C

Translingual

Etymology 1

Etruscan 𐌂 (C), the source for Latin C

From the Template:Der letter Template:M, from the Template:Der letter Template:M, derived from the Template:Der letter Template:M, from the Template:Der hieroglyph Template:M.

Letter

1. The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• Template:Qualifier Ƈ ₡ ₵ ₢
• Other scripts: Template:L, Template:L
• For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "c".
• Template:Pedia

Etymology 2

A standardization of Template:M and Template:M because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Template:Der, from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Template:M (a superimposed Template:M and Template:M), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Alternative forms

• Template:L, Template:L, Template:L

Numeral

1. Roman numeral hundred (100)
2. the hundredth (100th)

Usage notes

• With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as C̅, it represents one hundred thousand.

Coordinate terms

• Previous: XCIX (99)
• Next: CI (101)

Derived terms

• English: c-note

See also

• Lesser Roman numeral symbol: Template:L
• Greater Roman numeral symbol: Template:L
• Roman numerals

Etymology 3

• Template:Sense abbreviation
• Template:Sense abbreviation
• Template:Sense From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

Symbol

1. Template:Lb IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for cysteine
2. Template:Lb Template:N-g
3. Template:Lb The digit for 12.

   0x0000000C

4. Template:Chemical symbol
5. Template:Bond credit rating
6. Template:Bond credit rating
7. Template:Lb IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any cytosine
8. Template:Lb A wildcard for a consonant
9. Template:Lb differentiable class

   C¹ functions are differentiable once, and C² functions are twice differentiable

10. Template:Lb The constant of integration.

    $\int \cos xdx=\sin x+C$

11. Template:Lb Template:N-g, an SI unit of electric charge.
12. Template:Lb Template:N-g

    Template:Alti

    • Template:RQ:Guardian
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13. Template:Lb capacitance
14. Template:Lb creak (vocal fry)

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Capital and lowercase versions of C, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Sense Template:IPA, ...
• Template:Homophones
• Template:Rhymes

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def
   • Template:RQ:Orwell Animal Farm

Number

1. Template:Latn-def

Symbol

1. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

Noun

1. Template:Lb One hundred dollars; a c-note.
   • Template:Quote-book
2. Template:Lb The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.

   Template:Hypo

3. Template:Senseid Template:Lb An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
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4. Template:Lb Template:L Template:L, followed by Canonical Template:L

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5. Template:Lb Cocaine.
   • 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:

     Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.

6. Template:Lb Cunt.
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was so happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my C.

7. Template:Abbreviation of
8. Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of
9. Template:Abbreviation of

   Template:Alti

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10. Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of

    Template:Cot

Related terms

• Template:Sense Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, Template:L

Etymology 2

The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called Template:M.

Proper noun

1. Template:Senseid Template:Lb A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
   • 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine

     The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.

2. Template:Lb Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
3. Template:Lb Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE

Derived terms

• Template:L
• Template:L, Template:L
• Template:L, Template:L
• Template:L, Template:L

Related terms

• Template:L

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

Noun

1. Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of

Prefix

1. Template:Lb the sequence circ or its sound
2. Template:Lb the prefix Template:M

Verb

1. Template:ClnTemplate:Lb Template:Abbreviation of

   Template:Alti

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Etymology 4

Template:Wikipedia Template:Uncertain. Either from Template:Bor, short for Template:Zh-l, or an abbreviation of Template:W, a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Adjective

1. Template:Lb With sugar and evaporated milk added.

References

• Template:W, Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, table 1: “Normalization Forms”

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Noun

1. C

Albanian

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

See also

• Template:Q Template:List:Greek script letters/aat

Angami

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Azerbaijani

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Basque

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Usage notes

• Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Further reading

• Template:R:EH

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Template:Ca-IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Central Franconian

Letter

1. Template:N-g
2. Template:N-g

Usage notes

• In the German-based spelling, c is generally used only in ck (doubled Template:M), ch for Template:IPAchar (rarely Template:IPAchar), and sch for Template:IPAchar.
• In the Dutch-based spelling, c is used in ch and sometimes after the Dutch cognate for Template:IPAchar or Template:IPAchar. The digraph sj is used for Template:IPAchar.

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Ng

Chinese

Etymology 1

Noun

1. Template:Lb USB-C

   Template:Zh-x

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

Letter

1. Template:N-g

Pronunciation 2

Letter

1. Template:N-g

Usage notes

• 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Czech

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA, ...
• Template:Sense Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Elfdalian

Alternative forms

• Template:Alt

Letter

1. Template:Lb Template:Latn-def

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA
• Template:Sense Template:IPA
• Template:Audio

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Estonian

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:Et-IPA
• Template:Sense Template:Et-IPA Template:Q

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Usage notes

• Used only in foreign words.

Finnish

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with k or s.

Noun

1. Template:Abbreviation of
2. Template:Alt case form of

French

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

German

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:Audio

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Heiltsuk

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:Hu-IPA
• Template:Sense Template:Hu-IPA
• Template:Audio

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Derived terms

• Template:L
• Template:L

Ido

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA Template:Q
• Template:Sense Template:IPA Template:Q
• Template:Sense Template:IPA

Etymology 1

From the Template:Der letter Template:M, from the Template:Der letter Template:M, from the Template:Der letter Template:M, derived from the Template:Der letter Template:M, from the Template:Der hieroglyph Template:M.

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Noun

1. Template:L:
   1. Template:Lb the first note in the C chromatic and major scales
   2. Template:SenseidTemplate:Lb An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B

Etymology 2

Numeral

1. Roman numeral hundred (100)
2. the hundredth (100th)

Etymology 3

Symbol

1. Template:Lb Template:L: Template:Init of

Further reading

• Template:R:KBBI Daring

Irish

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Italian

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

See also

• Template:Pedia

Kankanaey

Etymology

Template:Bor+. Letter pronunciation is influenced by Template:Der.

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Kashubian

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Kwak'wala

Alternative forms

• Template:Angbr in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwak'wala)

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Lb Template:Latn-def

Latin

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:La-IPA
• Template:La-IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Numeral

1. the numeral one hundred (Template:M)

References

• C in Template:Cite-book
• Template:R:du Cange
• C in Template:Cite-book

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• Template:Lv-IPA
• Template:Audio

Letter

C

1. Template:Latn-def

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Malay

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Norwegian Bokmål

The letter C, c from the Norwegian alphabet, in two different fonts.

Alternative forms

• Template:Alt

Etymology 1

From Template:Der, from Etruscan Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der.

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes
• Template:Hyph
• Template:Homophones
• Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Noun

1. the letter c, the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet
2. indicates the third entry in a list, order or rank

   Template:Ux

   Template:Ux

   Template:Ux

   Template:Ux

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3. Template:Lb the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale

   Template:Ux

4. Template:Lb Template:L, c-note Template:Q

   Template:Ux

   • Template:Quote-book
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   • Template:Quote-book
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5. C Template:Q

Usage notes

• Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of s or k.
• Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
• In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Template:M, named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes
• Template:Hyph
• Template:Homophones

Symbol

1. Template:Lb Template:N-g

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Template:M, named after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes
• Template:Hyph
• Template:Homophones

Symbol

1. Template:Lb Template:N-g, an SI unit of electric charge.

Etymology 4

Named C because it followed on from an earlier programming language called Template:M.

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes
• Template:Hyph
• Template:Homophones

Symbol

1. Template:Lb Template:L Template:Q

Etymology 5

Abbreviation of Template:M, from Template:Bor, from Template:Der, from Template:Der.

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes
• Template:Hyph
• Template:Homophones

Symbol

1. Template:Lb carbon Template:Q
   • Template:Quote-book

References

• Template:R:The Bokmål Dictionary
• Template:R:NAOB
• “C (Programmeringsspråk)” in Store norske leksikon
• “C (Atomsymbol)” in Store norske leksikon
• “C (Tone)” in Store norske leksikon
• “C (Romertall)” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• Template:Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Letter

1. the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

• Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of s or k.
• Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
• In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Old English

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA

Letter

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet representing the phonemes Template:IPAchar and Template:IPAchar

Numeral

1. the numeral 100 (Template:M)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Template:Quote

Polish

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Portuguese

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Romani

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

References

• Template:R:NERG

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Usage notes

When followed by an Template:M or Template:M, this letter represents the phoneme Template:IPAchar, as in Template:M (Template:IPAchar) and Template:M (Template:IPAchar). When followed by hi or he (chi and che) and in all other cases, it represents Template:IPAchar.

Saanich

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def It is preceded by Template:L and followed by Template:L. Its traditional name is Template:L.

Silesian

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• Template:Qualifier Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Slovene

Alternative forms

• Template:L (Metelko alphabet)
• Template:L (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet Template:M, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der, from Template:Der. Pronunciation as Template:IPA is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from Template:Der.

Pronunciation

• Template:Qualifier: Template:IPA
• Template:Qualifier: Template:Sl-IPA
• Template:Audio
• Template:Rhymes

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def
2. Template:Latn-def
3. Template:Latn-def

Noun

1. Template:N-g

Inflection

• Overall more common

• More common when with a definite adjective

See also

• Template:L

Somali

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA
• Template:Sense Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Usage notes

1. The twelfth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by DH and followed by G.

Spanish

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Noun

1. Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of; K (knight)

Swedish

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Proper noun

1. Template:Lb Template:Abbreviation of

   Template:Syn

   • Template:Quote-journal

Tagalog

Etymology

Template:Bor+. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Template:Der.
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Template:Der.

Letter

1. Template:Tl-letter-def
2. Template:Lb Template:Tl-letter-def

Usage notes

• This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.

See also

• Template:L

Further reading

• Template:R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo

Tashelhit

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Ng

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Template:Sense Template:IPA
• Template:Sense Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Vietnamese

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def

Welsh

Pronunciation

• Template:IPA
  • Template:IPA

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def It is preceded by Template:L and followed by Template:L.

Mutation

• C at the beginning of words mutates to Template:L in a Template:L, to Template:LTemplate:L in a Template:L and to Template:L in an Template:L, for example with the word Template:M:

Further reading

• Template:R:cy:GPC

Zulu

Letter

1. Template:Latn-def