ce

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

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Noun

ce f (plural ces)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.

Derived terms

• ce trencada

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Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ce     Ordinal : ic ce     Adverbial : ceppa     Distributive : cēcen, cehcen

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se]

Numeral

ce

1. (it is) one in number.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r.

     ¶Vno o vna.Ce.

     ¶ One. Ce.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 1.

     ¶ Vno o vna. Ce.

     ¶ One. Ce.

   • Idem, f. 15r. col. 1.

     C E.vno o vna, / vel,centetl.

     C E. one. also centetl.

Usage notes

• The combing form of ce is cen- (or cem- before m and p).

Derived terms

• cempantli
• cempōhualli
• centetl
• chicuace

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 15r

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ce     Ordinal : achtohui

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral

ce

1. one.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ə
• Homophone: se

Etymology 1

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French cel, from earlier cil, from Vulgar Latin *ecce illu, from Latin ecce or eccum illum, from ille.

Determiner

ce m (masculine before vowel cet, feminine cette, plural ces)

1. this, that

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin ecce hoc.

Alternative forms

• c' (before the vowels /ɛ/, /y/)
• ç' (dated, before the vowel /a/)

Pronoun

ce m (plural ce)

1. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)

   C'est beau ! ― It is beautiful!

   ce dont je parlais ― that which I was speaking of

   C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... ― It would have been with pleasure, but...

   C'eût été dommage... ― It would have been a pity...

2. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that

   C'est un/e célébrité. ― He/she/it is a celebrity.

   Ce sont des célébrités. ― These are celebrities.

   • 1897, Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac :

     C'est un roc ! ... c'est un pic ! ... c'est un cap ! Que dis-je, c'est un cap ? ... C'est une péninsule !

3. (archaic, subject of verbs other than être) it, this, that
   • 1866, (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], page 56:

     [...] ce paraissent être encore là des points à noter [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   ce semble ― it seems

   ce peuvent être... ― these may be...

Usage notes

(1): To convey the plural with a predicative adjective, one must use ils or elles (“they”):

Ils sont beaux ! Elles sont belles ! ― They are beautiful!

And to convey the plural with a relative clause, one must use ceux or celles (plural forms of celui and celle):

ceux que/celles que... ― those which...

ceux qui/celles qui... ― those who/that...

ceux dont je parlais/celles dont je parlais... ― those which I was speaking of...

Derived terms

• ce à quoi
• ceci
• ce disant
• ce faisant
• cela
• ce me semble
• ce nonobstant
• ce que
• ce qui
• est-ce que
• et ce
• pour ce faire
• sur ce

 

Further reading

• “ce” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin quid. Compare Italian che, Venetian ché, Romanian ce.

Pronoun

ce

1. what

See also

• che

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡se/, /t͡sɛ/

Noun

ce (plural ce-i)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze ^{(Category: io:Latin letter names)}

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce

1. Alternative form of ci (“us”)

Usage notes

Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Conjunctive	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te
	third	m	lui	si2, s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se2	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f	lei, Lei1		la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1	le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1		lei, Lei1, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi4	vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4			ve	voi, Voi4
	third	m	loro, Loro1	si, s', -si	li, Li1, -li, -Li1	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1	glie, se	loro, Loro1, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f			le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Adverb

ce

1. here

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Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Conjunction

ce

1. and

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keː/, [keː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃe/, [t͡ʃɛ]

Noun

cē f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter C.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta

References

• ce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ce in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

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Mandarin

Romanization

ce

1. Nonstandard spelling of cè.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mapudungun

Alternative forms

• che (using Unified Alphabet)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/

Noun

ce (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. person
2. people

See also

• Mapuce

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

ce

1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)

Descendants

• English: sea

Etymology 2

From Old French sei.

Noun

ce

1. Alternative form of see (“see”)

Descendants

• English: see

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Middle French

Adjective

ce m (feminine singular ceste, masculine and feminine plural ces, masculine singular before a vowel cest)

1. this (the one in question)
   • 1571, Pedro Díaz, Dallier, Nouueaux advertissemens trescertains venus du paÿs des Indes Meridionales […] page 5

     Mais considerant que les Chrestiens nouvellement faits en ce pays, estoient en si grand nombre que nous ne les pouvions visiter

     But considering that the newly made Christians in this country were so numerous that we couldn't visit all of them

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin ecce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(t)ʃe/
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce (adverbial)

1. there (at a place)

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Occitan

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

1. cee (the letter c)

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲe/

Pronoun

ce

1. Alternative form of cía

Conjunction

ce

1. Alternative form of cía
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^c21

     Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.

     It would be a fruit of our labor in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 34^a4

     ɔrabad cech bráthair post alium .i. is huisse ce ru·samaltar fri Críst

     so that each brother should be after the other, i.e. it is right that he be compared to Christ

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Pochutec

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl cē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse/

Numeral

ce

1. one

References

• Boas, Franz (July 1917) , “El Dialecto mexicano de Pochutla, Oaxaca”, in International Journal of American Linguistics (in Spanish), volume 1, issue 1, DOI:10.1086/463709, JSTOR 1263398, pages 9–44
• Knab, Tim (July 1980) , “When is a language really dead: The case of Pochutec”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 46, issue 3, DOI:10.1086/465658, JSTOR 1264741, pages 230–233

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce

1. what

   Ce vrei să faci?

   What do you want to do?

Related terms

• ci

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθe/, [ˈθe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈse/, [ˈse]

  • Audio

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• Homophones: se, sé (non-Castilian)
• Rhymes: -e

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.

Further reading

• “ce” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tarantino

Pronoun

ce (relative)

1. who

Conjunction

ce

1. if

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Turkish

Noun

ce

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keː/

Noun

ce f (plural ceau)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) llythyren; a, bi, ec, èch, di, èdd, e, èf, èff, èg, eng, aetsh, i/i dot, je, ce, el, èll, em, en, o, pi, ffi, ciw, er, rhi, ès, ti, èth, u/u bedol, fi, w, ecs, y, sèd ^{(Category: cy:Latin letter names)}