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. Abbreviation of circa.

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

Noun

c.

1. (chiefly law) Abbreviation of chapter(s).
   • 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. Abbreviation of city.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. (informal) Abbreviation of cancer.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

4. Abbreviation of cent(s).
5. Abbreviation of century.

   17th c.

6. Abbreviation of cell phone.

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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))

Etymology

Latin abbreviations

Preposition

c.

1. circa
2. cum

Preposition

c.

1. causa (in "e. c.")

Verb

c.

1. cito

Noun

c.

1. 1. caput and capitulum (§; chapter, section)

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

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

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.

Noun

c.

1. Abbreviation of caput.
2. Abbreviation of capitulum.

Adverb

c.

1. Abbreviation of circa.

Preposition

c.

1. Abbreviation of circa.
2. Abbreviation of cum.

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

c.

1. Abbreviation of cysło (“number”).

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Portuguese

Adverb

c.

1. (abbreviation) c. (circa)

   Synonyms: c., ca., ca, cca., aproximadamente, por volta de, em torno de, perto de, mais ou menos