c.

See also: C. and Appendix:Variations of "c"

English

Etymology

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

Adverb

c. (not comparable)

1. circa.

   The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

Noun

c.

1. (chiefly law) Chapter.
   • 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648:

     By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)...

2. City.
3. (informal) cancer.
4. Cent(s).

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French

Conjunction

c.

1. Abbreviation of comme.

References

• Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (1934), “Abréviations et signes usuels”, page 1,720/1, s.v. ‘c.’

Noun

c. f (plural c.)

1. Abbreviation of collection.

   C. Budé

   Collection Budé

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German

Alternative forms

• circa: ca.
• caput, capitulum: Cap., C. (for Caput, Capitulum and Capitel (dated))

Abbreviation

1. Abbreviations of Latin terms:
   1. caput and capitulum (§; chapter, section)

      1655, Appendix, c. 2, S. 12–29 (eigene Paginierung)

      1655, appendix, § 2, pp. 12–29 (own pagination)

   2. causa (in "e. c.")
   3. circa
   4. cito
   5. cum

Synonyms

• caput, capitulum: Kap. (Kapitel), dated Cap. (Capitel)
• circa: rd. (rund), ungef., ugf. (ungefähr)
• cum: m. (mit)

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Hungarian

Noun

c.

1. Abbreviation of cím.

Adjective

c.

1. Abbreviation of című.
2. Abbreviation of címzetes.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• caput, capitulum: cap.
• circa: ca.

Abbreviation

1. caput, capitulum
2. circa
3. cum

Lower Sorbian

Abbreviation

c.

1. Abbreviation of cysło (“number”).

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Portuguese

Adverb

c.

1. (abbreviation) c. (circa)

Synonyms

• (abbreviations): c., ca., ca, cca.
• (other terms): aproximadamente, por volta de, em torno de, perto de, mais ou menos