Etruscan 𐌂 (C), the source for Latin C From theEtruscan letter𐌂 ( c ,ce ) , from theAncient Greek letterΓ ( G ,gamma ) , derived from thePhoenician letter𐤂 ( g ,giml ) , from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓌙 .
C (lower case c )
The third letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . A standardization ofƆ andC because the latter happens to be an abbreviation ofLatin centum ( “ hundred ” ) , from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resemblingЖ (a superimposedX andI ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.
C (upper case Roman numeral ,lower case c )
Roman numeral hundred (100 )thehundredth (100th ) With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as C̅, it represents one hundred thousand. Lesser Roman numeral symbol:L ( “ 50 ” ) Greater Roman numeral symbol:D ( “ 500 ” ) Roman numerals ( element symbol, carbon ) : abbreviation( metrology, coulomb ) : abbreviation( computing, hexadecimal 12 ) : From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}C
( biochemistry ) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation forcysteine ( clothing ) Bra cup size .( computing , hexadecimal ) The digit for 12.0x0000000C ( chemistry ) Chemical symbol forcarbon . ( finance ) Long-term bond credit rating byMoody's Investors Service , indicating that a bond is indefault , with little prospect ofdebt recovery .( finance ) Long-term bond credit rating byFitch Ratings , indicating that a bond islow grade and on the verge ofdefault .( genetics ) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for anycytosine ( linguistics ) Awildcard for aconsonant ( mathematics ) differentiable classC 1 functions are differentiable once, andC 2 functions are twice differentiable( mathematics ) Theconstant of integration .∫ cos x d x = sin x + C {\displaystyle \int \cos x\,dx=\sin x+C} ( metrology ) Symbol forcoulomb , anSI unit ofelectric charge .( metrology ) Symbol fordegrees Celsius . Alternative form: °C 2019 December 2,Fiona Harvey , “Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world?”, inKatharine Viner , editor,The Guardian [2] (in English), London:Guardian News & Media ,→ISSN ,→OCLC , archived fromthe original on2019-12-02 :Current commitments made by national governments under the Paris agreement fall far short of what is required – taken together, they would still condemn the world to an estimated temperature rise of more than 3C by the end of the century.
2022 October 27, Paloma Torres, quoting Potentially Petty/Hot Person, “Advice Column: Am I becoming hotter or just pettier? Paloma Torres answers the age-old question constantly on everyone's minds”, inThe Eyeopener , volume56 , number 7 (in English),page 3 :I’ve noticed my attitude just hasn’t been the vibe lately. Yesterday I totally lost it at a restaurant because my pasta was only 18C , which is two degrees below normal room temperature—like two degrees! How could they?
( physics ) capacitance ( Voice Quality Symbols ) creak (vocal fry )Other representations of C:
C (upper case ,lower case c ,plural Cs or C's )
The thirdletter of the Englishalphabet , calledcee and written in theLatin script . 1943 November –1944 February (date written; published1945 August 17),George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm [ … ] , London:Secker & Warburg , publishedMay 1962 ,→OCLC :Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B,C , D, in the dust with his great hoof[ …]
(Latin script letters )letter ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C (upper case ,lower case c )
Theordinal numberthird , derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet , calledcee and written in theLatin script . C
A standard size ofdry cell battery betweenA andD . C (plural Cs )
( US , slang ) One hundred dollars ; ac-note .[ 1] 1935 , Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan,The American Mercury , volume35 , page227 :I keep onfairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half aC and he's broke. ( music ) The first note in the Cchromatic andmajor scales .Hyponyms: high C ,middle C ( education ) An academic grade better than aD and worse than aB .2021 June 18,Sam Roberts , “Saul B. Cohen , Who Helped Raise CUNY Standards, Dies at 95”, inThe New York Times [3] , archived fromthe original on18 June 2021 [4] :Dr. Cohen himself got aC in his first formal course in geography, during a summer program at Harvard after he graduated from high school. But he went on to earn three degrees and become the executive director of the Association of American Geographers and a leading expert in political and human geography — a specialty field that explores the impact of natural and arbitrary borders, territory, resources and populations on a nation’s cultural, social and economic development, as well as its relations with other countries.
( Unicode ) Canonical Decomposition , followed by CanonicalC omposition(Can we add anexample for this sense?) ( slang ) Cocaine .[ 2] 1945 , William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:Where did you secure theC ? My own supply is utterly depleted. ( slang , vulgar ) Cunt .[ 3] 1977-1980 ,Lou Sullivan , personal diary, quoted in2019 , Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors),We Both Laughed In Pleasure He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I wasso happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in myC . Abbreviation ofconsonant .( UK politics , in election results) Abbreviation ofConservative .Abbreviation ofcentury .Alternative forms: C. ,c. 2013 , Yvette Vignando, edited byJane Caro ,Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World , St Lucia, Qld.:University of Queensland Press ,→ISBN ,page127 :Thanks, @janecaro, for showing that public profiles can be used for good & that social media belongs in a 21stC democracy.
( basketball ) Abbreviation ofcenter .Coordinate terms: PG ,SG ,SF ,PF The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language calledB .
C
( programming ) A particularhigh-level programming language from which many others are derived.1995 , Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu",Wired Magazine The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language calledC , which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions inComputer Lib , and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business. ( British ) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6 ).( stock ticker symbol ) Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on theNYSE ( programming language ) : Objective-C
Abbreviations.
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( entomology ) Abbreviation ofcosta .C
( Stenoscript ) the sequencecirc or its sound( Stenoscript ) the prefixcircum- C
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Abbreviation ofsee .Alternative form: c 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, inMen's Health , volume23 , number 1,→ISSN , page80 :Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little.[ …] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy.[ …] UC wt I mn?
Uncertain. Either fromHainanese 鮮 / 鲜 ( si²³ ,“ fresh ” ) , short for鮮 奶 (“fresh milk”), or an abbreviation ofCarnation , a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.[ 4]
C (notcomparable )
( Singapore , colloquial , used as a modifier afterkopi ( “ coffee ” ) orteh ( “ tea ” ) ) Withsugar andevaporated milk added. ^ “C n. 2 ”, inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang ,Jonathon Green , 2016–present ^ “C n. 3 ”, inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang ,Jonathon Green , 2016–present ^ “C n. 1 ”, inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang ,Jonathon Green , 2016–present ^ Jock Onn Wong (2011 April 20) “Social hierarchy in the “speech culture” of Singapore”, in Goddard, C., editor,Ethnopragmatics: Understanding Discourse in Cultural Context ,De Gruyter ,→ISBN , page109 C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Afrikaansalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) letter ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C (plural C's ,diminutive C'tjie )
C IPA (key ) : /t͡s/
C (upper case C ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Albanianalphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin-script letters )shkronjë ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,Dh dh ,E e ,Ë ë ,F f ,G g ,Gj gj ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ll ll ,M m ,N n ,Nj nj ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,Rr rr ,S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Th th ,U u ,V v ,X x ,Xh xh ,Y y ,Z z ,Zh zh ( Arvanitic ) Greek script letters (script appendix ): Α α ,Β β ,B b ,Γ γ ,Γϳ γϳ ,Δ δ ,D d ,Ε ε ,Ε̱ ε̱ ,Ζ ζ ,Ζ̇ ζ̇ ,Θ θ ,Ι ι ,Ϳ ϳ ,Κ κ ,Κ̇ κ̇ ,Λ λ ,ΛΛ λλ ,Λ̇ λ̇ ,Μ μ ,Ν ν ,Ν̇ ν̇ ,Ο ο ,Π π ,Ρ ρ ,Ρ̇ ρ̇ ,Σ σ ,Σ̈ σ̈ ,Τ τ ,Ȣ ȣ ,Υ υ ,Φ φ ,Χ χ ,Χ̇ χ̇ ,ΤΣ τσ ,ΤΣ̈ τσ̈ ,DΣ dσ ,DΣ̈ dσ̈ [edit ] C
The seventeenthletter of the Angamialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) Ü ü ,Üi üi ,A a ,Ai ai ,I i ,Ie ie ,U u ,Uo uo ,E e ,Ei ei ,O o ,Ou ou ,K k ,Kh kh ,G g ,Ng ng ,C c ,Ch ch ,J j ,Jh jh ,Ny ny ,T t ,Th th ,D d ,N n ,Ts ts ,Tsh tsh ,Dz dz ,P p ,Ph ph ,B b ,M m ,Pf pf ,Bv bv ,Y y ,Yh yh ,R r ,Rh rh ,L l ,Lh lh ,F f ,V v ,W w ,Wh wh ,S s ,Sh sh ,Z z ,Zh zh ,H h C upper case (lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )hərf ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,Ə ə ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,X x ,I ı ,İ i ,J j ,K k ,Q q ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ö ö ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ş ş ,T t ,U u ,Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Basquealphabet , calledze and written in theLatin script . Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns. (Latin-script letters )A a ,B b ,C c , (Ç ç ),D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L ,l ,M m ,N n ,Ñ ñ ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u , (Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z “C ”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language ] C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Catalanalphabet , calledce and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) lletres ;A a (À à ),B b ,C c (Ç ç ),D d ,E e (É é ,È è ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ï ï ),J j ,K k ,L l (L·L l·l ),M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ,Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C
A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian. In the German-based spelling,c is generally used only inck (doubledk ),ch for/ɕ/ ,/x/ (rarely/k/ ), andsch for/ʃ/ . In the Dutch-based spelling,c is used inch and sometimes after the Dutch cognate for/k/ or/s/ . The digraphsj is used for/ʃ/ . C (lower case c )
A letter of theMazahua alphabet. C
( electronics ) USB-C C 口 ― sēi kǒu ― USB-C portC
The third letter of the Latin alphabet. C
The third letter used inPinyin . 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead. The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English). C
The fourthletter of the Czechalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) písmeno ;A a ,Á á ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,Ď ď ,E e ,É é ,Ě ě ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ň ň ,O o ,Ó ó ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,Ř ř ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,Ť ť ,U u ,Ú ú ,Ů ů ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Z z ,Ž ž ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /s/ ,/k/ ,/x/ ,/ks/ ,/ʃ/ , ...( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /seː/ Rhymes:-eː C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Dutchalphabet , calledcee and written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )letter ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C (upper case C ,lower case c )
( obsolete , non-native words) Theletter of the Elfdalianalphabet , written in theLatin script . C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Esperantoalphabet , calledco and written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )litero ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Ĉ ĉ ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ĝ ĝ ,H h ,Ĥ ĥ ,I i ,J j ,Ĵ ĵ ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ŝ ŝ ,T t ,U u ,Ŭ ŭ ,V v ,Z z ( letter name, tsee ) : IPA (key ) : /ˈtseː/ ,[ˈtseː] ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /ˈts/ ,[ˈts] ,/ˈk/ ,[ˈkˑ] ,/ˈs/ ,[ˈs] ( depending on the source language ) C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Estonianalphabet , calledtsee and written in theLatin script . Used only in foreign words. (Latin-script letters )täht ;A a ,B b (C c ),D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p (Q q ),R r ,S s ,Š š ,Z z ,Ž ž ,T t ,U u ,V v (W w ),Õ õ ,Ä ä ,Ö ö ,Ü ü (X x ,Y y ) The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , andC for information on the development of the glyph itself.
C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Finnishalphabet , calledsee and written in theLatin script . Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced withk ors . (Latin-script letters )kirjain ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s (Š š ),T t ,U u ,V v (W w ),X x ,Y y ,Z z (Ž ž ),Å å ,Ä ä ,Ö ö C
Abbreviation ofcum laude approbatur .Alternativeletter-case form ofc ( “ C (musical note) ” ) C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Frenchalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) lettre ;A a (À à , â ,Æ æ ),B b ,C c (Ç ç ),D d ,E e (É é ,È è ,Ê ê ,Ë ë ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Î î ,Ï ï ),J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n (Ñ ñ ),O o (Ô ô ,Œ œ ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ù ù ,Û û ,Ü ü ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y (Ÿ ÿ ),Z z C (upper case , lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Germanalphabet , calledce and written in theLatin script . C (lower case c )
Aletter of the Heiltsukalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Á á ,A̓ a̓ ,B b ,C c ,C̓ c̓ ,D d , ,G g ,Gv gv ,Ǧ ǧ ,Ǧv ǧv ,H h ,H̓ h̓ ,Ħ ħ ,I i ,Í í ,I̓ i̓ ,K k ,Kv kv ,K̓ k̓ ,K̓v k̓v ,L l ,ʼL l̓ ,Ḷ ḷ ,Ḷ́ ḷ́ ,ʼḶ ḷ̓ ,Ɫ ɫ ,M m ,ʼM m̓ ,Ṃ ṃ ,Ṃ́ ṃ́ ,ʼṂ ṃ̓ ,N n ,ʼN n̓ ,Ṇ ṇ ,Ṇ́ ṇ́ ,ʼṆ ṇ̓ ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,Q q ,Qv qv ,Q̓ q̓ ,Q̓v q̓v ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ , ƛ ,̓ ƛ̓ ,U u ,Ú ú ,U̓ u̓ ,W w ,ʼW w̓ ,X x ,Xv xv ,X̌ x̌ ,X̌v x̌v ,Y y ,ʼY y̓ ,Z z ,ʔ C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fourthletter of the Hungarianalphabet , calledcé and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) betű ;A a ,Á á ,B b ,C c ,Cs cs ,D d ,Dz dz ,Dzs dzs ,E e ,É é ,F f ,G g ,Gy gy ,H h ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ly ly ,M m ,N n ,Ny ny ,O o ,Ó ó ,Ö ö ,Ő ő ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,Sz sz ,T t ,Ty ty ,U u ,Ú ú ,Ü ü ,Ű ű ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z ,Zs zs C (lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Idoalphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin-script letters )litero ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L ,l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /t͡ʃe/ ( standard ) ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /se/ ( variant, Dutch-influenced ) ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /tʃ/ From theLatin letterC , from theEtruscan letter𐌂 ( c ,ce ) , from theAncient Greek letterΓ ( G ,gamma ) , derived from thePhoenician letter𐤂 ( g ,giml ) , from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓌙 .
C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Indonesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C (plural C -C )
C :( music ) the first note in the Cchromatic andmajor scales ( education ) An academic grade better than aD and worse than aB C (upper case Roman numeral ,lower case c )
Roman numeral hundred (100 )thehundredth (100th ) C
( chemical symbol ) C :Initialism ofkarbon .C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Irishalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) litir ;A a (Á á ),B b (Bh bh ,bhF bhf ,bP bp ),C c (Ch ch ),D d (Dh dh ,dT dt ),E e (É é ),F f (Fh fh ),G g (gC gc ,Gh gh ),H h ,I i (Í í ),L l ,M m (mB mb ,Mh mh ),N n (nD nd ,nG ng ),O o (Ó ó ),P p (Ph ph ),R r ,S s (Sh sh ),T t (Th th ,tS ts ),U u (Ú ú ),V v ( diacritics ) ◌́ ◌̇ ( dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type ) Ḃ ḃ ,Ċ ċ ,Ḋ ḋ ,Ḟ ḟ ,Ġ ġ ,Ṁ ṁ ,Ṗ ṗ ,Ṡ ẛ ṡ ,Ṫ ṫ C f or m (invariable ,upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Italianalphabet , calledci and written in theLatin script . (Latin-script letters )lettera ;A a (À à ),B b ,C c ,D d ,E e (É é ,È è ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ,Î î ,J j ,K k ),L l ,M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ),V v (W w ,X x ,Y y ),Z z Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Borrowed fromTagalog C . Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglish C .
( letter ) IPA (key ) : /si/ [si̞] IPA (key ) : ( parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian ) /hi/ [hi̞] Rhymes:-i ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /k/ [k̠̚] C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calledsi and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) letra ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ñ ñ ,Ng ng ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, andC for development of the glyph itself.
C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fifthletter of the Kashubianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ą ą ,Ã ã ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,É é ,Ë ë ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ò ò ,Ó ó ,Ô ô ,P p ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,Ù ù ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ż ż ⟨ Ts ⟩ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwak'wala)C (lower case c )
( Liqʼwala dialect ) Aletter of the Kwak'walaalphabet , written in theLatin script . Uʼmista ( Latin-script letters) A a ,A̱ a̱ ,B b ,D d ,Dł dł ,Dz dz ,E e ,G g ,Gw gw ,G̱ g̱ ,G̱w g̱w ,H h ,I i ,K k ,Kw kw ,K̓ k̓ ,K̓w k̓w ,Ḵ ḵ ,Ḵw ḵw ,Ḵ̓ ḵ̓ ,Ḵ̓w ḵ̓w ,L l ,ʼL ʼl ,Ł ł ,M m ,ʼM ʼm ,N n ,ʼN ʼn ,O o ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ ,Tł tł ,T̓ł t̓ł ,Ts ts ,T̓s t̓s ,U u ,W w ,ʼW ʼw ,X x ,Xw xw ,X̱ x̱ ,X̱w x̱w ,Y y ,ʼY ʼy ,ʼ Liq̓ʷala ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ə ə ,B b ,D d , ,Dᶻ dᶻ ,E e ,G g ,Gʷ gʷ ,Ǧ ǧ ,Ǧʷ ǧʷ ,H h ,I i ,K k ,Kʷ kʷ ,K̓ k̓ ,K̓ʷ k̓ʷ ,Q q ,Qʷ qʷ ,Q̓ q̓ ,Q̓ʷ q̓ʷ ,L l ,L̓ l̓ ,Ł ł ,M m ,M̓ m̓ ,N n ,N̓ n̓ ,O o ,P p ,P̓ p̓ ,S s ,T t ,T̓ t̓ , ƛ ,̓ ƛ̓ ,C c ,C̓ c̓ ,U u ,W w ,W̓ w̓ ,X x ,Xʷ xʷ ,X̌ x̌ ,X̌ʷ x̌ʷ ,Y y ,Y̓ y̓ ,ʔ C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Latinalphabet , written in theLatin script . C
the numeralone hundred (centum ) C inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press "C ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) C inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898 ),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities , New York: Harper & Brothers Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs , which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur , and sporadically inCyrillic .
C C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fourthletter of the Latvianalphabet , calledcē and written in theLatin script . (Latvian letters )latviešu burti ;A a ,Ā ā ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,E e ,Ē ē ,F f ,G g ,Ģ ģ ,H h ,I i ,Ī ī ,J j ,K k ,Ķ ķ ,L l ,Ļ ļ ,M m ,N n ,Ņ ņ ,O o ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,U u ,Ū ū ,V v ,Z z ,Ž ž C (lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet , calledcej and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) pismik ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,Ć ć ,D d ,E e ,Ě ě ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,J j ,K k ,Ł ł ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,O o (Ó ó ),P p ,R r ,Ŕ ŕ ,S s ,Š š ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ž ž ,Ź ź ( obsolete letters ) B́ b́ ,Ė ė ,Ḿ ḿ ,Ṕ ṕ ,ſ ,ß ,Ꞩ ẜ ,Ẃ ẃ C
The thirdletter of the Malayalphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z The letterC ,c from the Norwegian alphabet, in two different fonts. FromLatin C , from EtruscanEtruscan 𐌂 ( c ) , fromAncient Greek Γ ( G ,gamma ) , fromPhoenician 𐤂 ( g ,giml ) .
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /seː/ ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /s/ ,/k/ ,/tʃ/ ,/ʃ/ Rhymes:-eː Hyphenation:C Homophones :c ,se Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel lettersa ,o , andu , as well as all consonants ("campus ", "corner ", "cue ", "credo "), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel lettersi ,e ,y andæ ("cicerone ", "cellete ", "cyste ",cæsar ), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo ", "ciabatta ", "cello "). C (lowercase c )
The thirdletter of the Norwegian Bokmålalphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z ,Æ æ ,Ø ø ,Å å C m (definite singular C-en ,indefinite plural C-er ,definite plural C-ene )
the letterc , the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet indicates thethird entry in alist ,order orrank øl i klasseC ―beer with 2.75–3.75 volume percent alcohol førerkort klasseC ―driver's license for a truck førerkort klasseC1 ―driver's license for a light truck hepatittC ―hepatitisC 1857 ,Henrik Wergeland ,Samlede Skrifter VIII , page515 :[jeg har] allerede sagt A. Traditionen vil nok lægge B. og C. til [I have] already said A. Tradition will probably add B. and C. to 1939 ,Knut Hamsun ,Artikler , page100 :historie er, hvad A mener til forskel fra B, og hvad C igen mener til forskel fra A og B history is what A means as a difference from B, and what C in turn means as a difference from A and B ( education ) the third highestgrade in aschool oruniversity using the A-F scaleå få C til eksamen to get a C on your exam ( music ) C ,c-note ( the first note in the C chromatic and major scales; the lowest note of an instrument, written below the staff and the D note ) den høyeC ―highC 1997 ,Tove Nilsen ,G for Georg , page42 :så gal at man virkelig tror at svaler er g-nøkler og bass-nøkler og a’er og c’er som svever rundt hverandre og lager konsert i himmelen so crazy that you really think swallows are g-keys and bass-keys and a's and c's floating around each other and making a concert in the sky 1939 ,Knut Hamsun ,Artikler , page100 :[de] larmet ikke og gik ikke og tok det høie C [they] did not make noise and did not go and did the high C 1999 , Børre Qvamme,Opera, operette og ballett gjennom tidene , page70 :Duprez vakte sensasjon ved sine ut de poitrine, høy c tatt som brysttone Duprez aroused sensation by his out de poitrine, high c taken as chest tone 2000 ,Pål Gerhard Olsen ,Fredstid :han gjør stolen hennes tobent så hun når den høye c av forskrekkelse he makes her chair two-legged so she reaches the high c out of fright C ( Roman numeral hundred; 100 ) Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead ofs ork . Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings. In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ. Abbreviation ofcelsius , named after Swedish astronomerAnders Celsius (1701–1744).
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( metrology ) symbol fordegrees Celsius Abbreviation ofcoulomb , named after French physicistCharles-Augustin de Coulomb .
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( metrology ) Symbol forcoulomb , anSI unit ofelectric charge .NamedC because it followed on from an earlier programming language calledB .
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( programming ) C ( a particularhigh-level programming language from which many others are derived ) Abbreviation ofkarbon , fromFrench carbone ( “ carbon ” ) , fromLatin carbō, carbōnem ( “ charcoal, coal ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *kerh₃- ( “ to burn ” ) .
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( chemistry ) carbon ( the chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6 ) 1943 , (Carl Fred. Holmboe,Michael Faraday , pages165–166 :kullstoffet C (carbo) er tetravalent og danner metan CH4 med fire vannstoffatomer carbon C (carbo) is tetravalent and forms methane CH4 with four hydrogen atoms C (upper case C ,lower case c )
the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead ofs ork . Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings. In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.[ 1] [ 2] ^ K. Jonas Nordby (2001 )Etterreformatoriske runeinnskrifter i Norge: Opphav og tradisjon [1] , page85 ^ James E. Knirk (1997 )Nyare tids runeinnskrifter frå Vindal Negard C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Nupealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) banki ;A a (Á á ,À à ),B b ,C c ,D d ,Dz dz ,E e (É é ,È è ),F f ,G g ,Gb gb ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ),J j ,K k ,Kp kp ,L l ,M m (Ḿ ḿ ,M̀ m̀ ,M̄ m̄ ),N n (Ń ń ,Ǹ ǹ ,N̄ n̄ ),O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ),P p ,R r ,S s ,Sh sh ,T t ,Ts ts ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ),V v ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Zh zh C
A letter of the Old English alphabet representing the phonemes/k/ and/tʃ/ C
the numeral100 (hundred )late 9th century ,translation ofOrosius’ History Against the Pagans ⁊ R̄omana wæs ānC ⁊ ān M ofslaġen, ⁊ heora sċipa IX ādruncen. And 1,100 of the Romans were slain, and nine of their ships were sunk. The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, andC for development of the glyph itself.
C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fourthletter of the Polishalphabet , calledce and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ą ą ,B b ,C c ,Ć ć ,D d ,E e ,Ę ę ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,O o ,Ó ó ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ź ź ,Ż ż C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Portuguesealphabet , written in theLatin script . (Latin-script letters )letra ;A a (Á á ,À à , â ,à ã ),B b ,C c (Ç ç ),D d ,E e (É é ,Ê ê ),F f ,G g ,H h ,I i (Í í ),J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ô ô ,Õ õ ),P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u (Ú ú ),V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Romanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,X x ,I i ,J j ,K k ,Kh kh ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Ph ph ,R r ,S s ,T t ,Th th ,U u ,V v ,Z z International Standard: (À à ,Ä ä ,Ǎ ǎ ),Ć ć ,Ćh ćh , (È è ,Ë ë ,Ě ě ), (Ì ì ,Ï ï ,Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò ,Ö ö ,Ǒ ǒ ),Rr rr ,Ś ś , (Ù ù ,Ü ü ,Ǔ ǔ ),Ź ź ,Ʒ ʒ ,Q q ,Ç ç ,ϴ θ .Pan-Vlax: Č č ,Čh čh ,Dž dž , (Dź dź ),Ř ř ,Š š , (Ś ś ),Ž ž , (Ź ź ) .Yūsuke Sumi (2018 ) “C, c ”, inニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy) ] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha,→ISBN , page13 C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fifthletter of the Romanianalphabet , calledce orcî and written in theLatin script . When followed by ani ore , this letter represents the phoneme/tʃ/ , as incel (/tʃel/ ) andcitesc (/tʃiˈtesk/ ). When followed byhi orhe (chi andche ) and in all other cases, it represents/k/ .
(Latin script letters )A a ,Ă ă , â ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,Î î ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,Ș ș ,T t ,Ț ț ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z C
The fifthletter of the Saanichalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A ,Á ,Ⱥ ,B ,C ,Ć ,Ȼ ,D ,E ,H ,I ,Í ,J ,K ,Ꝁ ,Ꝃ ,₭ ,Ḵ ,Ḱ ,L ,Ƚ ,M ,N ,Ṉ ,O ,P ,Q ,S ,Ś ,T ,Ⱦ ,Ṯ ,Ŧ ,U ,W ,W̱ ,X ,X̱ ,Y ,Z ,s ,¸ C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Scottish Gaelicalphabet , written in theLatin script . It is preceded byb and followed byd . Its traditional name iscoll ( “ hazel ” ) . ( Latin-script letters) litir ;A a (À à ),B b (Bh bh ),C c (Ch ch ),D d (Dh dh ),E e (È è ),F f (Fh fh ),G g (Gh gh ),H h ,I i (Ì ì ),L l ,M m (Mh mh ),N n ,O o (Ò ò ),P p (Ph ph ),R r ,S s (Sh sh ),T t (Th th ),U u (Ù ù )( diacritics ) ◌̀ ( obsolete vowels ) Á á É é Ó ó The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian language article on Wikipedia for more, andC for development of the glyph itself.
C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fourthletter of the Silesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ã ã ,B b ,C c ,Ć ć ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ł ł ,M m ,N n ,Ń ń ,O o ,Ŏ ŏ ,Ō ō ,Ô ô ,Õ õ ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,Ź ź ,Ż ż C (lower case c )
The fourthletter of the Skolt Samialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) bukva ;A a , â ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,Ʒ ʒ ,Ǯ ǯ ,D d ,Đ đ ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ǧ ǧ ,Ǥ ǥ ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,Ǩ ǩ ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ŋ ŋ ,O o ,Õ õ ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,U u ,V v ,Z z ,Ž ž ,Å å ,Ä ä ,ʹ From Gaj's Latin alphabetC , fromCzech C , fromLatin C , fromEtruscan 𐌂 ( c ) , fromAncient Greek Γ ( G ,Gamma ) , fromPhoenician 𐤂 ( g ,giml ) . Pronunciation asIPA (key ) : /cə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGerman C .
( phoneme ) :IPA (key ) : /t͡s/ ,[d͡z] ( letter name ) :IPA (key ) : /t͡sə́/ ,/t͡sèː/ ,/t͡séː/ Audio( letter name, non-tonal ) : (file )
Rhymes:-ə ,-eː C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Slovenealphabet , written in theLatin script . The fourthletter of the Slovenealphabet (Resian), written in theLatin script . The thirdletter of the Slovenealphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script . C m inan
The name of theLatin script letterC /c . More common when with a definite adjective Masculine inan., no endings nom. sing. C gen. sing. C singular dual plural nominative C C C accusative C C C genitive C C C dative C C C locative C C C instrumental C C C
(Latin script letters )A a ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,U u ,V v ,Z z ,Ž ž Ć C upper case (lower case c )
The twelfthletter of the Somalialphabet , calledcayn and written in theLatin script . The twelfth letter of theSomali alphabet, which followsArabic abjad order. It is preceded byDH and followed byG . ( Latin-script letters) ʼ ,B b ,T t ,J j ,X x ,Kh kh ,D d ,R r ,S s ,Sh sh ,Dh dh ,C c ,G g ,F f ,Q q ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,W w ,H h ,Y y ,A a ,E e ,I i ,O o ,U u C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Spanishalphabet , written in theLatin script . C m
( chess ) Abbreviation ofcaballo .;K (knight )C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Swedishalphabet , written in theLatin script . C n (genitive C:s )
( politics ) Abbreviation ofCenterpartiet ( “ Centre Party ” ) .Synonym: Centern 2022 September 6, “Så förbereder S ochC regeringssamarbete [This is how S andC prepare government cooperation ]”, inDagens Nyheter :Flera källor bekräftar att S nu ofta stämmer av politiska beslut medC:s partiledning. Several sources confirm that S now often reconciles political decisions withC's party leadership. Borrowed fromSpanish C . Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish C . Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish C . C (upper case ,lower case c ,Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ )
The thirdletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet ), calledsi and written in theLatin script . ( historical ) The thirdletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario ), calledce and written in theLatin script . This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords. ( Latin-script letters) titik ;A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,Ñ ñ ,Ng ng ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z CH “C ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 C (lower case c )
A letter of theShilha alphabet. C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Turkishalphabet , calledce and written in theLatin script . (Latin script letters )harf ;A a ,B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,I ı ,İ i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,Ö ö ,P p ,R r ,S s ,Ş ş ,T t ,U u ,Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z C (upper case ,lower case c )
The fifthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet , calledxê orcờ and written in theLatin script . ( Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái ;A a (À à ,Ả ả ,à ã ,Á á ,Ạ ạ ),Ă ă (Ằ ằ ,Ẳ ẳ ,Ẵ ẵ ,Ắ ắ ,Ặ ặ ), â (Ầ ầ ,Ẩ ẩ ,Ẫ ẫ ,Ấ ấ ,Ậ ậ ),B b ,C c (Ch ch ),D d ,Đ đ ,E e (È è ,Ẻ ẻ ,Ẽ ẽ ,É é ,Ẹ ẹ ),Ê ê (Ề ề ,Ể ể ,Ễ ễ ,Ế ế ,Ệ ệ ),G g (Gh gh ,Gi gi ),H h ,I i (Ì ì ,Ỉ ỉ ,Ĩ ĩ ,Í í ,Ị ị ),K k (Kh kh ),L l ,M m ,N n (Ng ng ,Ngh ngh ,Nh nh ),O o (Ò ò ,Ỏ ỏ ,Õ õ ,Ó ó ,Ọ ọ ),Ô ô (Ồ ồ ,Ổ ổ ,Ỗ ỗ ,Ố ố ,Ộ ộ ),Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ ,Ở ở ,Ỡ ỡ ,Ớ ớ ,Ợ ợ ),P p (Ph ph ),Q q (Qu qu ),R r ,S s ,T t (Th th ,Tr tr ),U u (Ù ù ,Ủ ủ ,Ũ ũ ,Ú ú ,Ụ ụ ),Ư ư (Ừ ừ ,Ử ử ,Ữ ữ ,Ứ ứ ,Ự ự ),V v ,X x ,Y y (Ỳ ỳ ,Ỷ ỷ ,Ỹ ỹ ,Ý ý ,Ỵ ỵ )C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Welshalphabet , calledec and written in theLatin script . It is preceded byB and followed byCh . Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
( Latin-script letters) llythyren ;A a (Á á ,À à , â ,Ä ä ),B b ,C c ,Ch ch ,D d ,Dd dd ,E e (É é ,È è ,Ê ê ,Ë ë ),F f ,Ff ff ,G g ,Ng ng ,H h ,I i (Í í ,Ì ì ,Î î ,Ï ï ),J j ,L l ,Ll ll ,M m ,N n ,O o (Ó ó ,Ò ò ,Ô ô ,Ö ö ),P p ,Ph ph ,R r ,Rh rh ,S s ,T t ,Th th ,U u (Ú ú ,Ù ù ,Û û ,Ü ü ),W w (Ẃ ẃ ,Ẁ ẁ ,Ŵ ŵ ,Ẅ ẅ ),Y y (Ý ý ,Ỳ ỳ ,Ŷ ŷ ,Ÿ ÿ )R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “C ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies C (upper case ,lower case c )
The thirdletter of the Zulualphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) A a ,B b ,C c ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,H h ,I i ,J j ,K k ,L l ,M m ,N n ,O o ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,S s ,T t ,U u ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Z z