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ce·dil·la

 (sĭ-dĭl′ə)
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 zēta, zeta, from Greek; see zeta.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cedilla

(sɪˈdɪlə)
n
(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
[C16: 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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ce•dil•la

(sɪˈdɪl ə)

n., pl. -las.
a mark (¸) placed under a letter to indicate its pronunciation, as under c in French or Portuguese to indicate that it is pronounced (s) rather than (k), as in façade.
[1590–1600; < Sp. variant sp. of zedilla little z; so called from its original form]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

cedilla

A mark placed under a letter “c” in French to show that it is pronounced as “s,” for example, “façade.”
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
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Noun1.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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Translations
Cedille
cédille

cedilla

[sɪˈdɪlə] N → cedilla f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cedilla

[sɪˈdɪlə] n → cédille f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cedilla

n → Cedille f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cedilla

[sɪˈdɪlə] n → cediglia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995


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