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[Middle English, variant of an, an. See an1.]
USAGE NOTE In writing, the form a is used before a word beginning with a consonant sound, regardless of its spelling (a frog, a university). The form an is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound (an orange, an hour). • An was once a common variant before words beginning with h in which the first syllable was unstressed; thus 18th-century authors wrote either a historical or an historical but a history, not an history. This usage made sense in that people often did not pronounce the initial h in words such as historical and heroic, but by the late 19th century educated speakers usually pronounced initial h, and the practice of writing an before such words began to die out. Nowadays it survives primarily before the word historical. One may also come across it in the phrases an hysterectomy or an hereditary trait. These usages are acceptable in formal writing.

[Middle English, from Old English an, in. See on.]

[Middle English, alteration of haven, to have. See have.]
idioms:
2.
det. - en, et
3.
prep. - til, på, hen imod
4.
aux. v. - ha-
5.
abbr. - atto-
symb. - A
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6.
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Nederlands (Dutch)
een, volgens
Français (French)
1.
n. - a (première lettre de l'alphabet), bis (un numéro de maison), (Mus) la, (École) excellent (une note), (Élec) A ampère
idioms:
2.
det. - un/une, le/la/les, un(e) certain(e), le/la même, un(e) seul(e), du/de la/des, quelques, beaucoup, par (par personne, par mois), à (l'heure)
3.
prep. - la (livre, le kilo), une fois (par mois), par
4.
aux. v. - avoir (fam)
5.
abbr. - (abrév = ampere) (Élec) ampère, (Mes) acre(s), superficie (en mesures agraires), (Mus) alto, amateur, réponse
symb. - accélération, (Mes) are, atto- (préfixe), notation algébrique (aux échecs)
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6.
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Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - a, Tonbezeichnung, beste Note (Eins in Deutschland)
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2.
det. - ein, eine, ein gewisser, eine gewisse, ein gewisses
3.
prep. - jeder, jede, jedes
4.
aux. v. - (informell) haben
5.
abbr. - Ankunft, vor (beim Datum)
symb. - (Phys) Beschleunigung
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6.
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Ελληνική (Greek)
art. - ένας, (ένας) κάποιος, ανά, (για) κάθε
prep. - σε κατάσταση
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Italiano (Italian)
sesta nota della scala diatonica di do, il voto piú alto, la categoria piú alta, uno, una, un, un', un certo (con nomi propri)
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Português (Portuguese)
art. - um, uma, um certo
prep. - a
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Русский (Russian)
первая буква алфавита, неопределенный артикль, муз. ля, отлично, магистральная дорога, некий, какой-то
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Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - primera letra del alfabeto
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2.
det. - un, una, el, la
3.
prep. - a, por, cada, todos, del, por cada
4.
aux. v. - a (como sustituto del verbo auxiliar tener)
5.
abbr. - amperio
symb. - sexta nota musical (la)
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6.
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Svenska (Swedish)
art. - en, ett
prep. - per
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 字母A
idioms:
2. 一
3. 一, 某一, 任一
4. 每一
5. 安培埃
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
abbr. - 安培埃
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2.
prep. - 一, 某一, 任一
3.
aux. v. - 每一
4.
n. - 字母A
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5.
det. - 一
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 영어 자모의 첫째자, A자형의 것, 제1의 가정
2.
det. - 단수, 첫 번째
3.
prep. - ~으로부터, ~을 하고 있는
4.
aux. v. - 조동사 `have' 와 같은 뜻
5.
abbr. - about(약), answer(답)
symb. - argon(아르곤)
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6. 나라면 그렇게 했을 것이다
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日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一つの
n. - エー, A字形のもの, 優, 一級のもの, イ音, イ調
art. - 一つの, ある, …につき, どの…も, 同一の, 同じ, …のような人
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العربيه (Arabic)
(أداة) أداة تنكير تعني واحدا أو ما (حرف جر) نحو, في, في أثناءي أثناء
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - האות הראשונה באלפבית, סוג דם אנושי במערכת OBA
det. - כל אחד, לכל אחד, בכל אחד, אחד, אחד כמו, כמה, תווית אי-יידוע לשם-עצם
prep. - מן, על, ע"י, של, ל- ב-, לקראת, במהלך, במצב מסוים
aux. v. - במהלך, במצב של
abbr. - אטומי, אנגסטרום (יחידה למדידת קרני-אור), לפני
symb. - אמפר, לה (הצליל הששי בסולם C מז'ור), אר (מידת-שטח)
a priori - אפריורי, מלכתחילה, מראש
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