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Webster 1913 Edition

cedilla

ce-dil′la

(sē̍-dĭl′lȧ)

,

Noun.

[Sp.

cedilla

, cf. F.

cédille

; dim. of

zeta

, the Gr. name of the letter

z

, because this letter was formerly written after the

c

, to give it the sound of

s

.]

A mark placed under the letter c [thus, ç], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in façade.

Definition 2024

cedilla

cedilla

English

Noun

cedilla ‎(plural cedillas)

¸ Ç ç

(orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark (¸) sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in French menaçant and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.

Translations

mark placed under the letter c

Arabic: سِدِيلَا f ‎(sidīlā)
Belarusian: цэдыллю ‎(cedýllju)
Catalan: trencat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軟音符 (zh), 软音符 (zh) ‎(ruǎnyīnfú)
Czech: cedilla f
Dutch: cedille (nl)
Esperanto: subhoko
Finnish: sedilji (fi)
French: cédille (fr) f
German: Cedille (de) f

Ido: cedilio (io)
Irish: straithín m
Italian: cediglia (it) f
Japanese: セディーユ ‎(sedīyu)
Korean: 세디유 ‎(sediyu)
Manx: seddag f, straihleen m
Portuguese: cedilha (pt) f
Romanian: sedilă (ro) f
Russian: седи́ль (ru) f ‎(sedílʹ)
Spanish: cedilla (es) f
Swedish: cedilj (sv) c

See also

ç
ogonek

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of Old Spanish ceda ‎(“letter Z”) (Spanish zeta), from ceda + -illa.

Noun

cedilla f ‎(plural cedillas)

Name of the letter ç.
(orthography) cedilla

Descendants

English: cedilla
French: cédille
Portuguese: cedilha