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Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
Abbreviation of Latin artēria (“artery”).
Noun
a. (plural aa.)
- (medicine) artery
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Noun
a.
- Abbreviation of abbreviation.
- Abbreviation of acceleration (in feet per second).
- Abbreviation of accommodation.
- Abbreviation of account.
- Abbreviation of acre; acres; acreage.
- Abbreviation of acronym.
- Abbreviation of act; acting.
- Abbreviation of activity.
- Abbreviation of adjective.
- Abbreviation of adjutant.
- Abbreviation of adult.
- Abbreviation of afternoon.
- Abbreviation of age.
- Abbreviation of altitude; altitude intercept.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of ampere.
- Abbreviation of annealing.
- Abbreviation of anode.
- Abbreviation of answer.
- Abbreviation of anthracite.
- Abbreviation of apprentice.
- Abbreviation of arc.
- Abbreviation of are, ares.
- Abbreviation of area.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of assist; assists.
- Abbreviation of atmosphere.
- Abbreviation of attendance.
- Abbreviation of audit; auditor.
- Abbreviation of aunt.
- Abbreviation of aviation; aviator.
- Abbreviation of axis.
Derived terms
Adjective
a.
- Abbreviation of absent.
- Abbreviation of absolute.
- Abbreviation of abundant.
- Abbreviation of accepted.
- Abbreviation of accidental.
- Abbreviation of acting.
- Abbreviation of active.
- (linguistics, by extension) Abbreviation of transitive.
- Abbreviation of aerial.
- Abbreviation of alto.
- Abbreviation of amateur.
- Abbreviation of annus (“a year”).
- Abbreviation of anonymous.
- Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
- Abbreviation of anterior.
- Abbreviation of aqua.
- Abbreviation of argent.
- Abbreviation of artery; arterial blood.
- Abbreviation of automatic.
- Abbreviation of available.
Adverb
a.
- Abbreviation of anno (“in the year”).
- Abbreviation of annually.
Preposition
a.
- Abbreviation of about.
- Abbreviation of at.
- Abbreviation of ante (“before”).
Conjunction
a.
- Abbreviation of also.
References
Further reading
- Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 1
German
Adjective
a. (indeclinable)
- (Switzerland) Abbreviation of alt.
- a. Bundesrat ― alter Bundesrat
Derived terms
Adverb
a.
- Abbreviation of anno.
- Abbreviation of auch.
Contraction
a.
- Abbreviation of am.
- Frankfurt a. Main ― Frankfurt am Main
Preposition
a.
- Abbreviation of an.
Latin
Pronunciation
Preposition
a. (+ accusative)
- Abbreviation of ante.
Noun
a. m (indeclinable)
- Abbreviation of annus.
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Conjunction
a.
- Abbreviation of albo.
Further reading
- a. in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- a. in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Welsh
Noun
a. m
- (grammar) Abbreviation of ansoddair (“adjective”).