cedilla
A diacritical mark ⟨¸⟩ placed beneath a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in…A diacritical mark ⟨¸⟩ placed beneath a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in the orthographies of many languages, such as under c in Catalan, French and Portuguese to indicate /s/ rather than /k/ (e.g. Catalan força, French menaçant, Portuguese almoço) and in other languages to modify the pronunciation of the letter c (e.g. from /d͡ʒ/ to /t͡ʃ/ in Turkish) or of other letters.
» The small mark under the letter c in French words such as 'leçon' is called a cedilla.
Das kleine Häkchen unter dem c, das aus französischen Wörtern wie „leçon“ bekannt ist, bezeichnet man als Cedille.
Meaning
2 sensesA diacritical mark ⟨¸⟩ placed beneath a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in the orthographies of many languages, such as under c in Catalan, French and Portuguese to indicate /s/ rather than /k/ (e.g. Catalan força, French menaçant, Portuguese almoço) and in other languages to modify the pronunciation of the letter c (e.g. from /d͡ʒ/ to /t͡ʃ/ in Turkish) or of other letters.
Cedille
седи́льsedílʹ
седи́льsedýlʹ
a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
(broadly)Synonym of cauda
Examples
1 sentencesThe small mark under the letter c in French words such as 'leçon' is called a cedilla.
deDas kleine Häkchen unter dem c, das aus französischen Wörtern wie „leçon“ bekannt ist, bezeichnet man als Cedille. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Spanish cedilla (literally “little zed”), c. 1600. In Spanish cedilla referrBorrowed from Spanish cedilla (literally “little zed”), c. 1600. In Spanish cedilla referred to the letter ⟨Ç⟩, which had evolved from ⟨Ꝣ⟩, a Visigothic form of the letter Z (called a Z with copete); hence the name. The lower part of ⟨Ç⟩ (which came to be reinterpreted as a diacritical mark under a C) is the remnant of the original Z, after it gradually reduced in size; whereas the upper part was originally just an ornamentation over the Z (which increased in size until it resembled letter C, and finally came to be identified with this letter).
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Forms
plural: cedillas / cedillaeSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular