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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

A.

The first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

character/ɑː/letter, name/a/phoneme/ɑː/phoneme
  1. The first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Latin A, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾 representing the head of an ox.

noun/ɑː/letter, name/a/phoneme/ɑː/phoneme
  1. the letter A

    masculine
  2. symbol for avance

    alt-of · masculine · symbol
  3. symbol for ampere

    alt-of · masculine · symbol
  4. symbol for massetall (“nucleon number”)

    alt-of · masculine · symbol
Where this word comes from

From Latin A, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾 representing the head of an ox.

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