ce

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce (plural ces)

  1. Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”)
    • 2003, David Sacks, The Alphabet: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z (page 89)
      [T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.”

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce f (plural ces)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Central Nahuatl cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : inic ce

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral[edit]

ce

  1. one.

Classical Nahuatl[edit]

Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : ic ce
    Adverbial : ceppa
    Distributive : cēcen, cehcen

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

ce

  1. (it is) one in number.

Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : achtohui

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral[edit]

ce

  1. one.

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sə/
  • (Parisian) IPA(key): /sø/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ə
  • Homophone: se

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French cel, from earlier cil, from Vulgar Latin eccille.

Determiner[edit]

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

  1. this, that

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French ço, from Vulgar Latin *ecce hoc.

Alternative forms[edit]

  • c' (before the vowels /ɛ/, /y/)
  • ç'[1] (dated, before the vowel /a/)

Pronoun[edit]

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.
    Ce sont des gens bien. ― These are good people.
    • 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[edit]

(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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Louis Philipon De La Madelaine (1802) Des homonymes français ou mots qui dans notre langue se ressemblent par le son et diffèrent par le sens‎[1], page 85

Further reading[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronoun[edit]

ce

  1. what

See also[edit]

Gun[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

cé (Benin)

  1. my (first-person singular possessive pronoun)

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce (plural ce-i)

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

See also[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: cé

Pronoun[edit]

ce

  1. Alternative form of ci (“us”)

Usage notes[edit]

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

See also[edit]

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[edit]

ce

  1. here

Italiot Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Conjunction[edit]

ce

  1. and

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter C.

Coordinate terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “ce”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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."

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ce

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cè.

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

Mapudungun[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • che (Unified Alphabet)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce (Raguileo spelling)

  1. person
  2. people

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English sǣ.

Noun[edit]

ce

  1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)
Descendants[edit]
  • English: sea

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old French sei.

Noun[edit]

ce

  1. Alternative form of see (“see”)
Descendants[edit]

Middle French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ecce.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ce (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)

Occitan[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce f (plural ces)

  1. cee (the letter c)

Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ce

  1. Alternative form of cía

Conjunction[edit]

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. 10c21
      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. 34a4
      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

Pochutec[edit]

Etymology[edit]

C.f. Classical Nahuatl cē.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

ce

  1. one

References[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ce

  1. what
    Ce vrei să faci?
    What do you want to do?

Related terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce f (plural ces)

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

Further reading[edit]

Tarantino[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ce (relative)

  1. who

Conjunction[edit]

ce

  1. if

Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce

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

See also[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ce f (plural ceau)

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

Mutation[edit]

This word cannot be mutated.

See also[edit]

Zarma[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Koyraboro Senni cee (“foot”).

Noun[edit]

ce

  1. foot, leg
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