Superscript⟨ ᶜ ⟩ is the Unicode base for superscript⟨ ᶜ̧ ⟩ .
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] : (file )
c (upper case C )
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/ . c
( IPA ) voiceless palatal plosive .May stand in forpalatalized [kʲ] ,[tʲ] , or as a more economical transcription of[t͜ʃ] or a similarch -like sound. ( NAPA , UPA ) the IPAaffricate [t͜s] .Synonym: ȼ ( superscript⟨ ᶜ ⟩ , IPA ) [c] -onset (prestopping /preocclusion /preplosion ),[c] -release ,[c] -coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[c] .( 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 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 (lower case Roman numeral ,upper case C )
cardinal number onehundred (100).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 Fromcenti- , fromLatin centum ( “ hundred ” ) .
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centi- .FromLatin celeritās ( “ speed ” ) .
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( physics ) Thespeed of light , 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.( oceanography , meteorology ) Thespeed of a fluidwave (water or air).(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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( mathematics ) Thespace ofconvergent sequences .Other representations of C:
The k-rune ᚲ, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ 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 )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 case C ,plural cs or c's )
The thirdletter of the Englishalphabet , calledcee and written in theLatin script . c (lower case ,upper case C )
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
( Stenoscript ) Abbreviation ofsee and inflectionssees ,seen ,seeing . exception:saw is writtens ( Stenoscript ) the consonant /tʃ/( Stenoscript ) the sound sequence /siː/c
Alternative form ofc. c
Alternative form ofc. c (plural cs or c's )
( 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
( Internet slang , text messaging ) Abbreviation ofsee .Alternative form: C c
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 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 lower case (upper 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 (lower case ,upper 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 (uppercase C )
Aletter of theBilen Latin alphabet. c (lower case ,upper case C )
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 c (upper case C )
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 IPA (key ) : /t͜s/ c (no case )
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 case 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 c (uppercase C )
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
c (lower case ,upper case C )
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 c (lower case ,upper 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 c (lower case ,upper 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 )c (upper case C )
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 ) Rhymes:-eː c (lower case ,upper 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 German musical notation .
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( 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.
c (lower case ,upper case C )
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:Avec c es propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour lesc omprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles,c e qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressusc ité tout exprès pourc ela. With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, toc onsider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, whic h Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrec ted for that very purpose. c
( text messaging , Internet slang ) Informal spelling ofc’est C nul ici sans GeorgeIt's rubbish here without George c (lower case ,upper case C )
Aletter of the Fulaalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( 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 c (upper 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 ( Protestant; obsolete ) tz ,( chiefly Catholic; archaic ) cz c (lower case ,upper 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 ,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 q W w X x Y y .Commonly used: ch .Also defined: à ë .In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts 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 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) .( context pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /ts/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /tse/ c (upper 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/ c (lower case ,upper case C )
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 case C )
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 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 ,lower case ,upper case C )
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 . Short ofちゃん ( chan ) .
c( ちゃん ) • (-chan )
( teen girl's slang ) Alternative spelling ofちゃん ( chan ) 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 (lower case ,upper 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 Homophonous tosi .
( Standard Kankanaey ) IPA (key ) : /si/ [si̞] IPA (key ) : ( parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian ) /hi/ [hi̞] Rhymes:-i c
( 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 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 Kwakʼwala)c (upper 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 (lower case ,upper case C )
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 .
C c (lower case ,upper case C )
The fourthletter of the Latvianalphabet , calledcē and written in theLatin script . Letters of the Latvian alphabet: 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 (upper case C )
The thirdletter of the Lower Sorbianalphabet , calledcej and written in theLatin script . c
The fifthletter of theLushootseed alphabet. c (lower case ,upper case 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 c (lower case ,upper case C )
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 )The letterC ,c from the Norwegian alphabet, in two different fonts. FromLatin c , from the uppercase letterC , from EtruscanEtruscan 𐌂 ( c ) , fromAncient Greek Γ ( G ,“ Gamma ” ) , fromPhoenician 𐤂 ( g ,“ gimel ” ) .
( 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 (uppercase 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 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 ( 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 ( 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- ” ) , fromLatin centum ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Italic *kentom ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ( “ hundred ” ) , from*déḱm̥ ( “ ten ” ) .
c
Abbreviation ofcenti- .Abbreviation ofcent , fromEnglish cent , fromMiddle English cent , fromOld French cent ( “ one hundred ” ) , fromLatin centum ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Italic *kentom ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ( “ hundred ” ) , from*déḱm̥ ( “ ten ” ) .
c
Abbreviation ofcent .Abbreviation ofcentime , fromFrench centime , fromcent ( “ hundred ” ) , fromMiddle French cent , fromOld French cent ( “ hundred ” ) , fromLatin centum ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Italic *kentom ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ( “ hundred ” ) , from*déḱm̥ ( “ ten ” ) .
c
Abbreviation ofcentime .Abbreviation ofcentavo , fromSpanish centavo (fromciento , fromOld Spanish ) andPortuguese centavo (fromcento , fromOld Galician-Portuguese cento ), both stemming fromLatin centum ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Italic *kentom ( “ hundred ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm ( “ hundred ” ) , from*déḱm̥ ( “ ten ” ) .
c
Abbreviation ofcentavo .Abbreviation ofcykel , fromAncient Greek κῠ́κλος ( kŭ́klos ) , fromProto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ( “ circle, wheel ” ) , from*kʷel- ( “ to turn ” ) .
c
( physics ) Abbreviation ofcykel .c (lower case ,upper 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 (lowercase, uppercase c )
a letter of theOld English alphabet, representing/k/ and/tʃ/ 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 C ,lower case )
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 (Q q ),R r ,S s ,Ś ś ,T t ,U u (V v ),W w (X x ),Y y ,Z z ,Ź ź ,Ż ż ( phoneme; beforea ,o ,u and other consonants ) IPA (key ) : /k/ ( phoneme; beforee andi ) IPA (key ) : /s/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ˈse/ c (lower case ,upper 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 m or f by sense (plural 6 )
( Brazil , Internet slang , text messaging ) Abbreviation ofcê .c
( text messaging ) Abbreviation ofcom .c f or m ( invariable ,lower case ,upper case C )
The thirdletter of the Romagnolalphabet , calledcé and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) lètra ;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 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 (lower case ,upper case C )
The fifthletter of the Romanianalphabet , calledce orcî and written in theLatin script . SeeC for pronunciation notes.
( 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 (lower case ,upper 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 c (Cyrillic spelling ц )
The 3rd letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica ), preceded byb and followed byč .
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 (lower case ,upper 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 (upper 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 c (upper case C )
The fifthletter of the Slovakalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) písmeno ;A a ,Á á ,Ä ä ,B b ,C c ,Č č ,D d ,Ď ď ,Dz dz ,Dž dž ,E e ,É é ,F f ,G g ,H h ,Ch ch ,I i ,Í í ,J j ,K k ,L l ,Ĺ ĺ ,Ľ ľ ,M m ,N n ,Ň ň ,O o ,Ó ó ,Ô ô ,P p ,Q q ,R r ,Ŕ ŕ ,S s ,Š š ,T t ,Ť ť ,U u ,Ú ú ,V v ,W w ,X x ,Y y ,Ý ý ,Z z ,Ž ž 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 fromGerman c .
( phoneme ) :IPA (key ) : /t͡s/ ,[d͡z] ( letter name ) :IPA (key ) : /t͡sə́/ ,/t͡sèː/ ,/t͡séː/ Audio( letter name, non-tonal ) : (file )
Rhymes:-ə ,-eː c (lower case ,upper 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
( SNPT ) Phonetic transcription of sound [t͡s ].c m inan
The name of the Latin script letterC /c .( linguistics ) The name of thephoneme /t͡s / . 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) čŕka ;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 ċ “c ”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025 c lower case (upper case C )
The twelfthletter of the Somalialphabet , calledcayn and written in theLatin script . ( 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 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] c (lower case ,upper case C )
The thirdletter of the Spanishalphabet , written in theLatin script . See the etymology at#Translingual .
c (lower case ,upper case C )
The thirdletter of the Swedishalphabet , written in theLatin script . c n (genitive c:s )
Abbreviation ofCenterpartiet ( “ Centre Party ” ) .Borrowed fromSpanish c . Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish c . Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish c . c (lower case ,upper 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 Borrowed fromEnglish c ( cee ) ,homophonous tosi .
c (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ )
( text messaging ) Abbreviation ofsi .“c ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 c (upper case C )
A letter of theShilha alphabet. c (lower case ,upper case C )
The thirdletter of the Turkishalphabet , calledce and written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script letters) harf ;A a (Â â ),B b ,C c ,Ç ç ,D d ,E e ,F f ,G g ,Ğ ğ ,H h ,I ı ,İ i (Î î ),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 (Û û ),Ü ü ,V v ,Y y ,Z z
c (lower case ,upper 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
( slang , Internet , text messaging ) Abbreviation ofcậu .( slang , Internet , text messaging ) Abbreviation ofchị .c (lower case ,upper 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 (lower case ,upper 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