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Etymology 1
Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan 𐌂 (C), from Greek Γ (G, “Gamma”), from Phoenician 𐤂 (G, “gimmel”).
Pronunciation
- (IPA symbol)
Letter
c (upper case C)
- The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with ϲ (s) (the lunate sigma).
- In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” /k/ sound and a “soft” sound (/s/, /ts/, /tʃ/, or /θ/), based on the following letter.
- In a number of languages, it is used only for the /tʃ/ sound.
- In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch.
- In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents /tʃ/, /θ/, or /tsʰ/.
See also
- (Латински текст): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter C): Ćć Ĉĉ Čč Ċċ C̄c̄ Çç Ḉḉ Ȼȼ Ƈƈ ɕ ᴄ Cc
- Other scripts: г (g, “ge”), ג (g, “gimel”), ʗ
- Letters and symbols with similar shapes: Ɔ (open O), с (s, “es”)
- For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "c".
- Appendix:Roman script
c на Википедији.Википедији
Symbol
c
Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of Ɔ and C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Латински centum (“hundred”), from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternate form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Ж (a superimposed X and I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.
Alternative forms
Numeral
c (lower case Roman numeral, upper case C)
- cardinal number one hundred (100).
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.
Derived terms
- English: c-note
See also
- Lesser roman numeral symbol: l (“50”)
- Greater roman numeral symbol: d (“500”)
- Roman numerals
Etymology 3
From Латински celeritās (“speed”).
Symbol
c
- (physics) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
Etymology 4
Symbol
c
- (mathematics) The space of convergent sequences.
Gallery
- Letter styles
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Capital and lowercase versions of C, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of C:
Енглески
Etymology 1

Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚳ (c, “cen”).
Pronunciation
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- (phoneme): МФА(кључ): /k/, /s/, /tʃ/, ...
- Usage notes: In English, c is usually pronounced as /k/ ("crack", "climb", "clone"), sometimes pronounced as /s/ ("cereal", "celebrity", "citron"), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ ("ciao", "cello", "vermicelli"). Sometimes c is pronounced as /tʃ/ due to English words that came from Italian. (Italian has a rule that states that c before i or e is pronounced as /tʃ/.[1])
Letter
c (lower case, upper case C, plural c's)
- The letter of the Енглески alphabet, called cee и писана у Латински текст.
Number
c (lower case, upper case C)
- The ordinal number [[]], derived from this letter of the Енглески alphabet, called cee and written in the Латински текст.
Derived terms
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Etymology 2
Various abbreviations
Adverb
c
- (deprecated use of
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Etymology 3
Noun
- (music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.
Etymology 4
Verb
c
- (Internet slang, text messaging) (deprecated use of
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Afar
Pronunciation
Слово
c
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Letter
c lower case (upper case C)
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
c (lower case, upper case C)
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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- (phoneme): МФА(кључ): /s/, /k/, /tʃ/
Letter
See also
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): МФА(кључ): /tso/
- (phoneme): МФА(кључ): /ts/
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Letter
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z
Fijian
Pronunciation
Letter
c (upper case C)
See also
Finnish
Letter
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with k or s.
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
French
Pronunciation
Letter
c (lower case, upper case C)
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Abbreviation
c
- (text messaging, Internet slang) Informal spelling of c’est
- C nul ici sans George
- It's rubbish here without George
- C nul ici sans George
Fula
Pronunciation
Letter
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
See also
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Letter
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
c (upper case C)
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- (letter name): МФА(кључ): /tse/
- (phoneme): МФА(кључ): /k/ before 'a'/'o'/'u', /ts/ before 'i'/'e'/'y'
Letter
See also
Italian
Noun
c m or f (invariable)
- See under C
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) Шаблон:lv-IPA
- (deprecated use of
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Letter

See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
c (lower case, upper case C)
See also
Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): МФА(кључ): /seː/
- (phoneme): МФА(кључ): /k/, /s/
- (deprecated use of
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Letter
c
- The 3rd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Usage notes
- Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own.
- Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
c (lower case, upper case C)
See also
- (Latin-текст слова) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Etymology 2
From cê, short form of você (“you”).
Pronoun
c m or f (plural 6)
- (Internet slang) (deprecated use of
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Etymology 3
Preposition
c
- (deprecated use of
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Romanian
Pronunciation
Letter
Usage notes
See C for pronunciation notes.
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (uppercase): C
Pronunciation
Letter
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
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Letter
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See also
Somali
Letter
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
(phoneme)
(letter name)
- (Castilian) МФА(кључ): /ˈθe/
- (Latin America) МФА(кључ): /ˈse/
- (deprecated use of
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Letter
Swedish
Pronunciation
Abbreviation
c
- Centre Party; (deprecated use of
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Turkish
Pronunciation
Letter
See also
Zulu
Pronunciation
Letter
c (lower case, upper case C)
See also
- Међународни говор
- Карактер оквири са сликом
- Основни латински блок
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