ce

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

ce f (plural ces)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Derived termsEdit

• ce trencada

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Classical NahuatlEdit

Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ce     Ordinal : ic ce     Adverbial : ceppa     Distributive : cēcen, cehcen

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [se]

NumeralEdit

ce

1. (it is) one in number.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r.

     ¶Vno o vna.Ce.

     ¶ One. Ce.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 1.

     ¶ Vno o vna. Ce.

     ¶ One. Ce.

   • Idem, f. 15r. col. 1.

     C E.vno o vna, / vel,centetl.

     C E. one. also centetl.

Usage notesEdit

• The combing form of ce is cen- (or cem- before m and p).

Derived termsEdit

• cempantli
• cempōhualli
• centetl
• chicuacē

ReferencesEdit

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 15r

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sə/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ə
• Homophone: se

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French cel, from earlier cil, from Vulgar Latin *ecce illu, from Latin ecce or eccum illum, from ille.

DeterminerEdit

ce m (masculine before vowel cet, feminine cette, plural ces)

1. this, that

Etymology 2Edit

Probably from Latin ecce hoc.

PronounEdit

ce

1. it, this, that

Further readingEdit

• “ce” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin quid. Compare Italian che, Venetian ché, Romanian ce.

PronounEdit

ce

1. what

See alsoEdit

• che

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t͡se/, /t͡sɛ/

NounEdit

ce (plural ce-i)

1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -e

PronounEdit

ce

1. Alternative form of ci (“us”)

See alsoEdit

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m'			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t'					te
	third	m	lui	si,2 s'	lo, l'	gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
		f 1	lei, Lei		la, l', La	le,3 Le			lei, Lei, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c'			—		noi
	second	—	voi	vi, v'					voi
	third	m	loro, Loro	si, s'	li	gli, loro (formal), Loro	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro, sé
		f 1			le
1	The feminine gender forms are also used as formal terms of address, sometimes capitalised as Lei, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

AdverbEdit

ce

1. here

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Italiot GreekEdit

ConjunctionEdit

ce

1. Italiot dialect form of και (kai)

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keː/

NounEdit

cē ? (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter C.

Coordinate termsEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

ReferencesEdit

• ce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ce in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ce

1. Nonstandard spelling of cè.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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MapudungunEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• che (using Unified Alphabet)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/

NounEdit

ce (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. person
2. people

See alsoEdit

• Mapuce

ReferencesEdit

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English sǣ.

NounEdit

ce

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

DescendantsEdit

• English: sea

Etymology 2Edit

From Old French sei.

NounEdit

ce

1. Alternative form of see (“see”)

DescendantsEdit

• English: see

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Middle FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ce m (feminine singular ceste, masculine and feminine plural ces, masculine singular before a vowel cest)

1. this (the one in question)
   • 1571, Pedro Díaz, Dallier, Nouueaux advertissemens trescertains venus du paÿs des Indes Meridionales […] page 5

     Mais considerant que les Chrestiens nouvellement faits en ce pays, estoient en si grand nombre que nous ne les pouvions visiter

     But considering that the newly made Christians in this country were so numerous that we couldn't visit all of them

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NeapolitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin ecce.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -e

PronounEdit

ce (adverbial)

1. there (at a place)

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Old IrishEdit

PronounEdit

ce

1. Alternative spelling of cía

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RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -e

PronounEdit

ce

1. what

   Ce vrei să faci?

   What do you want to do?

Related termsEdit

• ci

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θe/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /se/

  • Audio

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• Homophones: se, sé (non-Castilian)
• Rhymes: -e

NounEdit

ce f (plural ces)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Further readingEdit

• “ce” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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TarantinoEdit

PronounEdit

ce (relative)

1. who

ConjunctionEdit

ce

1. if

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TurkishEdit

NounEdit

ce

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze