Seem archaic?, but I still see it in foreign words. What does it sound like?
2006-12-30 07:24:07 · 3 answers · asked by AmigaJoe 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
in phonetics, it's called an ash. It sounds like the vowel sounds in the words cat, bat, back, etc.
2006-12-30 08:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by smm_8514 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
à is a grapheme formed from the letters a and e. Originally a ligature representing a Latin diphthong, it has been promoted to the full status of a letter in the alphabets of many languages. As a letter of the Old English alphabet it was called æsc ‘ash tree’ after the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc rune á« which it transliterated; its traditional name in English is still ash (pronounced [æÊ]).
2006-12-30 15:39:38 · answer #2 · answered by ryan_n_me2 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Aetna Insurance pronounces it Eht-na.
2006-12-30 15:32:49 · answer #3 · answered by fcas80 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋