Albanian

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Pronoun

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ça

  1. what

Verb

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ça

  1. to break, split

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References

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  1. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 14

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin *ecce hāc. Compare French çà.

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Adverb

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ça

  1. (archaic) here; in this place

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Syncopic contraction of cela (that), from ce +‎ -là. Compare French ceci (this).

Pronoun

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ça

  1. (informal) that (distal demonstrative pronoun)
    Synonym: cela
    J'aimerais ça.I'd like that.
  2. (informal) this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)
    Synonym: ceci
    Je veux ça.I want this.
  3. (impersonal, in some contexts, dialectal, Louisiana) it (dummy pronoun)
    Synonym: il
    Ça va.It's okay.
    Ça mouille dehors.It's raining outside. (Louisiana)
  4. used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people
    Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait.There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere.
    • 1945, Yves Montand, “Rue Lepic”, in Les Chansons d'Yves Montand:
      Et ça grouille et ça vit dans cette vieille rue d'Paris.
      And people hustle and it is lively in that old Paris street.
  5. (Louisiana) he, she, it (third-person singular subject pronoun)
    • 2010, Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Barry Jean Ancelet, Richard Guidry, Thomas A. Klingler, Amanda LaFleur, Tamara Lindner, Michael D. Picone, Dominique Ryon, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French: as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian communities, page 95:
      Alle est avec eusse asteur parce qu’alle est malade un petit peu. so[sic] alle couche là. Ça a quatre-vingts-six ans.
      She is with them now because she is a bit sick. So, she sleeps over there. She is eighty-six years old.
    Synonyms: il m or f, alle fLouisiana
  6. (Louisiana) him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun)
    Synonyms: le m or f, la f, li mLouisiana
  7. (Louisiana) they (third-person plural subject pronoun)
    Synonyms: eusse, eux, eux-autres, ils, onLouisiana
    Comment ça se dit ça?What do they call that?
  8. (Louisiana) them (third-person plural object pronoun)
    Synonyms: eusse, eux, eux-autresLouisiana
  9. (Louisiana, interrogative) what
    Ça ina?What's the matter?
  10. (Louisiana, relative) alternative form of ça que (that which, what)
    Un cocodrie mange ça (qu')y veut.An alligator eats what it wants.
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Descendants
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  • Louisiana Creole: ça, ha

Etymology 2

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Le moi, le surmoi et le ça

Calque of German Es (id), substantivized from the pronoun.

Noun

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ça m (uncountable)

  1. (psychoanalysis) id

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Salar

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Etymology

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From Persian چای (čây), from Sinitic (chá).

Noun

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ça (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. tea

References

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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ça”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 306