C

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Translingual

LetterC.svg
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
Codepoint U+0043
 B ← Basic Latin → D 
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Etymology 1

Etruscan 𐌂 (C), the source for Latin C From Etruscan 𐌂 (C), from Greek Γ (G, “Gamma”), from Phoenician 𐤂 (G, “gimmel”).

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

See also

Etymology 2

A standardization of Ɔ and C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Latin centum (“hundred”), from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternate form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Ж (a superimposed X and I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Alternative forms

Numeral

C (upper case Roman numeral, lower case c)

  1. (mathematics) cardinal number one hundred (100).
Usage notes

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

Derived terms
See also
  • Lesser roman numeral symbol: ‎L ‎(“50”)‎
  • Greater roman numeral symbol: ‎D ‎(“500”)‎
  • Roman numerals

Etymology 3

  • (element symbol, carbon): abbreviation
  • (metrology, coulomb): abbreviation
  • (computing, hexadecimal 12): From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

Symbol

C

  1. (chemistry) Carbon.
  2. (metrology) Symbol for the coulomb, an SI unit of electric charge.
  3. (slang) Cocaine.
    • 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:
      Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.
  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. (stock symbol) Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE
  8. (mathematics) differentiable class
    C1 functions are differentiable once, and C2 functions are twice differentiable
  9. (mathematics) denotes the constant of integration
    \int \cos x\,dx = \sin x + C

See also

Other representations of C:

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of B, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur

English

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C uppercase (lowercase c)

  1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
    • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 3
      Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
See also

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.

Etymology 2

Symbol

C

  1. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.
  2. (music) Guitar chord – C – Played 0 1 0 2 3 0.

Noun

C (plural Cs)

  1. (slang) $100; a c-note.
  2. (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
  3. An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.

Proper noun

C

  1. A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
    • 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
      The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.
  2. (UK) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service.

Derived terms

See also

American Sign Language

Etymology

French Sign Language letter C

From the French Sign Language sign for the letter C.

Production

This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

Letter

C (Stokoe C)

  1. The letter C

See also

Azeri

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

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Dutch

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.

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Esperanto

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.

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Finnish

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with k or s.

See also

Abbreviation

C

  1. cum laude approbatur

German

Pronunciation

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

German Sign Language

Etymology

French Sign Language letter C

Compare the French and American Sign Language signs for the letter C, which are identical.

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

  • Posture the dominant hand in the “C” shape.

Letter

C

  1. the letter C

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA: /tʃi/, X-SAMPA: /tSi/
  • Homophone: ci
  • (phoneme) IPA: /k/
  • (phoneme, before "e" or "i") IPA: /tʃ/, X-SAMPA: /tS/

Letter

C m and f (invariable, lower case c)

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

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Latin

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): (Classical Latin) IPA: /k/

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia lv

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

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Letter

C

C upper case (lower case c)

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

See also

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

C

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

Usage notes

When followed by the letters i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /tʃ/, as in cel /tʃel/ (the) and citesc /tʃi'tesk/ (I read). When followed by "hi" or "he" (chi & che) and in all other cases, it represents /k/.

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Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

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Somali

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.

Usage notes

  1. The twelfth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by DH and followed by G.

See also

Spanish

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) knight

Turkish

Letter

C upper case (lower case c)

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

See also

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