English

Noun

C. ‎(plural CC.)

1. Century.

   Fig. 2: a 13 ^thC. illumination of ‘H’

Abbreviation

C.

1. (law) Code.

Derived terms

• (Code:): C.F.R., U.S.C.

Noun

C.

1. (law) Abbreviation of chancellor.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of grosse caisse ‎(“bass drum”).

Noun

C. f ‎(plural C.)

1. (music) b-d, bd, BD (bass drum)

Italian

Noun

C.

1. (music) Abbreviation of grancassa ‎(“bass drum”).

Latin

Etymology

From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /g/.

Proper noun

C. m ‎(indeclinable)

1. Praenominal abbreviation of Cāius. Praenominal abbreviation of Gāius.

English

Adverb

c. ‎(not comparable)

1. circa.

   The document was written in the Middle Ages, c.1250.‎

Noun

c.

1. City.
2. (informal) Cancer.

Statistics

French

Conjunction

c.

1. Abbreviation of comme.

References

• Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (1934), “Abréviations et signes usuels”, page 1,720/1, s.v. ‘c.’

Noun

c. f ‎(plural c.)

1. Abbreviation of collection.

   C. Budé‎

   Collection Budé

German

Alternative forms

• circa: ca.
• caput, capitulum: Cap., C. (for Caput, Capitulum and Capitel (dated))

Abbreviation

1. Abbreviations of Latin terms:
   1. caput and capitulum (§; chapter, section)

      1655, Appendix, c. 2, S. 12–29 (eigene Paginierung)

      1655, appendix, § 2, pp. 12–29 (own pagination)

   2. causa (in "e. c.")
   3. circa
   4. cito
   5. cum

Synonyms

• caput, capitulum: Kap. (Kapitel), dated Cap. (Capitel)
• circa: rd. (rund), ungef., ugf. (ungefähr)
• cum: m. (mit)

Hungarian

Noun

c.

1. Abbreviation of cím.

Adjective

c.

1. Abbreviation of című.
2. Abbreviation of címzetes.

Latin

Alternative forms

• caput, capitulum: cap.
• circa: ca.

Abbreviation

1. caput, capitulum
2. circa
3. cum

Lower Sorbian

Abbreviation

c.

1. Abbreviation of cysło ‎(“number”).