C

See also:candAppendix:Variations of "c"

C U+0043,C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C ←B [U+0042] Basic Latin D→ [U+0044]

Character variations

Ⅽ U+216D,Ⅽ ROMAN NUMERAL ONE HUNDRED ←Ⅼ [U+216C] Number Forms Ⅾ→ [U+216E]

Ｃ U+FF23,Ｃ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C ←Ｂ [U+FF22] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｄ→ [U+FF24]

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Etymology 1

Etruscan 𐌂 (C), the source for Latin C

From theEtruscanletter𐌂(c,ce),from theAncient GreekletterΓ(G,gamma),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤂(g,giml),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓌙.

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. The third letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSſsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
• (Variations of letter C):ĆćĈĉČčĊċC̄c̄ÇçḈḉȻȼƇƈɕᴄＣｃ
• (select other variations)Ƈ₡₵₢
• Other scripts:Г(ge),ג(gimel)
• For more variations, seeAppendix:Variations of "c".
• Con Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A standardization ofƆandCbecause the latter happens to be an abbreviation ofLatincentum(“hundred”),from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resemblingЖ(a superimposedXandI), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Alternative forms

• c,LL,ll

Numeral

C(upper case Roman numeral,lower casec)

1. Roman numeralhundred(100)
2. thehundredth(100th)

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

• Previous:XCIX(99)
• Next:CI(101)

Derived terms

• English:c-note

See also

• Lesser Roman numeral symbol:L(“50”)
• Greater Roman numeral symbol:D(“500”)
• Roman numerals

Etymology 3

• (element symbol,carbon):abbreviation
• (metrology,coulomb):abbreviation
• (computing,hexadecimal 12):From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

Symbol

C

1. (chemistry)Carbon.
2. (metrology)Symbol forcoulomb,anSI unitofelectric charge.
3. (metrology)Symbol fordegrees Celsius.

   Alternative form:°C

   • 2019December 2, Fiona Harvey, “Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world?”, inThe Guardian‎^[2]:

     Current commitments made by national governments under the Paris agreement fall far short of what is required – taken together, they would still condemn the world to an estimated temperature rise of more than 3Cby the end of the century.

4. (computing,hexadecimal)The digit for 12.

   0x0000000C

5. (genetics)IUPAC1-letter abbreviation for anycytosine
6. (biochemistry)IUPAC1-letter abbreviation forcysteine
7. (mathematics)differentiableclass

   C¹functions are differentiable once, andC²functions are twice differentiable

8. (mathematics)Theconstant of integration.

   $\int \cos x\,dx=\sin x+C$

9. (physics)capacitance
10. (linguistics)Awildcardfor aconsonant
11. (Voice Quality Symbols)creak(vocal fry)
12. (finance)Long-termbondcredit ratingbyMoody's Investors Service,indicating that a bond is indefault,with little prospect ofdebtrecovery.
13. (finance)Long-termbondcredit ratingbyFitch Ratings,indicating that a bond islowgradeand on the verge ofdefault.
14. (clothing)Bracup size.

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Capital and lowercase versions ofC,in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercaseCinFraktur

See also

Other representations of C:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/siː/

• Audio(UK):

  (file)

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/s/,/k/,/tʃ/,/ks/,/ʃ/,...
• Homophones:si,cee,sea,see
• Rhymes:-iː

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec,pluralCsorC's)

1. The thirdletterof the Englishalphabet,calledceeand written in theLatin script.
   • 1943November –1944February (date written; published1945August 17),George Orwell[pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm[…],London:Secker & Warburg,publishedMay 1962,→OCLC:

     Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B,C,D, in the dust with his great hoof[…]

See also

• (Latin script letters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Number

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. Theordinalnumberthird,derived from thisletterof the Englishalphabet,calledceeand written in theLatin script.

Symbol

C

1. A standard size ofdry cell batterybetweenAandD.

Noun

C(pluralCs)

1. (US,slang)One hundreddollars;ac-note.
   • 1935,Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan,The American Mercury,volume35,page227:

     I keep onfairbankingthe chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half aCand he's broke.

2. (music)The first note in the Cchromaticandmajor scales.

   Hyponyms:high C,middle C

4. (education)An academic grade better than aDand worse than aB.
   • 2021June 18,Sam Roberts,“Saul B. Cohen,Who Helped Raise CUNY Standards, Dies at 95”, inThe New York Times‎^[3],archived fromthe originalon18 June 2021‎^[4]:

     Dr. Cohen himself got aCin his first formal course in geography, during a summer program at Harvard after he graduated from high school. But he went on to earn three degrees and become the executive director of the Association of American Geographers and a leading expert in political and human geography — a specialty field that explores the impact of natural and arbitrary borders, territory, resources and populations on a nation’s cultural, social and economic development, as well as its relations with other countries.

5. (Unicode)CanonicalDecomposition,followed by CanonicalComposition

   (Can we add anexamplefor this sense?)

6. (slang)Cocaine.
   • 1945,William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:

     Where did you secure theC?My own supply is utterly depleted.

7. (slang,vulgar)Cunt.
   • 1977-1980,Lou Sullivan,personal diary, quoted in2019,Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors),We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I wassohappy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in myC.

8. Abbreviationofconsonant.
9. (UK politics,in election results)AbbreviationofConservative.
10. Abbreviationofcentury.

    Alternative forms:C.,c.

    • 1979,The Automobile Association,AA Town Plans,London:Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd.,→ISBN,page222,column 1:

      Contains an interesting collection of English and European paintings from the 14th to 20th-Cs,in particular the Lycett Green collection of old masters.

    • 2013,Yvette Vignando, edited byJane Caro,Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World,St Lucia, Qld.:University of Queensland Press,→ISBN,page127:

      Thanks, @janecaro, for showing that public profiles can be used for good & that social media belongs in a 21stCdemocracy.

11. (basketball)Abbreviationofcenter.

    Coordinate terms:PG,SG,SF,PF

Derived terms

• C-19
• C-DNA
• C-drama
• C-grade
• C-level
• C-list
• C-low
• C major
• C melody
• C minor
• C of W
• C-suiter
• K of C
• Mode C
• NFC

Related terms

• (in Unicode):D,KC,KD,NF

Etymology 2

The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language calledB.

Proper noun

C

2. (programming)A particularhigh-levelprogramming languagefrom which many others are derived.
   • 1995,Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu",Wired Magazine

     The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language calledC,which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions inComputer Lib,and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.

3. (British)Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
4. (stock ticker symbol)Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on theNYSE

Hyponyms

(programming language):Objective-C

Derived terms

• C family
• C++,C plus plus
• C--,C minus minus
• C#,C sharp

Related terms

• BCPL

Translations

programming language

• Arabic:سيm(sī)
• Aragonese:C(an),luengache de programación C
• Armenian:Սի(Si),C
• Asturian:C(ast),llinguaxe de programación C
• Azerbaijani:C(az)
• Belarusian:C
• Buginese:C
• Bulgarian:C
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:C ngữ ngôn／C ngữ ngôn(si¹jyu⁵jin⁴)

  Eastern Min:C,C ngṳ̄-ngiòng

  Mandarin:C ngữ ngôn／C ngữ ngôn(sèi-yǔyán)

• Chuvash:Си(Si)
• Danish:C(da)
• Dutch:C(nl)
• Esperanto:C(eo)
• Finnish:C(fi)
• French:C(fr)m,langage Cm
• Georgian:C
• German:C(de)
• Greek:C(el)
• Hindi:सी(hi)(sī)
• Interlingua:C
• Japanese:C(ja)(C),C ngôn ngữ(Shī-gengo)
• Latin:C(la)m
• Macedonian:C
• Malayalam:സി(ml)(si)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:C(no)

  Nynorsk:C(nn)

• Portuguese:C(pt)
• Russian:Си(ru)(Si)
• Samogitian:C
• Santali:ᱥᱤ(si)
• Serbo-Croatian:C
• Spanish:C(es)
• Swedish:C(sv)
• Tatar:Си(Si)
• Ukrainian:Сі(Si),C
• Urdu:سی(si)
• Venetan:C,Lenguajo C
• Yakut:C
• Yiddish:C

musical note

• Finnish:c(fi)
• French:do(fr)m,ut(fr)m
• Italian:do(it)
• Japanese:ハ(ja)(ha)
• Korean:다(ko)(da)
• Macedonian:до(do)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:C(no)m,c(no)m

• Russian:до(ru)(do)

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Noun

C

1. (entomology)Abbreviationofcosta.

Prefix

C

1. (stenoscript)the sequencecircor its sound
2. (stenoscript)the prefixcircum-

Verb

C

1. (Internetslang,text messaging)Abbreviationofsee.

   Alternative form:c

   • 2008January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, inMen's Health,volume23,number 1,→ISSN,page80:

     Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little.[…]Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy.[…]UCwt I mn?

Etymology 4

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

• HainaneseTiên／Tiên(si²³,“fresh”).
• From the first letter ofCarnation,an evaporated milk brand.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore)IPA^(key):/siː(˦)/

Adjective

C(notcomparable)

1. (Singapore,colloquial,afterkopi(“coffee”)orteh(“tea”))Withsugarandevaporated milkadded.

Related terms

• di lo
• gah dai
• gau
• kosong
• O
• peng
• po
• siew dai

References

• Unicode Consortium,Unicode Standard Annex #15,revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2,table 1: “Normalization Forms”

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/sɪə/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Afrikaansalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Noun

C(pluralC's,diminutiveC'tjie)

1. C

Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/t͡s/

Letter

C(upper caseC,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Albanianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)shkronjë;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Dhdh,Ee,Ëë,Ff,Gg,Gjgj,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Llll,Mm,Nn,Njnj,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Rrrr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,Xx,Xhxh,Yy,Zz,Zhzh
• (Arvanitic)(Greek-script letters)Αα,Ββ,Ƃƅ,Γγ,Γϳγϳ,Δδ,Dd,Εε,Ε̱ε̱,Ζζ,Ζ̇ζ̇,Θθ,Ιι,Ϳϳ,Κκ,Κ̇κ̇,Λλ,ΛΛλλ,Λ̇λ̇,Μμ,Νν,Ν̇ν̇,Οο,Ππ,Ρρ,Ρ̇ρ̇,Σσ,Σ̈σ̈,Ττ,Ȣȣ,Υυ,Φφ,Χχ,Χ̇χ̇,ΤΣτσ,ΤΣ̈τσ̈,DΣdσ,DΣ̈dσ̈

Angami

Letter

C

1. The seventeenthletterof the Angamialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Üü,Üiüi,Aa,Aiai,Ii,Ieie,Uu,Uouo,Ee,Eiei,Oo,Ouou,Kk,Khkh,Gg,Ngng,Cc,Chch,Jj,Jhjh,Nyny,Tt,Thth,Dd,Nn,Tsts,Tshtsh,Dzdz,Pp,Phph,Bb,Mm,Pfpf,Bvbv,Yy,Yhyh,Rr,Rhrh,Ll,Lhlh,Ff,Vv,Ww,Whwh,Ss,Shsh,Zz,Zhzh,Hh

Azerbaijani

Letter

Cupper case(lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Azerbaijanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)hərf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Əə,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Xx,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Qq,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(phoneme)/k/,/s̻/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Basquealphabet,calledzeand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,(Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,L,l,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,(Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Further reading

• “C”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈse]

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Catalanalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)alfabetcatalà;Aa,Bb,Cc,(Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,(L·Ll·l),Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Central Franconian

Letter

C

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

• In the German-based spelling,cis generally used only inck(doubledk),chfor/ɕ/,/x/(rarely/k/), andschfor/ʃ/.
• In the Dutch-based spelling,cis used inchand sometimes after the Dutch cognate for/k/or/s/.The digraphsjis used for/ʃ/.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/k/

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. A letter of theMazahuaalphabet.

Chinese

simp.andtrad.		C

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin):sēi(sei¹)

  (Zhuyin):ㄙㄟ

• Cantonese(Jyutping):si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:sēi
    • Zhuyin:ㄙㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:sei
    • Wade–Giles:sei¹
    • Yale:sēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:sei
    • Palladius:сэй(sɛj)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/seɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping:si¹
    • Yale:sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin:si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization:xi¹
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/siː⁵⁵/

Noun

C

1. (electronics)USB-C

   CKhẩu―sēikǒu― USB-C port

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin):sēi(sei¹)

  (Zhuyin):ㄙㄟ

• Cantonese(Jyutping):si¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien,POJ):si

  (Teochew,Peng'im):si⁵

• Wu(Shanghai,Wugniu):¹shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:sēi
    • Zhuyin:ㄙㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:sei
    • Wade–Giles:sei¹
    • Yale:sēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:sei
    • Palladius:сэй(sɛj)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/seɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping:si¹
    • Yale:sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin:si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization:xi¹
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien:Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī:si
    • Tâi-lô:si
    • Phofsit Daibuun:sy
    • IPA(Xiamen):/si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im:si⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like:sî
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/si⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern:Shanghai)
    • Wugniu:¹shi
    • MiniDict:shi^Bình
    • Wiktionary Romanisation(Shanghai):¹xi
    • SinologicalIPA(Shanghai):/ɕi⁵³/

Letter

C

1. The third letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin):cī,cê̄(ci¹,cê¹)

  (Zhuyin):ㄘ, ㄘㄝ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese,common)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:cī
    • Zhuyin:ㄘ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:cih
    • Wade–Giles:tzʻŭ¹
    • Yale:tsz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tsy
    • Palladius:цы(cy)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese,official)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin:cê̄
    • Zhuyin:ㄘㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin:cê
    • Wade–Giles:tsʻeh¹
    • Yale:tsē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tsè
    • Palladius:цэй(cɛj)
    • SinologicalIPA^(key):/t͡sʰɛ⁵⁵/

Letter

C

1. The third letter used inPinyin.

Usage notes

• 《 hán ngữ bính âm phương án 》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Dutch

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/s/,/k/,/x/,/ks/,/ʃ/,...
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/seː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-eː

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Dutchalphabet,calledceeand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

• ᛋ,C(Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

C(upper caseC,lower casec)

1. (obsolete,non-native words)Theletterof the Elfdalianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/tso/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ts/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Esperantoalphabet,calledcoand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Ĉĉ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ĝĝ,Hh,Ĥĥ,Ii,Jj,Ĵĵ,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Ŝŝ,Tt,Uu,Ŭŭ,Vv,Zz

Estonian

Pronunciation

• (letter name,tsee):IPA^(key):/ˈtseː/,[ˈtseː]
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ˈts/,[ˈts],/ˈk/,[ˈkˑ],/ˈs/,[ˈs](depending on the source language)

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Estonianalphabet,calledtseeand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in foreign words.

See also

• (Latin-script letters)täht;Aa,Bb(Cc),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp(Qq),Rr,Ss,Šš,Zz,Žž,Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Õõ,Ää,Öö,Üü(Xx,Yy)

Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andCfor information on the development of the glyph itself.

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Finnishalphabet,calledseeand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced withkors.

Derived terms

compounds

• C-oikeudet
• C-pilari

See also

• (Latin-script letters)kirjain;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss(Šš),Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Xx,Yy,Zz(Žž),Åå,Ä ä,Öö

Noun

C

1. Abbreviationofcum laude approbatur.
2. Alternativeletter-caseform ofc(“C (musical note)”)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tseː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Germanalphabet,calledceand written in theLatin script.

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/t͜sʰ/

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. Aletterof the Heiltsukalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Áá,A̓a̓,Bb,Cc,C̓c̓,Dd,Ꟛꟛ,Gg,Gvgv,Ǧǧ,Ǧvǧv,Hh,H̓h̓,Ħħ,Ii,Íí,I̓i̓,Kk,Kvkv,K̓k̓,K̓vk̓v,Ll,ʼLl̓,Ḷḷ,Ḷ́ḷ́,ʼḶḷ̓,Ɫɫ,Mm,ʼMm̓,Ṃṃ,Ṃ́ṃ́,ʼṂṃ̓,Nn,ʼNn̓,Ṇṇ,Ṇ́ṇ́,ʼṆṇ̓,Pp,P̓p̓,Qq,Qvqv,Q̓q̓,Q̓vq̓v,Ss,Tt,T̓t̓,Ƛƛ,Ƛ̓ƛ̓,Uu,Úú,U̓u̓,Ww,ʼWw̓,Xx,Xvxv,X̌x̌,X̌vx̌v,Yy,ʼYy̓,Zz,ʔ

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fourthletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledcéand written in theLatin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	C	C-k
accusative	C-t	C-ket
dative	C-nek	C-knek
instrumental	C-vel	C-kkel
causal-final	C-ért	C-kért
translative	C-vé	C-kké
terminative	C-ig	C-kig
essive-formal	C-ként	C-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	C-ben	C-kben
superessive	C-n	C-ken
adessive	C-nél	C-knél
illative	C-be	C-kbe
sublative	C-re	C-kre
allative	C-hez	C-khez
elative	C-ből	C-kből
delative	C-ről	C-kről
ablative	C-től	C-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	C-é	C-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	C-éi	C-kéi

Possessive formsofC
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	C-m	C-im
2nd person sing.	C-d	C-id
3rd person sing.	C-je	C-i
1st person plural	C-nk	C-ink
2nd person plural	C-tek	C-itek
3rd person plural	C-jük	C-ik

Derived terms

• C-dúr
• C-vitamin

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)betű;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Cscs,Dd,Dzdz,Dzsdzs,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Gygy,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Lyly,Mm,Nn,Nyny,Oo,Óó,Öö,Őő,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Szsz,Tt,Tyty,Uu,Úú,Üü,Űű,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz,Zszs

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ts/

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Idoalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,L,l,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/t͡ʃe/(standard)
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/se/(variant,Dutch-influenced)
• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/tʃ/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Indonesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Irish

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Irishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litir;Aa(Áá),Bb(Bhbh,bhFbhf,bPbp),Cc(Chch),Dd(Dhdh,dTdt),Ee(Éé),Ff(Fhfh),Gg(gCgc,Ghgh),Hh,Ii(Íí),Ll,Mm(mBmb,Mhmh),Nn(nDnd,nGng),Oo(Óó),Pp(Phph),Rr,Ss(Shsh),Tt(Thth,tSts),Uu(Úú),Vv
• (diacritics)◌́◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type)Ḃḃ,Ċċ,Ḋḋ,Ḟḟ,Ġġ,Ṁṁ,Ṗṗ,Ṡẛṡ,Ṫṫ

Italian

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):^**/ˈt͡ʃi/^*
  • Rhymes:-i
  • Homophone:ci
• (phonemic realization)IPA^(key):/k/
• (phonemic realization beforeeori)IPA^(key):/t͡ʃ/

Letter

Cform(invariable,upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Italianalphabet,calledciand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)lettera;Aa(Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee(Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Îî,Jj,Kk),Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Òò),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú,Ùù),Vv(Ww,Xx,Yy),Zz
• Italian alphabeton Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Kashubian

Etymology

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theKashubian alphabetarticle on Wikipedia for more, andCfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fifthletterof the Kashubianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Éé,Ëë,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Oo,Òò,Óó,Ôô,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ùù,Ww,Yy,Zz,Żż

Kwak'wala

Alternative forms

• ⟨Ts⟩in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwak'wala)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/t͜s/

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. (Liqʼwala dialect)Aletterof the Kwak'walaalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• Uʼmista(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,A̱a̱,Bb,Dd,Dłdł,Dzdz,Ee,Gg,Gwgw,G̱g̱,G̱wg̱w,Hh,Ii,Kk,Kwkw,K̓k̓,K̓wk̓w,Ḵḵ,Ḵwḵw,Ḵ̓ḵ̓,Ḵ̓wḵ̓w,Ll,ʼLʼl,Łł,Mm,ʼMʼm,Nn,ʼNʼn,Oo,Pp,P̓p̓,Ss,Tt,T̓t̓,Tłtł,T̓łt̓ł,Tsts,T̓st̓s,Uu,Ww,ʼWʼw,Xx,Xwxw,X̱x̱,X̱wx̱w,Yy,ʼYʼy,ʼ

• Liq̓ʷala(Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Əə,Bb,Dd,Ꟛꟛ,Dᶻdᶻ,Ee,Gg,Gʷgʷ,Ǧǧ,Ǧʷǧʷ,Hh,Ii,Kk,Kʷkʷ,K̓k̓,K̓ʷk̓ʷ,Qq,Qʷqʷ,Q̓q̓,Q̓ʷq̓ʷ,Ll,L̓l̓,Łł,Mm,M̓m̓,Nn,N̓n̓,Oo,Pp,P̓p̓,Ss,Tt,T̓t̓,Ƛƛ,Ƛ̓ƛ̓,Cc,C̓c̓,Uu,Ww,W̓w̓,Xx,Xʷxʷ,X̌x̌,X̌ʷx̌ʷ,Yy,Y̓y̓,ʔ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/k/,[k]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/k/,[k]
• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ɡ/,[ɡ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ɡ/,[ɡ]

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Latinalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Numeral

C

1. the numeralone hundred(centum)

References

• CinCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cin Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis(augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• CinHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities,New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ts]

• Audio:

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Letter

C

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fourthletterof the Latvianalphabet,calledcēand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latvian letters)latviešu burti;Aa,Āā,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Ģģ,Hh,Ii,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ķķ,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/t͡s/

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Lower Sorbianalphabet,calledcejand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)pismik;Aa,Bb,Cc,Čč,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ěě,Ff,Gg,Hh,Chch,Ii,Jj,Kk,Łł,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo(Óó),Pp,Rr,Ŕŕ,Ss,Šš,Śś,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Zz,Žž,Źź
• (obsolete letters)B́b́,Ėė,Ḿḿ,Ṅṅ,Ṕṕ,Ṙṙ,ſ,ß,Ꞩẜ,Ẃẃ,Ẇẇ,Żż

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter)IPA^(key):[si]
• (Phoneme)IPA^(key):[t͡ʃ]

Letter

C

1. The thirdletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Norwegian Bokmål

The letterC,cfrom the Norwegian alphabet, in two different fonts.

Alternative forms

• c

Etymology 1

FromLatinC,from EtruscanEtruscan𐌂(c),fromAncient GreekΓ(G,gamma),fromPhoenician𐤂(g,giml).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː
• Hyphenation:C
• Homophones:c,se
• Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel lettersa,o,andu,as well as all consonants ( "campus","corner","cue","credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel lettersi,e,yandæ( "cicerone","cellete","cyste",cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ( "cembalo","ciabatta","cello").

Letter

C(lowercasec)

1. The thirdletterof the Norwegian Bokmålalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz,Ææ,Øø,Åå

Noun

Cm(definite singularC-en,indefinite pluralC-er,definite pluralC-ene)

1. the letterc,the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet
2. indicates thethirdentry in alist,orderorrank

   øl i klasseC―beer with 2.75–3.75 volume percent alcohol

   førerkort klasseC―driver's license for a truck

   førerkort klasseC1―driver's license for a light truck

   hepatittC―hepatitisC

   • 1857,Henrik Wergeland,Samlede Skrifter VIII,page515:

     [jeg har] allerede sagt A. Traditionen vil nok lægge B. og C. til

     [I have] already said A. Tradition will probably add B. and C. to

   • 1939,Knut Hamsun,Artikler,page100:

     historie er, hvad A mener til forskel fra B, og hvad C igen mener til forskel fra A og B

     history is what A means as a difference from B, and what C in turn means as a difference from A and B

3. (education)the third highestgradein aschooloruniversityusing the A-F scale

   å få C til eksamen

   to get a C on your exam

4. (music)C,c-note(the first note in the C chromatic and major scales; the lowest note of an instrument, written below the staff and the D note)

   den høyeC―highC

   • 1997,Tove Nilsen,G for Georg,page42:

     så gal at man virkelig tror at svaler er g-nøkler og bass-nøkler og a’er og c’er som svever rundt hverandre og lager konsert i himmelen

     so crazy that you really think swallows are g-keys and bass-keys and a's and c's floating around each other and making a concert in the sky

   • 1939,Knut Hamsun,Artikler,page100:

     [de] larmet ikke og gik ikke og tok det høie C

     [they] did not make noise and did not go and did the high C

   • 1999,Børre Qvamme,Opera, operette og ballett gjennom tidene,page70:

     Duprez vakte sensasjon ved sine ut de poitrine, høy c tatt som brysttone

     Duprez aroused sensation by his out de poitrine, high c taken as chest tone

   • 2000,Pål Gerhard Olsen,Fredstid:

     han gjør stolen hennes tobent så hun når den høye c av forskrekkelse

     he makes her chair two-legged so she reaches the high c out of fright

5. C(Roman numeral hundred; 100)

Usage notes

• Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead ofsork.
• Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
• In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation ofcelsius,named after Swedish astronomerAnders Celsius(1701–1744).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/ˈsɛlsɪʉs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-ʉs
• Hyphenation:C
• Homophones:c,se,celsius

Symbol

C

1. (metrology)symbol fordegreesCelsius

Etymology 3

Abbreviation ofcoulomb,named after French physicistCharles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/kʊˈlɔmb/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-ɔmb
• Hyphenation:C
• Homophones:c,se,coulomb

Symbol

C

1. (metrology)Symbol forcoulomb,anSI unitofelectric charge.

Etymology 4

NamedCbecause it followed on from an earlier programming language calledB.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/siː/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-iː
• Hyphenation:C
• Homophones:c,si

Symbol

C

1. (programming)C(a particularhigh-levelprogramming languagefrom which many others are derived)

Etymology 5

Abbreviation ofkarbon,fromFrenchcarbone(“carbon”),fromLatincarbō, carbōnem(“charcoal, coal”),fromProto-Indo-European*kerh₃-(“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/seː/,/karˈbuːn/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-eː,-uːn
• Hyphenation:C
• Homophones:c,karbon

Symbol

C

1. (chemistry)carbon(the chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6)
   • 1943,(Carl Fred. Holmboe,Michael Faraday,pages165–166:

     kullstoffet C (carbo) er tetravalent og danner metan CH4 med fire vannstoffatomer

     carbon C (carbo) is tetravalent and forms methane CH4 with four hydrogen atoms

References

• “C”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
• “C”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).
• “C (Programmeringsspråk)”inStore norske leksikon
• “C (Atomsymbol)”inStore norske leksikon
• “C (Tone)”inStore norske leksikon
• “C (Romertall)”inStore norske leksikon

Anagrams

• c

Norwegian Nynorsk

Letter

C(upper caseC,lower casec)

1. the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

• Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead ofsork.
• Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
• In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/t͡ʃ/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Nupealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)banki;Aa(Áá,Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Dzdz,Ee(Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì),Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò),Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Tsts,Uu(Úú,Ùù),Vv,Ww,Yy,Zz,Zhzh

Old English

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/k/,/tʃ/

Letter

C

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet representing the phonemes/k/and/tʃ/

Numeral

C

1. the numeral100(hundred)
   • late 9th century,translationofOrosius’History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ R̄omana wæs ānC⁊ ān M ofslaġen, ⁊ heora sċipa IX ādruncen.

     And 1,100of the Romans were slain, and nine of their ships were sunk.

Polish

Etymology

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See thehistory of Polish orthographyarticle on Wikipedia for more, andCfor development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈt͡sɛ/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fourthletterof the Polishalphabet,calledceand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ęę,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Portuguese

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Portuguesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ãã),Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee(Éé,Êê),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Ôô,Õõ),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/t͡s/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Xx,Ii,Jj,Kk,Khkh,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Phph,Rr,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,ZzInternational Standard:(Àà,Ää,Ǎǎ),Ćć,Ćhćh,(Èè,Ëë,Ěě), (Ìì,Ïï,Ǐǐ), (Òò,Öö,Ǒǒ),Rrrr,Śś,(Ùù,Üü,Ǔǔ),Źź,Ʒʒ,Qq,Çç,ϴθ.Pan-Vlax:Čč,Čhčh,Dždž,(Dźdź),Řř,Šš,(Śś),Žž,(Źź).

References

• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “C, c”,inニューエクスプレス ロマ ( ジプシー ) ngữ[New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha,→ISBN,page13

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/k/,/tʃ/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fifthletterof the Romanianalphabet,calledceorcîand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

When followed by aniore,this letter represents the phoneme/tʃ/,as incel(/tʃel/) andcitesc(/tʃiˈtesk/). When followed byhiorhe(chiandche) and in all other cases, it represents/k/.

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Ăă,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Îî,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Șș,Tt,Țț,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/k̟/

Letter

C

1. The fifthletterof the Saanichalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)A,Á,Ⱥ,B,C,Ć,Ȼ,D,E,H,I,Í,J,K,Ꝁ,Ꝃ,₭,Ḵ,Ḱ,L,Ƚ,M,N,Ṉ,O,P,Q,S,Ś,T,Ⱦ,Ṯ,Ŧ,U,W,W̱,X,X̱,Y,Z,s,¸

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kʰ/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Scottish Gaelicalphabet,written in theLatin script.It is preceded byband followed byd.Its traditional name iscoll(“hazel”).

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litir;Aa(Àà),Bb(Bhbh),Cc(Chch),Dd(Dhdh),Ee(Èè),Ff(Fhfh),Gg(Ghgh),Hh,Ii(Ìì),Ll,Mm(Mhmh),Nn,Oo(Òò),Pp(Phph),Rr,Ss(Shsh),Tt(Thth),Uu(Ùù)
• (diacritics)◌̀
• (obsolete vowels)ÁáÉéÓó

Silesian

Etymology

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See theSilesian languagearticle on Wikipedia for more, andCfor development of the glyph itself.

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fourthletterof the Silesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Ŏŏ,Ōō,Ôô,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/t͡s/

Letter

C(lower casec)

1. The fourthletterof the Skolt Samialphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bukva;Aa,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Čč,Ʒʒ,Ǯǯ,Dd,Đđ,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ǧǧ,Ǥǥ,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ǩǩ,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ŋŋ,Oo,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Vv,Zz,Žž,Åå,Ää,ʹ

Slovene

Alternative forms

• ƞ(Metelko alphabet)
• Z(Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabetC,fromCzechC,fromLatinC,fromEtruscan𐌂(c),fromAncient GreekΓ(G,Gamma),fromPhoenician𐤂(g,giml).Pronunciation asIPA^(key):/cə/is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGermanC.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/t͡s/,[d͡z]
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/t͡sə́/,/t͡sèː/,/t͡séː/

• Audio(letter name, non-tonal):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ə,-eː

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Slovenealphabet,written in theLatin script.
2. The fourthletterof the Slovenealphabet(Resian), written in theLatin script.
3. The thirdletterof the Slovenealphabet(Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

Noun

Cminan

1. The name of theLatin scriptletterC/c.

Inflection

• Overall more common

Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal.If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	C
gen. sing.	C-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	C	C-ja	C-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	C-ja	C-jev	C-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	C-ju	C-jema	C-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	C	C-ja	C-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	C-ju	C-jih	C-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	C-jem	C-jema	C-ji

• More common when with a definite adjective

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	C
gen. sing.	C
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	C	C	C
accusative	C	C	C
genitive	C	C	C
dative	C	C	C
locative	C	C	C
instrumental	C	C	C

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Vv,Zz,Žž
• Ć

Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/ʕ/
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ʕæɪ̯n/

Letter

Cupper case(lower casec)

1. The twelfthletterof the Somalialphabet,calledcaynand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

1. The twelfth letter of theSomalialphabet, which followsArabicabjadorder. It is preceded byDHand followed byG.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)ʼ,Bb,Tt,Jj,Xx,Khkh,Dd,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Dhdh,Cc,Gg,Ff,Qq,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ww,Hh,Yy,Aa,Ee,Ii,Oo,Uu

Spanish

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Spanishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Noun

Cm

1. (chess)Abbreviationofcaballo.;K(knight)

Swedish

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Swedishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Proper noun

Cn(genitiveC:s)

1. (politics)AbbreviationofCenterpartiet(“Centre Party”).

   Synonym:Centern

   • 2022September 6, “Så förbereder S ochCregeringssamarbete[This is how S andCprepare government cooperation]”, inDagens Nyheter:

     Flera källor bekräftar att S nu ofta stämmer av politiska beslut medC:spartiledning.

     Several sources confirm that S now often reconciles political decisions withC'sparty leadership.

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishC.Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishC.
• Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishC.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key):/ˈsi/[ˈsi](letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes:-i
  • IPA^(key):/ˈse/[ˈsɛ](letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes:-e
  • IPA^(key):/k/[k](phoneme)
  • IPA^(key):/s/[s](phoneme, before vowels e and i)

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec,Baybayin spellingᜐᜒ)

1. The thirdletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theFilipino alphabet), calledsiand written in theLatin script.
2. (historical)The thirdletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbecedario), calledceand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

• This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)titik;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz
• CH

Further reading

• “C”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Turkish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/d͡ʒ/
• (letter name):IPA^(key):/d͡ʒeː/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Turkishalphabet,calledceand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters)harf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[se˧˧],[kəː˨˩]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[sej˧˧],[kəː˦˩]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[sej˧˧],[kəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling:xê, cờ

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The fifthletterof the Vietnamesealphabet,calledxêorcờand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữletters)chữ cái;Aa(Àà,Ảả,Ãã,Áá,Ạạ),Ăă(Ằằ,Ẳẳ,Ẵẵ,Ắắ,Ặặ),Ââ(Ầầ,Ẩẩ,Ẫẫ,Ấấ,Ậậ),Bb,Cc(Chch),Dd,Đđ,Ee(Èè,Ẻẻ,Ẽẽ,Éé,Ẹẹ),Êê(Ềề,Ểể,Ễễ,Ếế,Ệệ),Gg(Ghgh,Gigi),Hh,Ii(Ìì,Ỉỉ,Ĩĩ,Íí,Ịị),Kk(Khkh),Ll,Mm,Nn(Ngng,Nghngh,Nhnh),Oo(Òò,Ỏỏ,Õõ,Óó,Ọọ),Ôô(Ồồ,Ổổ,Ỗỗ,Ốố,Ộộ),Ơơ(Ờờ,Ởở,Ỡỡ,Ớớ,Ợợ),Pp(Phph),Qq(Ququ),Rr,Ss,Tt(Thth,Trtr),Uu(Ùù,Ủủ,Ũũ,Úú,Ụụ),Ưư(Ừừ,Ửử,Ữữ,Ứứ,Ựự),Vv,Xx,Yy(Ỳỳ,Ỷỷ,Ỹỹ,Ýý,Ỵỵ)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard)IPA^(key):/ɛk/
  • (informal)IPA^(key):/kə/

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Welshalphabet,calledecand written in theLatin script.It is preceded byBand followed byCh.

Mutation

• C at the beginning of words mutates toGin asoft mutation,toNghin anasal mutationand toChin anaspirate mutation,for example with the wordCymru(“Wales”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Cymru	Gymru	Nghymru	Chymru
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)llythyren;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ää),Bb,Cc,Chch,Dd,Dddd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Êê,Ëë),Ff,Ffff,Gg,Ngng,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Îî,Ïï),Jj,Ll,Llll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Òò,Ôô,Öö),Pp,Phph,Rr,Rhrh,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Üü),Ww(Ẃẃ,Ẁẁ,Ŵŵ,Ẅẅ),Yy(Ýý,Ỳỳ,Ŷŷ,Ÿÿ)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “C”,inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online(in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zulu

Letter

C(upper case,lower casec)

1. The thirdletterof the Zulualphabet,written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz