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æ

/iː/

æ letter: the letter ash, a ligature of vowels a and e.

Letter (1)

  1. (dated, letter, lowercase) The letter ash, a ligature of vowels a and e.
    Synonyms:
    ae, e

Letter (2) capitalized: Æ

  1. (dated, letter, uppercase) A ligature of vowels A and E, called ash.
    Synonyms:
    ash
  2. (archaic, letter, uppercase) aevum; formerly used on gravestones to indicate the deceased's age at time of death

Proper noun capitalized: Æ

Æ

  1. The pseudonym of the Irish writer George William Russell.

Synonyms of æ

Forms of æ

uppercaseÆ
pluralæs
pluralæ's
lowercaseæ
pluralÆs
pluralÆ's

Questions about æ

What does æ mean?
Æ means the letter ash, a ligature of vowels a and e.
What part of speech is æ?
Æ can be a letter or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce æ?
Æ is pronounced /iː/.

Words near æ in the dictionary

  1. Ånn
  2. Åre
  3. Århus
  4. Årjäng
  5. Åsarna
  6. æ
  7. æ's
  8. æ-tensing
  9. æcia
  10. æcidia
  11. æcidium

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: æ (page history and authors); Æ (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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