à

Meaning

Character

A with grave accent, a letter used in French mostly to distinguish some homographs and in transliteration.

Prep

1. to (destination)
2. to (until)
3. on the, to (some directions)
4. at (said of a particular time)
5. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
6. Found in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
7. from (origin)
8. of (belonging to)
9. till, until (used in farewells)
10. cooked in or with
11. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
12. to (used to express something not completed)
13. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
14. by
15. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
16. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
17. with

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a/

Sentences

Ces deux routes se rejoignent à du sommet du col .

These two roads meet at the top of the pass.

Elle obtient à cette occasion une nomination au César du meilleur espoir féminin .

On this occasion, she received a Cesar nomination for the best female hopeful.

Il propose à son jeune frère , Billy, d'effectuer une livraison en camion .

He offers his younger brother, Billy, a truck delivery.

Je me bornerai à vous éclairer sur quelques points .

I will confine myself to enlightening you on a few points.

Les deux clochers s’élèvent à de hauteur .

The two bell towers rise to a height.

Chaque année , les lauréats sont invités à se joindre au jury pour l'année suivante .

Each year, the winners are invited to join the jury for the following year.

Alors que Cliburn a six ans , sa famille déménage à Kilgore, au Texas .

When Cliburn was six, his father, who worked in the oil industry, moved the family to Kilgore, Texas near Longview.

Dans le cadre de la cryptographie à clef publique , ce n'est plus nécessaire .

In the context of public key cryptography, this is no longer necessary.