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C.

C.

See also: c. and Appendix:Variations of "c"

English

Noun

C. (plural CC.)

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

Abbreviation

C.

  1. (law) Code.

Derived terms

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.

c.

c.

See also: C. and Appendix:Variations of "c"

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

Most common English words before 1923: need · met · boy · #396: c. · strong · dead · bring

French

Conjunction

c.

  1. Abbreviation of comme.

References

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


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).