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c en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /siː/ (letter, name)
  • (UK) audio
  • /s/ (phoneme)
  • (US) audio
  • /tʃ/ (phoneme)
  • /k/ (phoneme)

Etymology

Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”).

Meanings

  1. (lowercase, number) The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
c's Number=Plur lexicographic
cs Number=Plur lexicographic
C uppercase lexicographic

Deriveds

abecedism · c u l8r · a-c · soft c · c-machine · c sharp · c note · c-ANCA · hard c · c-store · c-selection · c-hole · c-decay · c-word · c-command · small-c conservative · c-sharp · c-flat · ctrl-c · c flat

Source: en.wiktionary, “c” (num), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

c en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /siː/ (letter, name)
  • (UK) audio
  • /s/ (phoneme)
  • (US) audio
  • /tʃ/ (phoneme)
  • /k/ (phoneme)

Etymology

Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”).

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
c's Number=Plur lexicographic
C uppercase lexicographic
cs Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “c” (character), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

c en · ADP · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of c.
    alt of c.
Source: en.wiktionary, “c” (prep), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

c en · ADV · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of c.
    alt of c.
Source: en.wiktionary, “c” (adv), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

c en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of c.
    alt of c.
Source: en.wiktionary, “c” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

c en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

  1. 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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cs Number=Plur lexicographic
c's Number=Plur lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “c” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

c en · VERB · etymology 4

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of see.
    alt of see
    • Hey! Had fun talking 2 u 2day. C u tmrw. 2012, Jessica Burkhart, Popular, Aladdin M!X, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, →ISBN, page 158:
    • C u 2nite as planned. 2012, Josephine Angelini, Dreamless, Macmillan Children’s Books, →ISBN:
    • Apurv replied, “Hello...nice to c u online!” 2011 January, Smita Kaushik, Utkarsh Roy, Let's Get Committed…, New Delhi: Mahaveer Publishers, →ISBN, page 31:

Deriveds

cul8r · c u l8r

Relateds

C