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)
- circa.
- The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.
Noun
c.
- (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)...
- 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648:
- City.
- (informal) cancer.
- Cent(s).
French
Conjunction
c.
- 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.)
- Abbreviation of collection.
- C. Budé
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Latin abbreviations
Preposition
c.
Preposition
c.
- causa (in "e. c.")
Verb
c.
Noun
c.
Synonyms
- caput, capitulum: Kap. (Kapitel), dated Cap. (Capitel)
- circa: rd. (rund), ungef., ugf. (ungefähr)
- cum: m. (mit)
Hungarian
Noun
c.
- Abbreviation of cím.
Adjective
c.
- Abbreviation of című.
- Abbreviation of címzetes.
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
- Abbreviation of caput.
- Abbreviation of capitulum.
Adverb
c.
- Abbreviation of circa.
Preposition
c.
- Abbreviation of circa.
- Abbreviation of cum.
Lower Sorbian
Noun
c.
- Abbreviation of cysło (“number”).
Portuguese
Adverb
c.
- (abbreviation) c. (circa)
Synonyms
- (abbreviations): c., ca., ca, cca.
- (other terms): aproximadamente, por volta de, em torno de, perto de, mais ou menos
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