a.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "a"

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artēria (“artery”), from Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría).

Noun

a. (plural aa.)

  1. (medicine) artery

English

Noun

a.

  1. abbreviation
  2. acceleration, in feet per second.
  3. accommodation[1]
  4. account
  5. acre; acres; acreage
  6. acronym
  7. act; acting
  8. activity
  9. adjective
  10. adjutant
  11. adult
  12. afternoon
  13. age
  14. altitude; altitude intercept
  15. alto
  16. amateur
  17. ampere
  18. annealing
  19. anode[1]
  20. answer
  21. anthracite
  22. apprentice
  23. arc
  24. are, ares
  25. area[1]
  26. argent
  27. assist, assists
  28. atmosphere
  29. attendance
  30. audit, auditor
  31. aunt
  32. aviation, aviator
  33. axis

Adjective

a.

  1. absent
  2. absolute
  3. abundant
  4. accepted
  5. accidental
  6. acting
  7. active
  8. aerial
  9. alto
  10. amateur
  11. annus (a year)
  12. anonymous
  13. ante (before)
  14. anterior
  15. aqua[1]
  16. argent
  17. artery,[1] arterial blood
  18. automatic
  19. available
  20. azure

Adverb

a.

  1. annō (in the year)
  2. annually

Preposition

a.

  1. about
  2. at

Conjunction

a.

  1. also

References
  1. Thomas, Clayton L. (1993)
  • Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 1

German

Adjective

a.

  1. (Switzerland) alt
    a. Bundesrat ― alter Bundesrat

Adverb

a.

  1. anno
  2. auch

Contraction

a.

  1. am
    Frankfurt a. Main ― Frankfurt am Main

Preposition

a.

  1. an

Latin

Abbreviation

a.

  1. ante
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