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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

à.

to, up to

1 character1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

prep/a(ː)//ɑ(ː)/

  1. to, up to

    fem à seks kroner

  2. at ... each

    tre kilo à seksti kroner

  3. in, a

    tre ganger à uka

  4. up to, in

Where this word comes from

From French à (“to, on, in”), from Middle French à, from Old French a (“to, towards, belonging to”), from Latin ad (“to, towards, up to, at”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”).

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