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The [[symbol]] '''a'''  stands for the first [[letter]] of the [[word]] ''[[autre]]'' -- or "[[other]]".
  
  

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The symbol a stands for the first letter of the word autre -- or "other".




The "a" stands for "autre" ("other"), and the use of the lower case marks the distinction between this object and the "big Other" symbolized by the capital A[utre].

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