Here is the complete list of Foreign Words and Phrases beginning with A.

1. A bon chat (F) = to a good cat / well matched
   
   
2. A chaque saint sa chandelle (F) = to every saint his candle
   
   
3. A mensa et toro (L) = from bed to board
   
   
4. A nos moutons (L) = let us return to our sheeps
   
   
5. A verbis ad verbera (L) = from words to blows
   
   
6. A vieux comptes nouvelles disputes (F) = all accounts breed new disputes
   
   
7. Ab imo pectore (L) = from the bottom of the heart
   
   
8. Ab initio = from the very beginning
   
   
9. Ab ovo usque ad mala (L) = from the beginning to the end
   
   
10. Ab ovo usque ad mala (L) = from the eggs to the apples
    
    
11. Abiit (L) = he is gone.
    
    
12. Actum est de republica (L) = it is all up with the sate.
    
    
13. Ad hoc = established for the special purpose
    
    
14. Ad libitum = as much as you please
    
    
15. Ad majorem Dei gloriam (L) = for the greater glory of God / The Jesus Motto
    
    
16. Ad vitam aut culpam (L) = for life or till fault
    
    
17. Ad vitam aut culpam (L) = for life unless misconduct necessitates dismissal
    
    
18. Ad vitam aut culpam (L) = of appointments
    
    
19. Aide-toi, le ciel t aidera (F) = help yourself the heaven will help you
    
    
20. Alamort = very ill
    
    
21. Alias = also known as
    
    
22. Aliquid haeret (L) = something sticks
    
    
23. Allah il allah = there is no god but god
    
    
24. Alma mater = mother institutions
    
    
25. Alpha and omega = beginning and end
    
    
26. Alter ego = bosom friend
    
    
27. Alter ipse amicus (L) = a friend is another self
    
    
28. Alumni = ex-student of a college
    
    
29. Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur (L) = to be in love and to be wise is scarce granted even to god
    
    
30. Anno domini = in the year of the Lord A.D.
    
    
31. Antant d’hommes autant dávis = so many men so many minds
    
    
32. Après moi nous le deluge (F) = after me the deluge
    
    
33. Aquila non capit muscas (L) = an eagle does not catch flies
    
    
34. Arcades ambo (L) = two of the same stamp
    
    
35. Argumentum = an argument
    
    
36. Ariston men hydor (G) = water is best.
    
    
37. Ars est celare artem (L) = true art is to conceal art.
    
    
38. Ars longa – vita brevis (L) = art is long. Life is short.
    
    
39. At spes non fracta (L) = but hope is not yet crushed.
    
    
40. Atra cura (L) = black care
    
    
41. Au bout de son latin (F) = at his wit’s end
    
    
42. Au bout de son latin (F) = at the end of his knowledge
    
    
43. Au bout de son latin (F) = at the end of his Latin
    
    
44. Au royaume des aveugles les borgnes sont rois (F) = in the king-dome of blinds, one-eyed is the king.
    
    
45. Audentes fortuna juvat (L) = fortune favours the daring
    
    
46. Audi alteram partem (L) = hear the other side
    
    
47. Aufgeschobers ist nicht aufgehobes = put off is not giving up.
    
    
48. Aujour hui roi , demain rien (F) = king today nothing tomorrow
    
    
49. Auri sacra fames (F) = accused hunger for gold
    
    
50. Aussitot dit aussitot fait (F) = no sooner than than done
    
    
51. Austrine est imperare orbi universe (F) = it is Austria’s part to command the whole world.
    
    
52. Aut amat aut odit mulier, nihil est tertium (L) = a woman either loves or hates. There is no third course.
    
    
53. Aut insanity homo aut versus facit (L) = either man is mad or he is making verses
    
    
54. Aut non tentaris aut perfice (L) = either do not attempt or achieve
    
    
55. Aut regem aut fatum nasci oportet (L) = one should be born either a king or a fool
    
    
56. Aut vincere aut mori (L) = to conquer or to die
    
    
57. Autant d’hommes autant dávis (F) = so many men so many minds
    
    
58. Aux absents les os (F) = the bones to the absent
    
    
59. Aux grands maux les grands rem edes (F) = to desperate evils desperate remedies
    
    
60. Ave Caesar (imperator) , morituri te salutant (L) = Hail, Caesar, men doomed to die salute thee(said by gladiators)
    
    
61. Avise la fin (F) = weight well in the end