cé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛː]

Noun

cé n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

Derived terms

• céčko

Further reading

• “cé”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “cé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/
• Homophones: ces, cés, ses

Noun

cé m (plural cés)

1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.
2. (obsolete) A proposed unit of time equivalent to 1/100th of a day or 14 minutes and 24 seconds.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡seː]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -t͡seː

Noun

cé

1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	cé	cék
accusative	cét	céket
dative	cének	céknek
instrumental	cével	cékkel
causal-final	céért	cékért
translative	cévé	cékké
terminative	céig	cékig
essive-formal	céként	cékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cében	cékben
superessive	cén	céken
adessive	cénél	céknél
illative	cébe	cékbe
sublative	cére	cékre
allative	céhez	cékhez
elative	céből	cékből
delative	céről	cékről
ablative	cétől	céktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	céé	céké
non-attributive possessive – plural	cééi	cékéi

Possessive forms of cé

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cém	céim
2nd person sing.	céd	céid
3rd person sing.	céje	céi
1st person plural	cénk	céink
2nd person plural	cétek	céitek
3rd person plural	céjük	céik

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Further reading

• cé , redirecting to (2): c in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• cé, redirecting to c in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• sé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː
• Homophone: sé

Noun

cé n (genitive singular cés, nominative plural cé)

1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

Declension

Declension of cé (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cé	céið	cé	céin
accusative	cé	céið	cé	céin
dative	céi	céinu	céum	céunum
genitive	cés	césins	céa	céanna

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceː/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• cia (obsolete)

Pronoun

cé (triggers h-prothesis of a following disjunctive pronoun é, í, iad; followed by a relative clause)

1. (interrogative) who?

   Cé hé?

   Who is he?

   Cé hí an bhean sin?

   Who is that woman?

   Cé a dhéanfaidh é?

   Who will do it?

Usage notes

Can be followed by a prepositional pronoun in the 3rd person singular masculine:

• Cé aige an fíon?

  Who has the wine?

• Cé dó ar thug tú é?

  Who did you give it to?

In this construction, it can also mean ‘what’:

• Cé air a bhfuil an leabhar?

  What is the book on?

Derived terms

• cé acu (“which?”)
• cé na (“what, which? (plural)”)
• cén (“what, which? (singular)”)
• cér(b) (“who is?”)
• cér(bh) (“who was?”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cía (“although”).

Alternative forms

• cidh, gidh, gidheadh

Particle

cé

1. only used in cé go, cé gur, cé nach, and cé nár

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (from which also Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

Alternative forms

• céadh, céidh
• céibh (Galway)

Noun

cé f (genitive singular cé, nominative plural céanna)

1. quay, wharf, pier

Declension

Declension of cé (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cé céanna vocative a ché a chéanna genitive cé céanna dative cé céanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ché na céanna genitive na cé na gcéanna dative leis an gcé don ché leis na céanna

Etymology 4

From Latin cē.

Noun

cé

1. The name of the Latin script letter c/C.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cé

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cé	ché	gcé

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “céaḋ (‘quay’)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Romagnol

Noun

cé m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta