c.

English edit

Etymology edit

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

Preposition edit

c.

Abbreviation of circa.
The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

Noun edit

c.

(chiefly law) Abbreviation of chapter(s).
- 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648:
  By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)[...]
Abbreviation of city.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
(informal) Abbreviation of cancer.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Abbreviation of cent(s).
Abbreviation of century.
17th c.
Abbreviation of cell phone.
Abbreviation of copyright.
Published: 1913, c.1909
(first print of this edition in 1909, reprinted in 1913)

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

Conjunction edit

c.

Abbreviation of comme.

References edit

Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (1934), “Abréviations et signes usuels”, page 1,720/1, s.v. ‘c.’

Noun edit

c. f (plural c.)

Abbreviation of collection.
C. Budé
Collection Budé

German edit

Alternative forms edit

circa: ca.
caput, capitulum: Cap., C. (for Caput, Capitulum and Capitel (dated))

Etymology edit

Latin abbreviations

Preposition edit

c.

circa
cum

Preposition edit

c.

causa (in "e. c.")

Verb edit

c.

cito

Noun edit

c.

caput and capitulum (§; chapter, section)
- 1655, Appendix, c. 2, S. 12–29 (eigene Paginierung)
  1655, appendix, § 2, pp. 12–29 (own pagination)

Synonyms edit

caput, capitulum: Kap. (Kapitel), dated Cap. (Capitel)
circa: rd. (rund), ungef., ugf. (ungefähr)
cum: m. (mit)

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡siːm], [ˈt͡siːmyː], [ˈt͡siːmzɛtɛʃ] (depending on the full form, see below)

Noun edit

c.

Abbreviation of cím.

Adjective edit

c. (not comparable)

Abbreviation of című (“titled”).
Abbreviation of címzetes (“titular, honorary”).

Declension edit

(cím):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	c.	c.-ek
accusative	c.-et	c.-eket
dative	c.-nek	c.-eknek
instrumental	c.-mel	c.-ekkel
causal-final	c.-ért	c.-ekért
translative	c.-mé	c.-ekké
terminative	c.-ig	c.-ekig
essive-formal	c.-ként	c.-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	c.-ben	c.-ekben
superessive	c.-en	c.-eken
adessive	c.-nél	c.-eknél
illative	c.-be	c.-ekbe
sublative	c.-re	c.-ekre
allative	c.-hez	c.-ekhez
elative	c.-ből	c.-ekből
delative	c.-ről	c.-ekről
ablative	c.-től	c.-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	c.-é	c.-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	c.-éi	c.-ekéi

(című):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	c.	c.-ek
accusative	c.-t	c.-eket
dative	c.-nek	c.-eknek
instrumental	c.-vel	c.-ekkel
causal-final	c.-ért	c.-ekért
translative	c.-vé	c.-ekké
terminative	c.-ig	c.-ekig
essive-formal	c.-ként	c.-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	c.-ben	c.-ekben
superessive	c.-ön	c.-eken
adessive	c.-nél	c.-eknél
illative	c.-be	c.-ekbe
sublative	c.-re	c.-ekre
allative	c.-höz	c.-ekhez
elative	c.-ből	c.-ekből
delative	c.-ről	c.-ekről
ablative	c.-től	c.-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	c.-é	c.-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	c.-éi	c.-ekéi

(címzetes):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	c.	c.-ek
accusative	c.-t	c.-eket
dative	c.-nek	c.-eknek
instrumental	c.-sel	c.-ekkel
causal-final	c.-ért	c.-ekért
translative	c.-sé	c.-ekké
terminative	c.-ig	c.-ekig
essive-formal	c.-ként	c.-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	c.-ben	c.-ekben
superessive	c.-en	c.-eken
adessive	c.-nél	c.-eknél
illative	c.-be	c.-ekbe
sublative	c.-re	c.-ekre
allative	c.-hez	c.-ekhez
elative	c.-ből	c.-ekből
delative	c.-ről	c.-ekről
ablative	c.-től	c.-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	c.-é	c.-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	c.-éi	c.-ekéi