ce

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Catalan

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

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

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
• chicuacē

References

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

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ə
• Homophone: se

Etymology 1

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.

Pronoun

ce

1. it, this, that

Further reading

• “ce” in le 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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce

1. Alternative form of ci (“us”)

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m'			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t'					te
	third	m	lui	si,2 s'	lo, l'	gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
		f 1	lei, Lei		la, l', La	le,3 Le			lei, Lei, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c'			—		noi
	second	—	voi	vi, v'					voi
	third	m	loro, Loro	si, s'	li	gli, loro (formal), Loro	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro, sé
		f 1			le
1	The feminine gender forms are also used as formal terms of address, often capitalised as Lei, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

Adverb

ce

1. here

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Italiot Greek

Conjunction

ce

1. Italiot dialect form of και (kai)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keː/

Noun

cē ? (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter C.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, 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): /t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce (adverbial)

1. there (at a place)

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Old Irish

Pronoun

ce

1. Alternative spelling of cía

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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

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θe/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /se/

  • 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/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/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