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c

See also: C and Appendix:Variations of "c"

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TranslingualEdit

 
c U+0063, c
LATIN SMALL LETTER C
← b
[U+0062] 		Basic Latin d →
[U+0064]
 
ⅽ U+217D, ⅽ
SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED
← ⅼ
[U+217C] 		Number Forms ⅾ →
[U+217E]
ｃ U+FF43, ｃ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER C
← ｂ
[U+FF42] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｄ →
[U+FF44]
 
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Etymology 1Edit

  Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan 𐌂 (C), from Ancient Greek Γ (G, “Gamma”), from Phoenician 𐤂‎ (g, “gimmel”).

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

c (upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Usage notesEdit
  • Not to be confused with ϲ (s) (the lunate sigma).
  • In many languages, the letter c 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 with ch.
  • In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents /tʃ/, /θ/, or /tsʰ/.
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SymbolEdit

 
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c

  1. (IPA) voiceless palatal plosive.

Etymology 2Edit

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of Ɔ and C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Latin centum (“hundred”), from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternate form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Ж (a superimposed X and I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Alternative formsEdit

NumeralEdit

c (lower case Roman numeral, upper case C)

  1. cardinal number one hundred (100).
Usage notesEdit

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

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

Etymology 3Edit

From Latin celeritās (“speed”).

SymbolEdit

c

  1. (physics) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.

Etymology 4Edit

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SymbolEdit

c

  1. (mathematics) The space of convergent sequences.

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of C, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of C:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 

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

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /siː/ (usually spelled cee)
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LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C, plural c's)

  1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

NumberEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

Derived termsEdit

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Etymology 2Edit

Various abbreviations

AdverbEdit

c

  1. Alternative form of c.

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

c (plural cs or c'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 4Edit

VerbEdit

c

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of see.

AfarEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

c

  1. The sixth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c lower case (upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called co and written in the Latin script.

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FijianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Fijian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Finnish alphabet, called see and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with k or s.

See alsoEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, 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 pour cela.
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      With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider 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.

ContractionEdit

c

  1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Informal spelling of c'est
    C nul ici sans George
    It's rubbish here without George

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

See alsoEdit

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The fourth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called cé and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

c (upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

InterlinguaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Interlingua alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

ItalianEdit

NounEdit

c m or f (invariable)

  1. See under C

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

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C

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The fourth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called cē and written in the Latin script.

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c

  1. The 3rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Etymology 2Edit

From cê, short form of você (“you”).

PronounEdit

c m or f (plural 6)

  1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of você.
    Synonym: vc

Etymology 3Edit

PrepositionEdit

c

  1. Abbreviation of com.

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /tʃe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/, /tʃ/

LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

See C for pronunciation notes.

See alsoEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase): C

PronunciationEdit

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c (Cyrillic spelling ц)

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

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (upper case C)

  1. The fourth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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SomaliEdit

LetterEdit

c lower case (upper case C)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Somali alphabet, called cayn and written in the Latin script.

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

AbbreviationEdit

c

  1. Centre Party; Abbreviation of Centerpartiet.

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /dʒɛː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /dʒ/

LetterEdit

c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ce and written in the Latin script.

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ZuluEdit

PronunciationEdit

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c (lower case, upper case C)

  1. The third letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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