ça

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ecce ha. Compare French çà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈsa]
• Homophone: sa

Adverb

ça

1. (archaic) here; in this place

Derived terms

• ça i enllà
• ça i lla
• d'ençà
• deçà
• ençà

 

Further reading

• “ça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

Contraction of cela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa/

• audio (France)

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• Homophones: çà, ç’a, sa

Pronoun

ça

1. (informal) that

   J’aimerais ça. ― I'd like that.

2. (informal) this

   Je veux ça. ― I want this.

3. it

   Ça va. ― It's okay.

4. (psychoanalysis) id
5. (Louisiana) they

Further reading

• “ça”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.