cè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ/
• Homophones: c'è, ceh
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: cè

Adverb

cè

1. nonstandard, colloquial form of cioè (as meaningless filter)

   Alternative form: ceh

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ce — nonstandard

Romanization

cè (ce⁴, Zhuyin ㄘㄜˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 侧
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 側 / 侧
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 冊 / 册
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 册
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厔
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厠 / 厕
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫧 / 𰌇
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庼
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廁 / 厕
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惻 / 恻
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憡
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拺
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敇
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柵 / 栅
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柾
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 測 / 测
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溫 / 温
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畟
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矠
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笧
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 策
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筞
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筴 / 策
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箣
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粣
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茦
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荜
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萗
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萳
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓛
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赤
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遪
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頙 / 𲊺

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cé (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲʰeː/ (etymologies 1-4)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cè m or f (genitive singular cèithe, plural cèithean)

1. (ointment): cream

   Synonym: uachdar

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cé, cía (“(this) world”).

Noun

cè m (genitive singular cè)

1. (archaic) world

Usage notes

• Today used only as part of compound words.

Derived terms

• cruinne-cè

Etymology 3

Noun

cè m (genitive singular cèithe, plural cèithean)

1. alternative form of cidhe (“quay”)

Etymology 4

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

cè

1. (archaic) what (interrogative pronoun)

   Synonyms: dè, ciod

2. (archaic) who (interrogative pronoun)

   Synonym: cò

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• c'è

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲʰɛː/

Verb

cè (imperative)

1. give, give me, gimme, giz

   cè sin! ― gimme that!

   cè do làimh ― give me your hand

   cè fear math ― give me a good one