Modification of upper case letterC, from Etruscan𐌂(c), from Ancient GreekΓ(G,“Gamma”), from Phoenician𐤂(g,“gimel”).

• Pronunciation of IPA[cɑː, ɑccɑː] with the sound[c]:

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c (upper caseC)

1. The third letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

• Not to be confused withϲ(s) (the lunate sigma).
• In many languages, the letterc represents both a “hard”/k/ sound and a “soft” sound (/s/,/ts/,/tʃ/, or/θ/), based on the following letter.
• In a number of languages, it is used only for the/tʃ/ sound.
• In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph withch.
• In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents/tʃ/,/θ/, or/tsʰ/.

• (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
• Other scripts:г(g,“ge”),ג(g,“gimel”),ʗ
• Letters and symbols with similar shapes:Ɔ (open O),с(s,“es”)
• For more variations, seeAppendix:Variations of "c".
• Appendix:Roman script
•  c on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

c

1. (IPA)voicelesspalatalplosive.

   May stand in forpalatalized[kʲ],[tʲ], or as a more economical transcription of[t͜ʃ] or a similarch-like sound.

2. (NAPA,UPA) the IPAaffricate[t͜s].

   Synonym:ȼ

3. (superscript⟨ᶜ⟩,IPA)[c]-onset (prestopping /preocclusion /preplosion),[c]-release,[c]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[c].
4. (superscript⟨ᶜ⟩)A common rendering of the Semiticayin, graphically resembling both Somalic and Semiticist⟨ʿ⟩.

Lower case form of upper case roman numeralC, 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,c,Ⅽ,LL,ll,Ↄ,ↄ,ƆIC,Ж, >I<

c (lower case Roman numeral,upper caseC)

1. cardinal number onehundred (100).

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

• English:c-note

• Lesser roman numeral symbol:l(“50”)
• Greater roman numeral symbol:d(“500”)
• Roman numerals

Fromcenti-, fromLatincentum(“hundred”).

c

1. centi-.

FromLatinceleritās(“speed”).

c

1. (physics) Thespeed of light, 2.99792458 × 10⁸ m/s.
2. (oceanography,meteorology) Thespeed of a fluidwave (water or air).

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

c

1. (mathematics) Thespace ofconvergentsequences.

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

Other representations of C:

 Old English lower case letterc, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casec of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚳ(c,“cen”).

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/siː/ (usually spelledcee)

Audio(UK):

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Audio(US):

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Rhymes:-iː

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/k/,/s/,/tʃ/, ...
• Usage notes: In English, c is usually pronounced as /k/ ("crack", "climb", "clone"), sometimes pronounced as /s/ ("cereal", "celebrity", "citron"), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ ("ciao", "cello", "vermicelli"). Sometimes c is pronounced as /tʃ/ due toEnglish words that came from Italian. (Italian has a rule that states thatc before i or e is pronounced as /tʃ/.[1])

c (lower case,upper caseC,pluralcsorc's)

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

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. Theordinal numberthird, derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet, 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

Various abbreviations

1. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofseeand inflectionssees,seen,seeing.

   exception:saw is writtens

2. (Stenoscript) the consonant /tʃ/
3. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /siː/

c

1. Alternative form ofc.

c

1. Alternative form ofc.

c (pluralcsorc's)

1. (music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.

c

1. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviation ofsee.

   Alternative form:C

   • 2012,Josephine Angelini,Dreamless,Macmillan Children’s Books,→ISBN:

     C u 2nite as planned.

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ħ/

c

1. The sixthletter of the Afaralphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,T t,S s,E e,C c,K k,X x,I i,D d,Q q,R r,F f,G g,O o,L l,M m,N n,U u,W w,H h,Y y

IPA^(key):/t͡s/

c (upper caseC,lower casec)

1. 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]

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/d͡ʒ/
• IPA^(key):/d͡z/

clower case (upper caseC)

1. 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

• IPA^(key):(phoneme)/k/,/s̻/

c (lower case,upper 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)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]

• IPA^(key):/ʕ/

c (uppercaseC)

1. Aletter of theBilen Latin alphabet.

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/se/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/k/,/s/

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. The thirdletter of the Catalanalphabet, 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

• IPA^(key):/k/

c (upper caseC)

1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

• (Latin-script letters)A a,Ⱥ ⱥ,A̱ a̱,B b,C c,Cꞌ cꞌ,Cj cj,Cu cu,Cꞌu cꞌu,Cju cju,Ch ch,Chꞌ chꞌ,Chj chj,D d,Dy dy,E e,Ɇ ɇ,E̱ e̱,G g,Gu gu,Hu hu,ꞌHu ꞌhu,I i,I̱ i̱,J j,Jꞌ jꞌ,Jm jm,Jn jn,Jñ jñ,Ju ju,Jy jy,L l,M m,Mꞌ mꞌ,N n,Nꞌ nꞌ,Ñ ñ,Ñꞌ ñꞌ,O o,Ø ø,O̱ o̱,P p,Pj pj,R r,S s,T t,Tꞌ tꞌ,Tj tj,Ts ts,Tsꞌ tsꞌ,Tsj tsj,U u,Ꞹ ꞹ,U̱ u̱,X x,Z z,Zh zh,ꞌ

1. IPA^(key):/t͜s/

c (no case)

1. Aletter of the Comoxalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• (Latin-script letters)a,æ,aw,ay,ɔ,č,č̓,e,ɛ,ə,əw,əy,g,gʸ,h,i,ɩ,j,k,k̓,kʷ,k̓ʷ,kʸ,k̓ʸ,l,l̓,ɬ,ƛ,ƛ̓,m,m̓,n,n̓,o,ɔy,p,p̓,q,q̓,qʷ,q̓ʷ,s,š,t,t̓,θ,tᶿ,t̓ᶿ,u,ʊ,w,w̓,ꭓ,ꭓʷ,x,xʷ,y,y̓,ʔ,꞉

c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

c (uppercaseC)

1. the third letter of the Danish alphabet

• (Latin-script letters)bogstav;A a (Á á),B b,C c,D d,E e (É é),F f,G g,H h,I i (Í í),J j,K k,L l,M m,N n,O o (Ó ó),P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,U u (Ú ú),V v,W w,X x,Y y (Ý ý),Z z,Æ æ (Ǽ ǽ),Ø ø (Ǿ ǿ),Å å

• Audio:

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

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. The thirdletter of the Dutchalphabet, 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,IJ ij,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

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

• Audio:

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. 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

• IPA^(key):/ˈtseː/,[ˈtseː]

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. 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)

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/ð/

c (upper caseC)

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

• (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,C c,D d,E e,F f,G g,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,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.

• IPA^(key):/ˈseː/,[ˈs̠e̞ː](name of letter)

• Audio:cee,Cecilia,Celsius,cee:

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• Rhymes:-eː

c (lower case,upper 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;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

German musical notation.

c

1. (music)C(note)

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/se/
• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/k/,/s/

• Audio:

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. The thirdletter of the Frenchalphabet, written in theLatin script.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot,L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation ofEl ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Avecces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour lescomprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles,ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pourcela.

     With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, toconsider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

c

1. (text messaging,Internetslang)Informal spelling ofc’est

   C nul ici sans George

   It's rubbish here without George

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/tʃ/

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. Aletter of the Fulaalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• Common to all varieties ofFula (Fulfulde /Pulaar /Pular).

• (Latin-script letters)karfeeje;',A a,B b,Mb mb,Ɓ ɓ,C c,D d,Nd nd,Ɗ ɗ,E e,F f,G g,Ng ng,Ɠ ɠ,H h,I i,J j,Nj nj,K k,L l,M m,N n,Ŋ ŋ,Ñ ñ,Ɲ ɲ,O o,P p,R r,S s,T t,U u,W w,Y y,Ƴ ƴ

• IPA^(key):/t͜sʰ/

c (upper 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

• (Protestant; obsolete)tz,(chiefly Catholic; archaic)cz

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

• Audio:

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

• c-moll

• (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,R r,S s,Sz sz,T t,Ty ty,U u,Ú ú,Ü ü,Ű ű,V v,Z z,Zs zs.Only in the extended alphabet:Q qW wX xY y.Commonly used: ch.Also defined: à ë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthts ÿ.

• (sound, letter, item, or abbreviation):c ,(musical note, its symbol or key/position):c ,(interjection expressing surprise or disparagement):c ,(interjection for calling cats):c ,(interjection for calling pigs or horses):c inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
• c inNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).

• (context pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ts/
• (letter name)IPA^(key):/tse/

c (upper caseC)

1. 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/

c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

• (Latin-script letters)huruf;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):/tse/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/k/ before 'a'/'o'/'u',/ts/ before 'i'/'e'/'y'

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. The thirdletter of the Interlinguaalphabet, 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 (lower case,upper 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

c f orm (invariable,lower case,upper caseC)

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   Please seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning.The thirdletter of the Italianalphabet, calledci and written in theLatin script.

• ©️(ちゃん)

Short ofちゃん(chan).

c(ちゃん)• (-chan) 

1. (teen girl'sslang)Alternative spelling ofちゃん(chan)

• s(さん)(san)

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 (lower case,upper 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

Homophonous tosi.

• (Standard Kankanaey)IPA^(key):/si/[si̞]
  • IPA^(key):(parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian)/hi/[hi̞]
• Rhymes:-i

c

1. (text messaging)Abbreviation ofsi.

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016)Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN, pages10-11

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 (lower case,upper 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 Kwakʼwala)

• IPA^(key):/t͜s/

c (upper 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

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. A letter in theLatin alphabet, representing the sound /k/

• (Latin-script letters)A a,B b,C c,D d,E e,F f,G g,H h,I i,L l,M m,N n,O o,P p,Q q,R r,S s,T t,V v,X x,Y y,Z z

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.

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):[ts]

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  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 (upper caseC)

1. The thirdletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet, calledcej and written in theLatin script.

• SeeTemplate:list:Latin script letters/dsb.

• IPA^(key):/t͡s/

c

1. The fifthletter of theLushootseed alphabet.

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/tʃ/

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. 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

• IPA^(key):[ç],[x](inch)

c (lower case,upper caseC)

1. Aletter of the North Frisianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

• The letter occurs only in ⟨ch⟩. This digraph is pronounced as in German, thus[x] afterback vowels, otherwise[ç]. The same sound is also represented by ⟨g⟩ in some positions (see there). Moreover, ⟨j⟩ becomes[ç] prevocalicallyafter voicelessobstruents, whereas ⟨r⟩ may become[x]before voicelessstops.
• The trigraph ⟨sch⟩ represents[ʃ]. Chiefly in Sylt Frisian, ⟨sj⟩ is used instead.

• (North Frisian letters):a,ä,å,ā,b,c,d,đ,e,ē,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,ö,p,r,s,t,u,ü,v,w (q,x,y,z)

• C

FromLatinc, from the uppercase letterC, from EtruscanEtruscan𐌂(c), fromAncient GreekΓ(G,“Gamma”), fromPhoenician𐤂(g,“gimel”).

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

• Audio:

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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 (uppercaseC)

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
   • 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. (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

4. (grammar)Abbreviation ofgenus commune.

• Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own.
• Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.

Abbreviation ofcenti-(“centi-”), fromLatincentum(“hundred”), fromProto-Italic*kentom(“hundred”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm(“hundred”), from*déḱm̥(“ten”).

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/ˈsɛntɪ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-ɛntɪ
• Hyphenation:c
• Homophones:C,se,centi-

c

1. Abbreviation ofcenti-.

Abbreviation ofcent, fromEnglishcent, fromMiddle Englishcent, fromOld Frenchcent(“one hundred”), fromLatincentum(“hundred”), fromProto-Italic*kentom(“hundred”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm(“hundred”), from*déḱm̥(“ten”).

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/sɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-ɛnt
• Hyphenation:c
• Homophones:C,se,cent,sendt

c

1. Abbreviation ofcent.

Abbreviation ofcentime, fromFrenchcentime, fromcent(“hundred”), fromMiddle Frenchcent, fromOld Frenchcent(“hundred”), fromLatincentum(“hundred”), fromProto-Italic*kentom(“hundred”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm(“hundred”), from*déḱm̥(“ten”).

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/saŋˈtiːm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-iːm
• Hyphenation:c
• Homophones:C,se,centime

c

1. Abbreviation ofcentime.

Abbreviation ofcentavo, fromSpanishcentavo (fromciento, fromOld Spanish) andPortuguesecentavo (fromcento, fromOld Galician-Portuguesecento), both stemming fromLatincentum(“hundred”), fromProto-Italic*kentom(“hundred”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱm̥tóm(“hundred”), from*déḱm̥(“ten”).

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/sɛnˈtɑːʋʊ/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-ɑːʋʊ
• Hyphenation:c
• Homophones:C,se,centavo