c

Pronunciation

• (IPA symbol)

Letter

c (upper case C)

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

Symbol

c

1. (IPA) voiceless palatal plosive.
   • May stand in for palatalized [kʲ], [tʲ], or as a more economical transcription of [t͡ʃ] or a similar ch-like sound.
2. (NAPA) the IPA affricate [t͡s].

Alternative forms

• C, c, Ⅽ, LL, ll, Ↄ, ↄ, ƆIC, Ж, >I<

Numeral

c (lower case Roman numeral, upper case C)

1. cardinal number one hundred (100).

Symbol

c

1. centi-.

Symbol

c

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

Symbol

c

1. (mathematics) The space of convergent sequences.

Gallery

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

Pronunciation

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

• • Rhymes: -iː

• (phoneme): IPA: /k/, /s/, /tʃ/, ...
• Usage notes: In English, c is usually pronounced as /k/ ("crack", "climb", "clone"), sometimes pronounced as /s/ ("cereal", "celebrity", "citron"), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ ("ciao", "cello", "vermicelli"). Sometimes c is pronounced as /tʃ/ due to English words that came from Italian. (Italian has a rule that states that c before i or e is pronounced as /tʃ/.)

Letter

c (lower case, upper 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 (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.

Adverb

c

1. Alternative form of c.

Noun

c

1. Alternative form of c.

Noun

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.

Verb

c

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /ħ/

Letter

c

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

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.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /d͡ʒ/

Letter

c lower case (upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s̻e/, [s̻e̞]

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʕ/

Letter

c (uppercase C)

1. A letter of the Bilen Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtseː/, [ˈtseː]

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /ð/

Letter

c (upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠e̞ː] (name of letter)

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Noun

c

1. (music) C (note)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Contraction

c

1. (text messaging, Internet slang) Informal spelling of c'est
   • C nul ici sans George

     • It's rubbish here without George

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /tʃ/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Alternative forms

• (Protestant; obsolete) tz, (chiefly Catholic; archaic) cz

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (upper 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 (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Letter

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

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

Alternative forms

• ©️(ちゃん)

Suffix

c(ちゃん) • (-chan) 

1. (teen girl's slang) Alternative spelling of ちゃん (chan)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: [ts]

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡s/

Letter

c

1. The fifth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /tʃ/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case 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 (uppercase 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
3. (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
4. (grammar) Abbreviation of genus commune.

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.
• Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /ˈsɛntɪ/
• Hyphenation: c
• Homophones: C, se, centi-

Symbol

c

1. Abbreviation of centi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /sɛnt/
• Hyphenation: c
• Homophones: C, se, cent, sendt

Symbol

c

1. Abbreviation of cent.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /saŋˈtiːm/
• Hyphenation: c
• Homophones: C, se, centime

Symbol

c

1. Abbreviation of centime.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /sɛnˈtɑːʋʊ/
• Hyphenation: c
• Homophones: C, se, centavo

Symbol

c

1. Abbreviation of centavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/, /ˈsyːkəl/
• Hyphenation: c
• Homophones: C, cykel

Symbol

c

1. (physics) Abbreviation of cykel.

Anagrams

• C

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /t͡ʃ/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡sɛ/

Letter

c (upper case C, lower case)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme; before a, o, u and other consonants) IPA: /k/
• (phoneme; before e and i) IPA: /s/
• (letter name) IPA: /ˈse/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

c m or f by sense (plural 6)

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

Preposition

c

1. Abbreviation of com.

Letter

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

1. The third letter of the Romagnol alphabet, called cé and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t͡s/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /k/, /tʃ/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): C

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /t͡s/

Letter

c (Cyrillic spelling ц)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /t͡s/

Letter

c (upper 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 (lower case, upper 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.

Symbol

c

1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [t͡s].

Noun

c m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter C / c.
2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /t͡s/.

Letter

c lower case (upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: (phoneme, Spain) /k/ [k], /θ/ [θ]
• IPA: (phoneme, Latin America) /k/ [k], /s/ [s]
• IPA: (letter name, Spain) /ˈθe/ [ˈθe]

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /seː/

Proper noun

c n (genitive c:s)

1. Abbreviation of Centerpartiet (“Centre Party”).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper 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

• IPA: /si/, [sɪ]

Particle

c (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

1. (text messaging) Alternative spelling of si

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

c (lower case, upper 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 cath (“cat”):

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /ǀ/

Letter

c (lower case, upper case C)

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