stationery is theA series.
- 2007, International Organization for Standardization, “Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter — Trimmed sizes — A and B series, and indication of machine direction”, inInternational Standard‎^[3], archived fromthe original on17 December 2022, page 5:
  The trimmed sizes of theA series are intended for all kinds of stationery and printed matter as specified in Clause 1
- 2024 June 27, MUNBYN Team, “Understanding International Standard Paper Sizes Matters”, inMUNBYN‎^[4], archived fromthe original on13 July 2024:
  TheA series is the most common and versatile among the ISO 216 standard paper sizes.
(Can weverify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-.
- 2018 October 9, Anna Yuan, “Students earning more A’s with new grading system”, inthe black & white‎^[5], archived fromthe original on6 August 2020:
  The Board’s data indicated that, in the 2014-2015 school year, 16.1 percent of students districtwide earned anA in core math classes.
- 1983 February 13, Ian Frazier, “The Woman Behind “Hints from Heloise””, inThe New Yorker‎^[6], archived fromthe original on26 December 2024:
  ...she was the only girl in her high school to take shop class, and she got anA in it.
- 2009, Charles J. Whalen,Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.‎^[7], archived fromthe original on12 September 2024, page 9:
  When I earned an“A” in the course, not the dominant grade on my transcript at that time, Briggs sent a letter congratulating me and inviting me to visit during his office hours.
(linguistics) Awildcard for anopen vowel
(finance)Long-term bond credit rating byS&P Global Ratings andFitch Ratings, indicating that a bond isupper-medium grade with lowrisk ofdefault.
(clothing)Bra cup size.

Related terms

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Letters sharing the same origin as "A"

Arabicا(a,“alif”)
CopticⲀ(a,“alfa”)
CyrillicА(A)
Devanāgariअ(a,“aksara”)
GreekΑ(A,“Alpha”)
Hebrewא(a,“aleph”)
Phoenician𐤀
Syriacܐ(a,“alaph”)

Etymology 2

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The abbreviation of a variety of terms.

(vehicle-distinguishing signs)Austria.

Gallery

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Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions ofA, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercaseA inFraktur
A inuncial script

References

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^Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “A”, inThe Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing,→ISBN, page 1.
^Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “A”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 1.