À
À, à is a letter of the Catalan, Dutch, Emilian-Romagnol, French, Galician, Italian, Maltese, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, and Welsh languages consisting of the letter A of the ISO basic Latin alphabet and a grave accent. À is also used in Pinyin transliteration. In most languages, it represents the vowel a. This letter is also a letter in Taos to indicate a mid tone.
When denoting quantity, à means "each": "5 apples à $1". That usage is based upon the French preposition à and has evolved into the at sign. Sometimes, it is part of a surname: Thomas à Kempis, Mary Anne à Beckett.Usage in various languages
Emilian-Romagnol
À is used in Emilian to represent short stressed , e.g. Bolognese dialect sacàtt "sack".French
À is used in the French language to differentiate homophones, e.g. the third person conjugation of a " has" and à "at, in, and to".Portuguese
À is used in Portuguese to represent a contraction of the feminine singular definite article A with the preposition A.users can type an "à" by pressing or on the numeric pad of the keyboard. "À" can be typed by pressing. On a Mac, you hold, and then let go and type.
