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-a- en · X · etymology 3

Etymology

From French à (“various prepositions”) and related prepositions in other Romance languages. Also from related misunderstandings, as all-a-mort from French à la morte.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Connective infix encountered in loanwords and phrases, generally no longer carrying a distinct meaning.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
à alternative lexicographic
-à- alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

mano-a-mano · vis-a-vis · all-a-mort

Source: en.wiktionary, “-a-” (infix), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
LemmaLanguagePart of speech
^enADP
~enSYM
==enCCONJ
enPUNCT
-'enPART
!enSYM
?enNOUN
?enADJ
·enSYM
'enPART
'enSYM
‘enSYM
‘ ’enPUNCT
’enPUNCT
“ ”enPUNCT
@ 3enCCONJ
@ 1enVERB
@ 1enNOUN
@ 1enADP
@ 2enSYM
@ 3enSYM
@$$enNOUN
$$$enNOUN
*enSYM
&enCCONJ
%enX
+enCCONJ
++enX
ɢenSYM
ɤenSYM
ɴenSYM
ɶenSYM
ʀenSYM
ʉenSYM
ʏenSYM
ʜenSYM
ʹenSYM
ᴀenSYM
ᴄenSYM
ᴋenSYM
ᴛenSYM
ᴢenSYM
ᵫenSYM
ᵺenSYM
‐enPUNCT
–enSYM
′enSYM
℞enSYM
∆enNOUN
◌̆enSYM

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