From theEtruscan letter𐌂(c,ce), from theAncient Greek letterΓ(G,gamma), derived from thePhoenician letter𐤂(g,giml), from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓌙.

C (lower casec)

1. The third letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter C):  Ćć  Ĉĉ  Čč  Ċċ  C̄c̄  Çç  Ḉḉ  Ȼȼ  Ƈƈ  ɕ  ᴄ  Ｃｃ
• (select other variations)Ƈ₡₵₢
• Other scripts:Г(ge),ג(gimel)
• For more variations, seeAppendix:Variations of "c".
•  C on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A standardization ofƆ andC because the latter happens to be an abbreviation ofLatincentum(“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,LL,ll

C (upper case Roman numeral,lower casec)

1. Roman numeralhundred (100)
2. thehundredth (100th)

• With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as C̅, it represents one hundred thousand.

• Previous:XCIX (99)
• Next:CI (101)

• English:c-note

• 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

1. (biochemistry)IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation forcysteine
2. (clothing)Bracup size.
3. (computing,hexadecimal) The digit for 12.

   0x0000000C

4. (chemistry)Chemical symbol forcarbon.
5. (finance)Long-termbondcredit rating byMoody's Investors Service, indicating that a bond is indefault, with little prospect ofdebtrecovery.
6. (finance)Long-termbondcredit rating byFitch Ratings, indicating that a bond islowgrade and on the verge ofdefault.
7. (genetics)IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for anycytosine
8. (linguistics) Awildcard for aconsonant
9. (mathematics)differentiable class

   C¹ functions are differentiable once, andC² functions are twice differentiable

10. (mathematics) Theconstant of integration.

    ${\displaystyle \int \cos xdx=\sin x+C}$ 

11. (metrology)Symbol forcoulomb, anSI unit ofelectric charge.
12. (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?

13. (physics)capacitance
14. (Voice Quality Symbols)creak (vocal fry)

• Letter styles
•  
  Capital and lowercase versions ofC, in normal and italic type
•  
  Uppercase and lowercaseC inFraktur

Other representations of C:

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/siː/

• Audio(UK):

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• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/s/,/k/,/tʃ/,/ks/,/ʃ/, ...
• Homophones:si,cee,sea,see
• Rhymes:-iː

C (upper case,lower casec,pluralCsorC's)

1. 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;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. Theordinal numberthird, derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet, calledcee and written in theLatin script.

C

1. A standard size ofdry cell battery betweenA andD.

C (pluralCs)

1. (US,slang)One hundreddollars; 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.

2. (music) The first note in the Cchromatic andmajor scales.

   Hyponyms:high C,middle C

4. (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.

5. (Unicode)CanonicalDecomposition, followed by CanonicalComposition

   (Can we add anexample for this sense?)

6. (slang)Cocaine.^[2]
   • 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:

     Where did you secure theC? My own supply is utterly depleted.

7. (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.

8. Abbreviation ofconsonant.
9. (UK politics, in election results)Abbreviation ofConservative.
10. Abbreviation ofcentury.

    Alternative forms:C.,c.

    • 1979,The Automobile Association,AA Town Plans, London:Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd.,→ISBN,page222, column 1:

      Contains an interesting collection of English and European paintings from the 14th to 20th-Cs, in particular the Lycett Green collection of old masters.

    • 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.

11. (basketball)Abbreviation ofcenter.

    Coordinate terms:PG,SG,SF,PF

• (in Unicode):D,KC,KD,NF

The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language calledB.

C

2. (programming) A particularhigh-levelprogramming 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.

3. (British) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
4. (stock ticker symbol) Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on theNYSE

(programming language):Objective-C

• C family
• C++,C plus plus
• C--,C minus minus
• C#,C sharp

• BCPL

Abbreviations.

C

1. (entomology)Abbreviation ofcosta.

C

1. (Stenoscript) the sequencecirc or its sound
2. (Stenoscript) the prefixcircum-

C

1. (Internetslang,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]

• (Singapore)IPA^(key):/siː(˦)/

C (notcomparable)

1. (Singapore,colloquial, used as a modifier afterkopi(“coffee”) orteh(“tea”)) Withsugar andevaporated milk added.

• Unicode Consortium,Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2,table 1: “Normalization Forms”

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/sɪə/

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Afrikaansalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

C (pluralC's,diminutiveC'tjie)

1. C

IPA^(key):/t͡s/

C (upper caseC,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Albanianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)shkronjë;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Dhdh,Ee,Ëë,Ff,Gg,Gjgj,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Llll,Mm,Nn,Njnj,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Rrrr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,Xx,Xhxh,Yy,Zz,Zhzh
• (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

1. 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

Cupper case (lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Azerbaijanialphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)hərf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Əə,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Xx,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Qq,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

• IPA^(key):(phoneme)/k/,/s̻/

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Basquealphabet, calledze and written in theLatin script.

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

• (Latin-script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc, (Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,L,l,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu, (Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• “C”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈse]

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. 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

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. 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/.

• IPA^(key):/k/

C (lower casec)

1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

C

1. (electronics)USB-C

   C口  ― sēikǒu  ―  USB-C port

C

1. The third letter of the Latin alphabet.

C

1. 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

1. 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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Dutchalphabet, calledcee and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• ᛋ,C(Dalecarlian runes)

C (upper caseC,lower casec)

1. (obsolete, non-native words)Theletter of the Elfdalianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ts/; before a voicedobstruent,IPA^(key):/dz/

• Audio:

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C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Esperantoalphabet, calledco and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Ĉĉ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ĝĝ,Hh,Ĥĥ,Ii,Jj,Ĵĵ,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Ŝŝ,Tt,Uu,Ŭŭ,Vv,Zz

• (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 casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Estonianalphabet, calledtsee and written in theLatin script.

• Used only in foreign words.

• (Latin-script letters)täht;Aa,Bb (Cc),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp (Qq),Rr,Ss,Šš,Zz,Žž,Tt,Uu,Vv (Ww),Õõ,Ää,Öö,Üü (Xx,Yy)

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 casec)

1. 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;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss (Šš),Tt,Uu,Vv (Ww),Xx,Yy,Zz (Žž),Åå,Ä ä,Öö

C

1. Abbreviation ofcum laude approbatur.
2. Alternativeletter-case form ofc(“C (musical note)”)

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. 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 (Πî,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

• IPA^(key):/tseː/

• Audio:

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C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Germanalphabet, calledce and written in theLatin script.

• IPA^(key):/t͜sʰ/

C (lower casec)

1. 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,Ꟛ ꟛ,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,Ƛ ƛ,Ƛ̓ 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

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):[ˈt͡s]
• (letter name):IPA^(key):[ˈt͡seː]

• Audio:

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C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The fourthletter of the Hungarianalphabet, calledcé and written in theLatin script.

• C-dúr
• C-vitamin

• (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

• IPA^(key):/ts/

C (lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Idoalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,L,l,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• (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 casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Indonesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

C (pluralC-C)

1. C:
   1. (music) the first note in the Cchromatic andmajor scales
   3. (education) An academic grade better than aD and worse than aB

C (upper case Roman numeral,lower casec)

1. Roman numeralhundred (100)
2. thehundredth (100th)

C

1. (chemical symbol)C:Initialism ofkarbon.

• “C” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. 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)Ḃḃ,Ċċ,Ḋḋ,Ḟḟ,Ġġ,Ṁṁ,Ṗṗ,Ṡẛṡ,Ṫṫ

• (letter name)IPA^(key):^**/ˈt͡ʃi/^*
  • Rhymes:-i
  • Homophone:ci
• (phonemic realization)IPA^(key):/k/
• (phonemic realization beforee ori)IPA^(key):/t͡ʃ/

C f orm (invariable,upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Italianalphabet, calledci and written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)lettera;Aa (Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee (Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii (Íí,Ìì,Îî,Jj,Kk),Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo (Óó,Òò),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu (Úú,Ùù),Vv (Ww,Xx,Yy),Zz
•  Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed fromTagalogC. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishC.

• (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 casec)

1. 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 casec)

1. The fifthletter of the Kashubianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,Ą ą,àã,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)

• IPA^(key):/t͜s/

C (lower casec)

1. (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,Ꟛ ꟛ,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,Ƛ ƛ,Ƛ̓ ƛ̓,C c,C̓ c̓,U u,W w,W̓ w̓,X x,Xʷ xʷ,X̌ x̌,X̌ʷ x̌ʷ,Y y,Y̓ y̓,ʔ

• (phoneme):(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈk/,[ˈk]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈk/,[ˈk]
• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈɡ/,[ˈɡ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈɡ/,[ˈɡ]

C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletter of the Latinalphabet, written in theLatin script.

C

1. 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.

• IPA^(key):[ts]

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C (upper case,lower casec)

1. The fourthletter of the Latvianalphabet, calledcē and written in theLatin script.

• (Latvian letters)latviešu burti;Aa,Āā,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Ģģ,Hh,Ii,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ķķ,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

• IPA^(key):/t͡s/

C (lower casec)

1. 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)B́b́,Ėė,Ḿḿ,Ṕṕ,ſ,ß,Ꞩẜ,Ẃẃ

• (Name of letter)IPA^(key):[si]
• (Phoneme)IPA^(key):[t͡ʃ]

C

1. The thirdletter of the Malayalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

• c

FromLatinC, from EtruscanEtruscan𐌂(c), fromAncient GreekΓ(G,gamma), fromPhoenician𐤂(g,giml).

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/seː/
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/s/,/k/,/tʃ/,/ʃ/

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• 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 (lowercasec)

1. The thirdletter of the Norwegian Bokmålalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz,Ææ,Øø,Åå

C m (definite singularC-en,indefinite pluralC-er,definite pluralC-ene)

1. the letterc, the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet
2. 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

3. (education) the third highestgrade in aschool oruniversity using the A-F scale

   å få C til eksamen

   to get a C on your exam

4. (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

5. 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).

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/ˈsɛlsɪʉs/

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• Rhymes:-eː,-ʉs
• Hyphenation:C
• Homophones:c,se,celsius

C

1. (metrology)symbol fordegreesCelsius