ã

See also: Ã, -ã, and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ã U+00E3, ã LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̃ [U+0303] ← â [U+00E2] Latin-1 Supplement ä → [U+00E4]

Translingual

Symbol

ã

1. (IPA, phonetics) a nasalized open front unrounded vowel.
2. (international standards) transliterates Indic अँ (or equivalent).

See also

• (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
• (Letters with tilde or middle tilde):  Ãã  Ẵẵ  Ẫẫ  ᵬ  ᵭ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ĩĩ  Ḭḭ  Ññ  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ỡỡ  Ṏṏ  P̃p̃  Ũũ  Ữữ  Ṵṵ  Ṽṽ  Ỹỹ

English

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã, plural ãs or ã's) (obsolete)

1. (Early Modern) The letter a with a tilde, replacing the sequence an or am.

   commãd — command

   hãmer — hammer

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and ã for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. The third letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Middle French

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. The letter a with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence an or am

   chãter (chanter) ― to sing

   chãp (champ) ― field

Old French

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. The letter a with a tilde. Used to replace the sequence an or am

   chãter (chanter) ― to sing

   chãp (champ) ― field

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(phoneme)

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃/

Letter

ã m (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. the letter a with a tilde
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 231:

     ― Harry, você não pode mencionar uma coisa dessas numa carta! [...] ― Tudo bem, tudo bem, então não vou contar a ele, tampouco!

     ― Harrry, you can't mention such a thing in a letter! [...] ― All right, all right, so I won't tell him either.

Further reading

• “ã”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. 3 main scripts exist, the Steuer Alphabet made in 1934, the Silesian Phonetic Alphabet in 2006, and the Elementary alphabet made in the late 2000s. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and ã for development of the glyph itself.

Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. The second letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Slovene

Alternative forms

• (Logar transcription) ą

Etymology

Letter a with tilde ◌̃ to signify nasal vowel.

Pronunciation

• (sound): IPA^(key): [ã]

Symbol

ã

1. (Ramovš transcription) Phonetic transcription of dialectal sound [ã].

See also

• a
• à
• á
• ä
• å
• ḁ
• ā
• ą
• ȁ
• ȃ
• ȧ

References

• Kenda-Jež, Karmen (27 February 2017), Fonetična trankripcija [Phonetic transcription]‎^[1] (in Slovene), Znanstvenoraziskovalni center SAZU, Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša, archived from the original on 22 January 2022, pages 27–30

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩˦]

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Letter

ã (lower case, upper case Ã)

1. The letter a with the perispomene.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Pronoun

ã

1. he, she, it (third person pronoun singular)