ce·dil·la (s -dl  )n. A mark ( ¸ ) placed beneath the letter c, as in the spelling of the French word garçon, to indicate that the letter is to be pronounced (s). [Obsolete Spanish, diminutive of ceda, the letter z (so called because a small z was formerly written after a c, and later below it, to indicate that the normal hard c was to be pronounced as a sibilant, like s or z), from Late Latin z  ta, zeta, from Greek; see zeta.] |
cedilla [sɪˈdɪlə]
n
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) a character ( ¸ ) placed underneath a c before a, o, or u, esp in French, Portuguese, or Catalan, denoting that it is to be pronounced (s), not (k). The same character is used in the scripts of other languages, as in Turkish under s
[from Spanish: little z, from ceda zed, from Late Latin zeta; a small z was originally written after c in Spanish, to indicate a sibilant]
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| Noun | 1. | cedilla - a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
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