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ae

/iː/

ae is the alternative form of æ.

Meaning of æ

Letter

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

See all 4 meanings of æ

Proper noun (1) capitalized: AE

AE

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of American English.
  2. (US) USPS military code of Armed Forces – Europe.
    • • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec.10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
      • APO/FPO AA ZIP 340 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail...2010 October 29, Bill Shrum, “Shipping to soldiers for the holidays”, in Stuttgart (Arkansas) Daily Leader
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Armenian Era.

Noun capitalized: AE

AE (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of active euthanasia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ae

Ae

  1. A village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, some distance north of Dumfries (OS grid ref NX9889).

Origin of ae

Variant form of æ.

Probably from Old Norse á (“water, river”).

Phrases with ae

Words that rhyme with ae

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Questions about ae

What does ae mean?
Ae means USPS military code of Armed Forces – Europe.
What is ae the alternative form of?
Ae is the alternative form of æ.
What part of speech is ae?
Ae can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce ae?
Ae is pronounced /iː/.

Words near ae in the dictionary

  1. Adélie penguin
  2. Adélie penguins
  3. Adélies
  4. Adămuș
  5. Adıyaman
  6. ae
  7. Ae star
  8. Ae stars
  9. AEA
  10. Aeacid
  11. Aeacids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ae (page history and authors); AE (page history and authors); Ae (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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