Glyph showcase
Primary glyph rendered below. Extend with historical alternates and transliteration metadata.
a
a
Contemporary
a
Belongs to French Alphabet.
Sound correspondences
Derived from the `correspondences` table. Each entry pairs the letter with a phoneme in a specific historical context.
a
Typically pronounced /a/
ɛ
As digraph 'ai', typically pronounced /ɛ/ (e.g., mais)
o
As digraph 'au', typically pronounced /o/ (e.g., autre)