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

Concepts

to

at

in

into

from

with

on

🔛

for

by

upon

near

towards

toward

per

beside

in order to

something

within

until

near to

onto

up to

next to

inside

each

apiece

aboard

in front of

an

alongside

before

somebody

till

at the rate of

all

atop

of

descend

derive

deed

conclude

as

about

complete

come

close

by means of

In

indium

incite

Synonyms

en

dans

de

sur

🔛

quelqu’un

avec

contre

au

quelque chose

pour

vers

chez

par

devant

avant

conformément à

en proportion de

à la mesure de

en fonction de

suivant

selon

d’après

le long de

dans la mesure de

en suivant

mettre

comme

cesser

à cause de

bonne

une

sous

près

parmi

près de

tirer

jusqu’à

le

autour de

auprès de

envers

hors de

un

attiser

attacher

bouffer

🍽️

arracher

ensemble

beurre

🧈

becqueter

Translations

a

a

an

🔛

a

a

zu

en

aan

🔛

in

in

voor

bij

op

🆙

ad

naar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a/

Sentences

La prière est ainsi adressée à Dieu seul , au nom de Jésus .

Prayer is thus addressed to God alone, in the name of Jesus.

Il serait malgré tout revenu à Combray.

He would still have returned to Combray.

Celui-ci affirme avoir échappé à la mort grâce à un système de réanimation suspendue .

He claims to have escaped death thanks to a suspended resuscitation system.

Cependant l'empire continue à décliner .

However, the empire continues to decline.

Le climat est subtropical , avec une saison des pluies de mai à septembre .

The climate is subtropical, with a rainy season from May to September.

Sa famille émigre à Paris car son père refuse de prendre part aux pogroms .

His family emigrated to Paris because his father refused to take part in the pogroms.