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cU+0063,c
LATIN SMALL LETTER C
b
[U+0062]
Basic Latind
[U+0064]
Character variations

U+1D9C,ᶜ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL C

[U+1D9B]
Phonetic Extensions Supplement
[U+1D9D]

U+217D,ⅽ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED

[U+217C]
Number Forms
[U+217E]
U+FF43,c
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER C

[U+FF42]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF44]
Superscript is the Unicode base for superscriptᶜ̧.
Languages (59)
Translingual • English
Afar • Albanian • Azerbaijani • Basque • Blin • Catalan • Central Mazahua • Comox • Czech • Danish • Dutch • Esperanto • Estonian • Fijian • Finnish • French • Fula • Heiltsuk • Hungarian • Ido • Indonesian • Interlingua • Irish • Italian • Japanese • Kankanaey • Kashubian • Kwak'wala • Latin • Latvian • Lower Sorbian • Lushootseed • Malay • North Frisian • Norwegian Bokmål • Nupe • Old English • Polish • Portuguese • Romagnol • Romani • Romanian • Scottish Gaelic • Serbo-Croatian • Silesian • Skolt Sami • Slovak • Slovene • Somali • Spanish • Swedish • Tagalog • Tashelhit • Turkish • Vietnamese • Welsh • Zulu
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Translingual

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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c (upper caseC)

  1. The third letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.
Usage notes
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  • 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/.
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Symbol

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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, IPA)[c]-onset (prestopping /preocclusion /preplosion),[c]-release,[c]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[c].
  4. (superscript)A common rendering of the Semiticayin, graphically resembling both Somalic and Semiticistʿ.

Etymology 2

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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.

Alternative forms

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Numeral

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c (lower case Roman numeral,upper caseC)

  1. cardinal number onehundred (100).
Usage notes
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With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c̅, it represents one hundred thousand.

Derived terms
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See also
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  • Lesser roman numeral symbol:l(50)
  • Greater roman numeral symbol:d(500)
  • Roman numerals

Etymology 3

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Fromcenti-, fromLatincentum(hundred).

Symbol

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c

  1. centi-.

Etymology 4

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FromLatinceleritās(speed).

Symbol

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c

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

Etymology 5

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

Symbol

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c

  1. (mathematics) Thespace ofconvergentsequences.

Gallery

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

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Other representations of C:

English

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Etymology 1

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The k-rune ᚲ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ
The k-rune ᚲ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ, which was later replaced by Latin ‘c’Old English lower case letterc, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casec of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter(c,cen).

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /siː/ (usually spelledcee)
Audio(UK):(file)
Audio(US):(file)
Rhymes:-iː

Letter

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

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

Number

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. Theordinal numberthird, derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet, calledcee and written in theLatin script.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Various abbreviations

  1. (Stenoscript)Abbreviation ofseeand inflectionssees,seen,seeing.
    exception:saw is writtens
  2. (Stenoscript) the consonant /tʃ/
  3. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /siː/

Adverb

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c

  1. Alternative form ofc.

Noun

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c

  1. Alternative form ofc.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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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.

Etymology 4

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Verb

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c

  1. (Internetslang, text messaging)Abbreviation ofsee.
    Alternative form:C

Afar

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c

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

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Albanian

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /t͡s/

Letter

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c (upper caseC,lower casec)

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

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Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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clower case (upper caseC)

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

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

Usage notes

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  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

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Further reading

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

Blin

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (uppercaseC)

  1. Aletter of theBilen Latin alphabet.

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Central Mazahua

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (upper caseC)

  1. A letter of theMazahua alphabet.

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Comox

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Pronunciation

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  1. IPA(key): /t͜s/

Letter

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c (no case)

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

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Czech

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The fourthletter of the Czechalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Danish

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Letter

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c (uppercaseC)

  1. the third letter of the Danish alphabet

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Estonian

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EstonianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaet

Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

Usage notes

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  • Used only in foreign words.

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Fijian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (upper caseC)

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

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Finnish

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Etymology 1

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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.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The thirdletter of the Finnishalphabet, calledsee and written in theLatin script.
Usage notes
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  • Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced withk ors.
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Etymology 2

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German musical notation.

Noun

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c

  1. (music)C(note)
Usage notes
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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.

Declension
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Inflection ofc (Kotus type 18/maa)
singularplural
nominativecc:t
genitivec:nc:iden
c:itten
partitivec:täc:itä
accusativec
c:n
c:t
inessivec:ssäc:issä
elativec:stäc:istä
illativec:henc:ihin
adessivec:lläc:illä
ablativec:ltäc:iltä
allativec:llec:ille
essivec:näc:inä
translativec:ksic:iksi
abessivec:ttäc:ittä
instructivec:in
comitativec:ineen
Derived terms
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compounds

French

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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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 Manchefr.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.

Contraction

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c

  1. (text messaging, Internetslang)Informal spelling ofc’est
    C nul ici sans George
    It's rubbish here without George

Fula

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

Usage notes

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Heiltsuk

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (upper caseC)

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

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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singularplural
nominativecc-k
accusativec-tc-ket
dativec-nekc-knek
instrumentalc-velc-kkel
causal-finalc-értc-kért
translativec-véc-kké
terminativec-igc-kig
essive-formalc-kéntc-kként
essive-modal
inessivec-benc-kben
superessivec-nc-ken
adessivec-nélc-knél
illativec-bec-kbe
sublativec-rec-kre
allativec-hezc-khez
elativec-bőlc-kből
delativec-rőlc-kről
ablativec-tőlc-ktől
non-attributive
possessive – singular
c-éc-ké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
c-éic-kéi
Possessive forms ofc
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.c-mc-im
2nd person sing.c-dc-id
3rd person sing.c-jec-i
1st person pluralc-nkc-ink
2nd person pluralc-tekc-itek
3rd person pluralc-jükc-ik

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • (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 inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
  • c in Nóra 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).

Ido

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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c (upper caseC)

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

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/(standard)
  • (letter name):IPA(key): /se/(variant, Dutch-influenced)
  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /tʃ/

Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /tse/
  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /k/ before 'a'/'o'/'u',/ts/ before 'i'/'e'/'y'

Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Irish

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Italian

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Letter

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

  1. The templateTemplate:Latn-def does not use the parameter(s):
    langname=Italian
    Please seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning.
    The thirdletter of the Italianalphabet, calledci and written in theLatin script.

Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Short ofちゃん(chan).

Suffix

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c(ちゃん) (-chan

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

Related terms

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Kankanaey

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromTagalogc. Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishc.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter)IPA(key): /si/[si̞]
    • IPA(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian)/hi/[hi̞]
    • Rhymes:-i
  • (phoneme)IPA(key): /k/[k̠̚]

Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The thirdletter of the Kankanaeyalphabet, calledsi and written in theLatin script.
See also
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Etymology 2

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Homophonous tosi.

Pronunciation

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

Particle

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c

  1. (text messaging)Abbreviation ofsi.

References

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

Kashubian

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Etymology

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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.

Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Kwak'wala

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Alternative forms

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  • ts in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)

Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (upper caseC)

  1. (Liqʼwala dialect)Aletter of the Kwak'walaalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Latin

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Latvian

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LatvianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedialv

Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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C

c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (upper caseC)

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

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Lushootseed

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c

  1. The fifthletter of theLushootseed alphabet.

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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North Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian BokmålWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedianb
The letterC,c from the Norwegian alphabet, in two different fonts.

Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Letter

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c (uppercaseC)

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

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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 høyeChighC
    • 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.

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Symbol

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c

  1. Abbreviation ofcenti-.

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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Symbol

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c

  1. Abbreviation ofcent.

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

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Symbol

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c

  1. Abbreviation ofcentime.

Etymology 5

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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).

Pronunciation

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c

  1. Abbreviation ofcentavo.

Etymology 6

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Abbreviation ofcykel, fromAncient Greekκῠ́κλος(kŭ́klos), fromProto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos(circle, wheel), from*kʷel-(to turn).

Pronunciation

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Symbol

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c

  1. (physics)Abbreviation ofcykel.

References

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Anagrams

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Nupe

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Old English

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c (lowercase, uppercasec)

  1. a letter of theOld English alphabet, representing/k/ and/tʃ/

Polish

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Etymology

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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.

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c (upper caseC,lower case)

  1. The fourthletter of the Polishalphabet, calledce and written in theLatin script.

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme; beforea,o,u and other consonants)IPA(key): /k/
  • (phoneme; beforee andi)IPA(key): /s/
  • (letter name)IPA(key): /ˈse/

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The thirdletter of the Portuguesealphabet, written in theLatin script.
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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c m orfby sense (plural6)

  1. (Brazil, Internetslang, text messaging)Abbreviation of.

Etymology 3

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Preposition

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c

  1. (text messaging)Abbreviation ofcom.

Romagnol

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

  1. The thirdletter of the Romagnolalphabet, called and written in theLatin script.

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Romani

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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References

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  • 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

Romanian

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The fifthletter of the Romanianalphabet, calledce or and written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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SeeC for pronunciation notes.

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Scottish Gaelic

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The thirdletter of the Scottish Gaelicalphabet, written in theLatin script.It is preceded byb and followed byd. Its traditional name iscoll(hazel).

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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  • C(uppercase)

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c (Cyrillic spellingц)

  1. The 3rd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded byb and followed byč.

Silesian

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Etymology

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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.

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The fourthletter of the Silesianalphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Skolt Sami

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c (upper caseC)

  1. The fourthletter of the Skolt Samialphabet, written in theLatin script.

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Slovak

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c (upper caseC)

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

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Slovene

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Gaj's Latin alphabetc, from Czech alphabetc, from latinc, which is a modification of upper case letterC, from Etruscan𐌂(c), from Ancient GreekΓ(G,Gamma), from Phoenician𐤂(g,gimel). Pronunciation asIPA(key): /cə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGermanc.

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  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /t͡s/,[d͡z]
  • (letter name):IPA(key): /t͡sə́/,/t͡sèː/,/t͡séː/
  • Audio(letter name, non-tonal):(file)
  • Rhymes:,-eː

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The thirdletter of the Slovenealphabet, written in theLatin script.
  2. The fourthletter of the Slovenealphabet (Resian), written in theLatin script.
  3. The thirdletter of the Slovenealphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

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c

  1. (SNPT)Phonetictranscription of sound [t͡s].

Noun

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c inan

  1. The name of theLatin script letterC /c.
  2. (linguistics)The name of thephoneme/t͡s/.

Inflection

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  • Overall more common
Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.c
gen. sing.c-ja
singulardualplural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
cc-jac-ji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
c-jac-jevc-jev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
c-juc-jemac-jem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
cc-jac-je
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
c-juc-jihc-jih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
c-jemc-jemac-ji
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.c
gen. sing.c
singulardualplural
nominativeccc
accusativeccc
genitiveccc
dativeccc
locativeccc
instrumentalccc

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Further reading

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  • c”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025

Somali

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clower case (upper caseC)

  1. The twelfthletter of the Somalialphabet, calledcayn and written in theLatin script.

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (phoneme, Spain)/k/[k],/θ/[θ]
  • IPA(key): (phoneme, Latin America, Philippines)/k/[k],/s/[s]
  • IPA(key): (letter name, Spain)/ˈθe/[ˈθe]
  • IPA(key): (letter name, Latin America, Philippines)/ˈse/[ˈse]

Letter

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology at#Translingual.

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Proper noun

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c n (genitivec:s)

  1. Abbreviation ofCenterpartiet(Centre Party).
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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed fromSpanishc. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishc.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishc.

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c (lower case,upper caseC,Baybayin spellingᜐᜒ)

  1. The thirdletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theFilipino alphabet), calledsi and written in theLatin script.
  2. (historical)The thirdletter of the Tagalogalphabet (theAbecedario), calledce and written in theLatin script.
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  • This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishc(cee),homophonous tosi.

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c (Baybayin spellingᜐᜒ)

  1. (text messaging)Abbreviation ofsi.

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  • c”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018

Tashelhit

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c (upper caseC)

  1. A letter of theShilha alphabet.

Turkish

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /d͡ʒ/
  • (letter name):IPA(key): /d͡ʒeː/

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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Vietnamese

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The fifthletter of the Vietnamesealphabet, called orcờ and written in theLatin script.

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c

  1. (slang, Internet, text messaging)Abbreviation ofcậu.
  2. (slang, Internet, text messaging)Abbreviation ofchị.

Welsh

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

  1. The thirdletter of the Welshalphabet, calledec and written in theLatin script.It is preceded byb and followed bych.

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Mutated forms ofcath
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cathgathnghathchath

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Further reading

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  • 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

Zulu

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c (lower case,upper caseC)

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

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