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, Emilian-Romagnol, French, Galician,

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, Sardinian,

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, and Welsh languages consisting of the letter A of the

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and a grave accent. À is also used in

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transliteration. In most languages, it represents the vowel ''a''. This letter is also a letter in

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to indicate a mid tone. In accounting or invoices, ''à'' abbreviates "at a rate of": "5 apples à $1" (one dollar each). That usage is based upon the French preposition ''à'' and has evolved into the at sign (@). Sometimes, it is part of a surname:

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Usage in various languages

Emilian-Romagnol

À is used in Emilian to represent short stressed e.g. Bolognese dialect ''sacàtt'' aˈkatː"sack".

French

The grave accent is used in the French language to differentiate homophones, e.g. the third person conjugation of ''a'' " e/she/ithas" and ''à'' "at, in, and to".

Portuguese

À is used in

to represent a contraction of the feminine singular definite article A with the preposition A: : ''Ele foi à praia''. : He went to the beach.

Character mappings

Microsoft Windows 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 . Latin letters with diacritics Polish letters with diacritics {{Latin-script-stub