Czech

Noun

cé n

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Derived terms

• céčko

French

Noun

cé m ‎(plural cés)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡seː]

Noun

cé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• sé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛː/
• Rhymes: -ɛː
• Homophone: sé

Noun

cé n ‎(genitive singular cés, nominative plural cé)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ceː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (from which also Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Alternative forms

• cia (obsolete)

Pronoun

cé (triggers h-prothesis of a following disjunctive pronoun é, í, iad; followed by a relative clause)

1. (interrogative) who?

   Cé hé?‎

   Who is he?

   Cé hí an bhean sin?‎

   Who is that woman?

   Cé a dhéanfaidh é?‎

   Who will do it?

Usage notes

Can be followed by a prepositional pronoun in the 3rd person singular masculine:

• Cé aige an fíon?‎

  Who has the wine?

• Cé dó ar thug tú é?‎

  Who did you give it to?

In this construction, it can also mean ‘what’:

• Cé air a bhfuil an leabhar?‎

  What is the book on?

Derived terms

• cén ‎(“what, which? (singular)”)
• cé na ‎(“what, which? (plural)”)
• cér, cérb ‎(“who is?”)
• cér, cérbh ‎(“who was?”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cía ‎(“although”).

Particle

cé

1. Only used in cé go, cé gur, cé nach, and cé nár

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum ‎(“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom ‎(“pen, enclosure”) (from which also Welsh cae ‎(“hedge”)).

Alternative forms

• céadh
• céibh (Cois Fharraige)
• céidh

Noun

cé f ‎(genitive singular cé, nominative plural céanna)

1. quay, wharf, pier

Declension

Mutation

References

• “1 cía (‘who’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 cía (‘although’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “céibe (‘quay’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cé” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• “céaḋ (‘quay’)” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cé" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.