çà

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ecce hāc. Compare Portuguese cá and Spanish acá. The grave accent on the a is to disambiguate it from ça (“that”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa/
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Homophones: ça, sa

Adverb

çà

(archaic) hither

Usage notes

Today only used in the expression çà et là.

Derived terms

çà et là

Interjection

çà

so, well, then (with exhortative or intensive effect)
(archaic) la! (expressing strong emotion of anger, surprise etc.)

References

“çà”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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