cedilla

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).

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[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 zta, zeta; see zeta.]

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cedilla

Noun

a character (\, ) placed underneath a c, esp. in French or Portuguese, indicating that it is to be pronounced (s), not (k) [Spanish: little z]

Thesaurus

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

Translations

cedilla [sɪˈdɪlə] n → cédille f

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cedilla [sɪˈdɪlə] n → Cedille f