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The [[symbol]] ''[[Objet (petit) a|a]]''  stands for the first [[letter]] of the [[word]] ''[[autre]]'' -- or "[[other]]".
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The [[symbol]] ''[[Objet (petit) a|a]]''  stands for the first [[letter]] of the [[word]] "''[[autre]]''" ("[[other]]").
  
  

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The symbol a stands for the first letter of the word "autre" ("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].