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See also: Variations of "c"

ç - Translingual

Letter

ç (upper case Ç)

The letter c with a cedilla.

Symbol

(IPA) voiceless palatal fricative
- (superscript ⟨ᶜ̧⟩) [ç]-fricated release of a plosive, sometimes implying an affricate (e.g. ⟨cᶜ̧⟩ for [c͡ç]); [ç]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ç].

Derived terms

ᶜ̧

ç - Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ç (uppercase Ç)

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

ç - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/
(letter name) IPA: /tʃe/

Letter

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

The fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

ç - Basque

Pronunciation

IPA: (Southern) /s̻e au̯t͡s̺i/, [s̻e̞ au̯.t͡s̺i]
IPA: (Northern) /s̻e hau̯t͡s̺i/, [s̻e̞ ɦau̯.t͡s̺i]

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

The letter C with a cedilla, called ze hautsi.

Usage notes

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of c.

ç - Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˌse.tɾəŋˈka.də/
(Valencian) IPA: /ˌse.tɾeŋˈka.da/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

The ce trencada, the letter c with a cedilla, used to represent /s/ before a, o or u. It is not considered a separate letter.

ç - French

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

"c cédille", the letter c with a cedilla

Usage notes

Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a ⟨c⟩ pronounced /s/ occurs before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ or ⟨u⟩ (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (inflection) commencer (“to begin”, infinitive), commençons (“we begin”, first-person plural indicative present).

ç - Juǀʼhoan

(dated) the voiceless palatal click consonant, and the base of multigraphs for the other palatal clicks; now replaced with ⟨ǂ⟩.

ç - Naro

(dated) the voiceless palatal click consonant, and the base of multigraphs for the other palatal clicks; now replaced with ⟨tc⟩.

ç - Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA: /s/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

"c cedilha" (the letter c with a cedilla)

Usage notes

Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a <c> pronounced /s/ occurs before <a>, <o> or <u> (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (Inflection) merecer ("to deserve", infinitive), mereça (imperative). (Etymology) maça from Latin mattia, massa from Latin massa (both /ˈmasa/). Never occurs word-initially.

ç - Rohingya

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /ɽ/
(letter name) IPA: /ɽiː/

Letter

ç (upper case Ç)

The fourth letter of the Rohingya alphabet, called çii and written in the Latin script.

ç - Romani

Pronunciation

IPA: (after n) /t͡s/, (after all other letters) /s/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

(International Standard) Used to represent -ça.

ç - Spanish

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

(obsolete) c with cedilla

Usage notes

Now replaced by the letter z.

ç - Turkish

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/
(letter name): IPA: /t͡ʃeː/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

The fourth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

ç - Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ç (upper case Ç)

The third letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.