ç

See also: Appendix:Variations of "c"

ç U+00E7, ç
LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
Composition:c [U+0063] + ̧ [U+0327]
æ
[U+00E6]
Latin-1 Supplement è
[U+00E8]

Translingual

Etymology

Evolution of Visigothic to modern ç.

From ⟨⟩, the Visigothic form of the letter z, which resembled a C with a subscript z.

Pronunciation

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Symbol

ç

  1. (IPA) a voiceless palatal fricative.
    (superscript ᶜ̧) [ç]-fricated release of a plosive, sometimes implying an affricate (e.g. cᶜ̧ for [c͡ç]); [ç]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ç].

Usage notes

A superscript ᶜ̧ needs to be composed with a cedilla diacritic: U+1D9C + U+0327 ◌̧.

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ç (uppercase Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Albanian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /tʃe/

Letter

ç lower case (upper case Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /s̻e au̯t͡s̺i/, [s̻e̞ au̯.t͡s̺i]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /s̻e hau̯t͡s̺i/, [s̻e̞ ɦau̯.t͡s̺i]

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. The letter C with a cedilla, called ze hautsi.

Usage notes

  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.
  • It is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of c.

See also

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. c cedilla (the ce trencada, the letter c with a cedilla, used to represent /s/ before a, o or u; it is not considered a separate letter)

See also

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

French

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. "c cédille", the letter c with a cedilla

Usage notes

Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a ⟨c⟩ pronounced /s/ occurs before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ or ⟨u⟩ (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (inflection) commencer (to begin, infinitive), commençons (we begin, first-person plural indicative present).

Juǀ'hoan

Letter

ç

  1. (dated) the voiceless palatal click consonant, and the base of multigraphs for the other palatal clicks; now replaced with ǂ.

Naro

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ᵏǂ/)

Letter

ç (upper case Ç)

  1. (dated) A letter of the Naro alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Portuguese

Etymology

C + Old Galician-Portuguese (Visigothic z).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. "c cedilha" (the letter c with a cedilla)

Usage notes

Ç is not considered a distinct letter, but a variant of C. It is used where a <c> pronounced /s/ occurs before <a>, <o> or <u> (due to etymology or inflection). Examples: (Inflection) merecer ("to deserve", infinitive), mereça (imperative). (Etymology) maça from Latin mattia, massa from Latin massa (both /ˈmasa/). Never occurs word-initially.

Rohingya

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɽ/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɽiː/

Letter

ç (upper case Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Rohingya alphabet, called çii and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • 𐴍
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Romani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (after n) /t͡s/, (after all other letters) /s/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. (International Standard) Used to represent -ça.

See also

References

  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018), -ç-”, in ニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, page 15

Spanish

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. (obsolete) c with cedilla

Usage notes

  • Now replaced by the letter z.

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /t͡ʃeː/

Letter

ç (lower case, upper case Ç)

  1. The fourth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /t͡ʃ/

Letter

ç (upper case Ç)

  1. The third letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called çe and written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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