cé

See also:Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈt͡sɛː]

Noun

cén(indeclinable)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterC/c.

Derived terms

• céčko

Further reading

• “cé”,inKartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu(in Czech)
• “cé”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/se/
• Homophones:ces,cés,ses

Noun

cém(pluralcés)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterC/c.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈt͡seː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-t͡seː

Noun

cé

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterC/c.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cé	cék
accusative	cét	céket
dative	cének	céknek
instrumental	cével	cékkel
causal-final	céért	cékért
translative	cévé	cékké
terminative	céig	cékig
essive-formal	céként	cékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cében	cékben
superessive	cén	céken
adessive	cénél	céknél
illative	cébe	cékbe
sublative	cére	cékre
allative	céhez	cékhez
elative	céből	cékből
delative	céről	cékről
ablative	cétől	céktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	céé	céké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cééi	cékéi

Possessive formsofcé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cém	céim
2nd person sing.	céd	céid
3rd person sing.	céje	céi
1st person plural	cénk	céink
2nd person plural	cétek	céitek
3rd person plural	céjük	céik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)betű;a,á,bé,cé,csé,dé,dzé,dzsé,e,é,eff,gé,gyé,há,i,í,jé,ká,ell,ellipszilon/elly/ejj,emm,enn,enny,o,ó,ö,ő,pé,kú,err,ess,essz,té,tyé,u,ú,ü,ű,vé,dupla vé/vevé,iksz,ipszilon,zé,zsé.(See also:Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• cé,redirecting to(2):cinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• cé,redirecting tocinNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára(Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• sé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/sjɛː/
• Rhymes:-ɛː
• Homophone:sé

Noun

cén(genitive singularcés,nominative pluralcé)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterC/c.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ceː/

Etymology 1

FromOld Irishcía,fromProto-Celtic*kʷei(from which alsoWelshpwy), fromProto-Indo-European*kʷis.

Alternative forms

• cia(obsolete)

Pronoun

cé(triggersh-prothesisof a following disjunctive pronouné,í,iad;followed by a relative clause)

1. (interrogative)who?

   Céhé?

   Who is he?

   Céhí an bhean sin?

   Who is that woman?

   Céa dhéanfaidh é?

   Who will do it?

Usage notes

Can be followed by a prepositional pronoun in the 3rd person singular masculine:

• Céaige an fíon?

  Who has the wine?

• Cédó ar thug tú é?

  Who did you give it to?

In this construction, it can also mean ‘what’:

• Céair a bhfuil an leabhar?

  What is the book on?

Derived terms

• cén(“what, which? (singular)”)
• cé na(“what, which? (plural)”)
• cé acu(“which?”)
• cér,cérb(“who is?”)
• cér,cérbh(“who was?”)

Etymology 2

FromOld Irishcía(“although”).

Alternative forms

• cidh,gidh,gidheadh

Particle

cé

1. Only used incé go,cé gur,cé nach,andcé nár

Etymology 3

Borrowed fromAnglo-Normankay,cail(modernFrenchquai), fromGaulishcagiíum(“enclosure”),fromProto-Celtic*kagyom(“pen, enclosure”)(from which alsoWelshcae(“hedge”)).

Alternative forms

• céadh,céidh
• céibh(Cois Fharraige)

Noun

céf(genitive singularcé,nominative pluralcéanna)

1. quay,wharf,pier

Declension

Declension ofcé

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cé céanna Vocative aché achéanna Genitive cé céanna Dative cé céanna

Forms with thedefinite article Case Singular Plural Nominative anché nacéanna Genitive nacé nagcéanna Dative leis angcé donché leis nacéanna

Etymology 4

FromLatincē.

Noun

cé

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterc/C.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)litir;á,bé,cé,dé,é,eif,gé,héis,í,jé,cá,eil,eim,ein,ó,pé,cú,ear,eas,té,ú,vé,wae,ex,yé,zae
• Note:The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cé	ché	gcé
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cía (‘who’)”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cía (‘although’)”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céibe (‘quay’)”,ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S.(1904) “cé”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla,1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page122
• Dinneen, Patrick S.(1904) “céaḋ (‘quay’)”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla,1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page122
• Ó Dónaill, Niall(1977) “cé”,inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla,Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN

Romagnol

Noun

cémorf(invariable)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterC/c.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)lètra;a,bé,cé,dé,e,ëffe,ge,àcca/àca,i,i lóng,càpa,ëlle,èmme,ènne,o,pé,cu,ërre,ësse,té,u,vé,dópi vé/dópi vu/vu dópi,ics,i gréc/ìpsilon,zéta