cedilla
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[edit] Etymology
Spanish cedilla, from older zedilla (“little zed”)
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[edit] Noun
cedilla (plural cedillas)
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- (orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in French menaçant and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.
[edit] Translations
mark placed under the letter c