A

A U+0041, A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A ← @ [U+0040] Basic Latin B → [U+0042]

From the Etruscan letter 𐌀 (a), from the පුරාතන ග්‍රීක letter Α (A, “alpha”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from the ඊජිප්තු hieroglyph 𓃾.

• IPA^(key): /a/ (most languages)

A

1. The first letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter A):   Áá  Àà  Ââ  Ǎǎ  Ăă  Ãã  Ảả  Ȧȧ  Ạạ  Ää  Åå  Ḁḁ  Āā  Ąą  ᶏ  Ⱥⱥ  Ȁȁ  Ấấ  Ầầ  Ẫẫ  Ẩẩ  Ậậ  Ắắ  Ằằ  Ẵẵ  Ẳẳ  Ặặ  Ǻǻ  Ǡǡ  Ǟǟ  Ȁȁ  Ȃȃ  Ɑɑ  ᴀ  Ɐɐ  ɒ  Ａａ Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  Ꜳꜳ  Ꜵꜵ  Ꜷꜷ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ
• Appendix:Variations of "a"

A

1. Marks the first item in a list.

   A. Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.

2. A hypothetical item or person designated the first, usually when there are more than one.

   Person A had 5 apples, and person B...

3. Ten, especially used in bases above ten, such as duodecimal, hexadecimal, vigesimal and so on.

   Decimal 270 can be converted as duodecimal 1A6 or vigesimal DA.

   (computing) The variable was a byte with value A0, or 160 in decimal.

4. A standard size of dry cell battery, slightly larger than AA.^[1]
5. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as A0, A1, A2, etc.^[2]
6. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) An academic grade lower than A+ but greater than A-.
7. (linguistics) A wildcard for an open vowel
8. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is upper-medium grade with low risk of default.
9. (clothing) Bra cup size.

• (previous) 9, (next) B

The abbreviation of a variety of terms.

A

1. (chemistry, obsolete) Symbol for the element Argon, changed after 1956 to Ar.
2. (chemistry, physics) Symbol for mass number (“nucleon number”). ඉංග්‍රීසි atomic mass numberAbbreviation of ..
3. (geometry) Area.
4. (international standards) A category of vehicle licence under the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, referring to motorcycles.

A

1. (physics, International System of Units) Ampere, a unit of electrical current.
2. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter symbol for alanine in proteins.

   Synonym: Ala

4. (music) Alto.

A

1. (vehicle-distinguishing signs) Austria.

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of A, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur
• 
  A in uncial script

Other representations of A:

NATO phonetic: Alpha Morse code: ·– Braille: ⠁ ASL Manual: A

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• ⠁
• ·–
• LeftFlagDown-RightFlagLow

• A on විකිපීඩියාව.Wikipedia

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.

• (Gregg shorthand versions Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, and Pre-Anniversary) · (“dot”)

• (letter name)
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /eɪ̯/

  • Audio (US):

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  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /æɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

  The current pronunciation is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 15th century, was similar to that in other languages.

• කැපිටල් ඒ

A (upper case, lower case a, බහුවචන As or A's)

1. ඉංග්‍රීසි භාෂාවේ අකුරකි.
2. The first letter of the ඉංග්‍රීසි alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

   Apple starts with A.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

• A-frame
• ABC, A.B.C.
• A to Z
• A wave

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the ඉංග්‍රීසි alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

   Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks".

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

• (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
• (blood type): From A antigen

A

2. A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.

   We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

4. (education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).

   I was so happy to get an A on that test.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   • 1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):

     Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

5. (music) The tone three notes above C in the cycle of fifths.^[1][2]

   Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

6. (medicine) A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.

   My blood type is A negative.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

7. (chemistry) Mass number.
8. (logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.^[1]
9. (historical) adulterer, adulteressAbbreviation of , used as a human brand.
   • 1966 ජූලි 30, Ralph McGill, “Today's students aim for humanistic values”, in Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, page 6:

     Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A".

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

10. Allele dominant.
11. (chiefly US) A.M. (“ante meridiem”)Alternative spelling of or AM

A

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

    A-bomb

    (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

• (physics, angstrom): Å

A

1. (weaponry) Atom; atomic.

• (weaponry, atom): A-bomb

• A in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈa/^*
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: À
  • Homophone: a
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /a/

A (upper case, lower case a)

1. The first letter of the Italian alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on විකිපීඩියාව.Wikipedia