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Character  ç 
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
Latin-1 Supplement U+00E7

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Translingual [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From the letter C with a subscript z.

Pronunciation [edit]

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Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. The letter c with a cedilla.

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Symbol [edit]

Wikipedia

ç

  1. (IPA) voiceless palatal fricative

Albanian [edit]

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. "tʃə", the fourth letter of the Albanian alphabet.

Azeri [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

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

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Catalan [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /se trəŋˈkaðə/

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. 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.

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French [edit]

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. "c cédille"

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

C + Old Portuguese  (Visigothic z).

Pronunciation [edit]

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

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

Usage notes [edit]

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 inflexion). Examples: (inflexion) caçar (infinitive), cace (imperative). (Etymology) maça from Latin mattia, massa from Latin massa (both /ˈmasa/). Never occurs word-initially.


Spanish [edit]

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. (obsolete) c with cedilla.

Usage notes [edit]

  • Now replaced by the letter z.

Turkish [edit]

Letter [edit]

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

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

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