CE

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Translingual

The stylized "CE" is used on products in or from the European Economic Area as a certification of safety or quality.

Proper noun

CE

1. The European Community: Abbreviation of French Communauté Européenne

English

Alternative forms

• (time) C.E.

Proper noun

CE

1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.

   1066 CE.

   • 1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12:

     Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.

   • 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, Yale University Press; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324:

     The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.

2. Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
3. Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
4. Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
5. (education) Initialism of Common Entrance.

Synonyms

• (time): AD/A.D.; e.v. (Era Vulgaris; pseudo-Latin used by Thelemites)
• (Church of England): C of E
• (Canadian English): CanE; Canadian

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “time”): BCE (B.C.E.)

Translations

secularized form of AD — see also AD

• Azerbaijani: b.e.
• Czech: n. l. (cs)
• Danish: e.v.t. (efter vor tidsregning)
• Finnish: jaa. (jälkeen ajanlaskun alun)
• French: ÈC (ère commune) f
• German: n. d. Z. (de) (nach der Zeitrechnung), n. u. Z. (de), u. Z. (de) ((nach) unserer Zeitrechnung)
• Greek: Κ.Ε. (el) (K.E.)
• Hungarian: i. sz. (hu)
• Latin: aer. vulg. (la), aer. comm. (la)
• Lithuanian: m.e. (mūsų eros)
• Polish: n.e. (pl) (nasza era; naszej ery)
• Russian: н. э. (ru) (n. e.), на́шей э́ры (nášej éry)
• Serbo-Croatian: н. е., (нове ере)
• Spanish: E.C. f (Era Común)
• Swedish: vt (sv) (vår tideräkning), v.t. (sv) (vår tideräkning), e.v.t. (sv) (enligt vår tideräkning)
• Thai: ค.ศ. (th) (kɔɔ.sɔ̌ɔ.)
• Ukrainian: н. е. f (n. e.), нашої ери (našoji ery)
• Urdu: ء (ur), عیسوی ('esvī)

Noun

CE (plural CEs)

1. Initialism of civil engineer.
2. Initialism of computer engineer.
4. Initialism of continuing education.

   Hypernym: education

   Hyponyms: CME (“continuing medical education”), CNE (“continuing nursing education”), CLE (“continuing legal education”)

5. Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.
6. Initialism of close encounter.

Synonyms

• (civil engineer): Civ.E., CIV E

Anagrams

• E.C., EC, ec.

Catalan

Proper noun

CE f

1. EC (European Community)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ø/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Etymology 1

Abbreviation of communauté européenne (“European Community”).

Proper noun

CE f

1. EC (European Community)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of cours élémentaire.

Noun

CE m (invariable)

1. a part of the primary school

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of comité d’entreprise.

Noun

CE m (invariable)

1. works council

Portuguese

Proper noun

CE m

1. abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil

Further reading

• “CE”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Proper noun

CE f

1. abbreviation of Comisión Europea (“European Commission”)