C

Letter

C (lower case c)

1. The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Alternative forms

• c, LL, ll

Numeral

C (upper case Roman numeral, lower case c)

1. Roman numeral hundred (100)
2. the hundredth (100th)

Coordinate terms

• Previous: XCIX (99)
• Next: CI (101)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• English: c-note

Symbol

C

1. (chemistry) Carbon.
2. (metrology) Symbol for coulomb, an SI unit of electric charge.
3. (metrology) Symbol for degrees Celsius.
   • Alternative form: °C
4. (computing, hexadecimal) The digit for 12.
   • 0x0000000C
5. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any cytosine
6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for cysteine
7. (mathematics) differentiable class
   • C¹ functions are differentiable once, and C² functions are twice differentiable
8. (mathematics) The constant of integration.
   • $\int \cos xdx=\sin x+C$
9. (physics) capacitance
10. (linguistics) A wildcard for a consonant
11. (Voice Quality Symbols) creak (vocal fry)
12. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Moody's Investors Service, indicating that a bond is in default, with little prospect of debt recovery.
13. (finance) Long-term bond credit rating by Fitch Ratings, indicating that a bond is low grade and on the verge of default.
14. (clothing) Bra cup size.

Gallery

• Letter styles
• Capital and lowercase versions of C, in normal and italic type
• Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /siː/

• (phoneme): IPA: /s/, /k/, /tʃ/, /ks/, /ʃ/, ...
• Homophones: C, cee, sea, see

Letter

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

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

Number

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Symbol

C

1. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

Noun

C (plural Cs)

1. (slang) $100; a c-note.
2. (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
3. (education) An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
4. (Unicode) Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
5. (slang) Cocaine.
6. Abbreviation of consonant.
7. (UK politics, in election results) Conservative

Proper noun

C

1. (programming) A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
2. (Britain) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
3. (stock ticker symbol) Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE

Verb

C

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /sɪə/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Noun

C (plural C's, diminutive C'tjie)

1. C

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡s(ə)/

Letter

C (upper case C, lower case c)

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

Letter

C

1. The seventeenth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s̻e/, [s̻e̞]

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The third letter of the Basque alphabet, called ze and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /se/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Letter

C

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

Pronunciation

Noun

C

1. (electronics) USB-C
   • C口  ―  sēikǒu  ―  USB-C port

Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 2

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The third letter of the Estonian alphabet, called tsee and written in the Latin script.

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Noun

C

1. Abbreviation of cum laude approbatur.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tseː/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ts/

Letter

C (lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• (phonemic realization) IPA: /k/
• (phonemic realization before e or i) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

Letter

C f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case c)

1. The third letter of the Italian alphabet, called ci and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): (Classical) IPA: /k/, [k]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /k/, [k]
• (Classical) IPA: /ɡ/, [ɡ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ɡ/, [ɡ]

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ts]

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C

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

Alternative forms

• c

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA: /seː/
• (phoneme) IPA: /s/, /k/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/
• Hyphenation: C
• Homophones: c, se
• Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").

Letter

C (lowercase c)

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

Noun

C m (definite singular C-en, indefinite plural C-er, definite plural C-ene)

1. the letter c, the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet
2. indicates the third entry in a list, order or rank
   • øl i klasse C ― beer with 2.75–3.75 volume percent alcohol
   • førerkort klasse C ― driver's license for a truck
   • førerkort klasse C1 ― driver's license for a light truck
   • hepatitt C ― hepatitis C
3. (education) the third highest grade in a school or university using 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 høye C ― high C
5. C (Roman numeral hundred; 100)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /ˈsɛlsɪʉs/
• Hyphenation: C
• Homophones: c, se, celsius

Symbol

C

1. (metrology) symbol for degrees Celsius

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /kʊˈlɔmb/
• Hyphenation: C
• Homophones: c, se, coulomb

Symbol

C

1. (metrology) Symbol for coulomb, an SI unit of electric charge.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /siː/
• Hyphenation: C
• Homophones: c, si

Symbol

C

1. (programming) C (a particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /karˈbuːn/
• Hyphenation: C
• Homophones: c, karbon

Symbol

C

1. (chemistry) carbon (the chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6)

Anagrams

• c

Letter

C (upper case C, lower case c)

1. the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡sɛ/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The fourth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ce and written in the Latin script.

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡s/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /k/, /tʃ/

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ce or cî and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /k̟/

Letter

C

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /t͡s/

Letter

C (lower case c)

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

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The third letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The fourth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
3. The third letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Noun

C m inan

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Noun

C m

1. (chess) Abbreviation of caballo.; K (knight)

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Proper noun

C n (genitive C:s)

1. (politics) Abbreviation of Centerpartiet (“Centre Party”).
   • Synonym: Centern

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: C
• (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA: /si/, [sɪ]
• (letter name, Abecedario): IPA: /se/, [sɛ]
• (phoneme): IPA: /k/, [k]
• (phoneme, before vowels e and i): IPA: /s/, [s]

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

1. The third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called si and written in the Latin script.
2. (historical) The third letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called ce and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA: [se˧˧], [kəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA: [sej˧˧], [kəː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA: [sej˧˧], [kəː˨˩]
• Phonetic: xê, cờ

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The fifth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called xê and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

1. The third letter of the Welsh alphabet, called ec and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by B and followed by Ch.

Mutation

• C at the beginning of words mutates to G in a soft mutation, to Ngh in a nasal mutation and to Ch in an aspirate mutation, for example with the word Cymru (“Wales”):

Letter

C (upper case, lower case c)

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