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cedilla

Noun

∙ 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. orthography

BABYLON ENGLISH
cedilla n.
mark placed under a consonant indicating pronunciation (i.e. "c" is pronounced "s")

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cedilla
cedilla
\ce*dil"la\ (?), n. [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.

WORDNET 2.0
cedilla
Noun
1. a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
(hypernym) diacritical mark, diacritic

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cedilla
A cedilla ( ; from Spanish), also known as cedilha (from Portuguese) or cédille (from French), is a hook or tail ( ) added under certain letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. In Catalan, French, and Portuguese, it is used only under the c, and the entire letter is called respectively c trencada (i.e. "broken C"), "c cédille", and "c cedilhado" (or "c cedilha", colloquially).
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

cedilla

Noun

∙ 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. orthography

BABYLON ENGLISH
cedilla n.
mark placed under a consonant indicating pronunciation (i.e. "c" is pronounced "s")

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cedilla
cedilla
\ce*dil"la\ (?), n. [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.

WORDNET 2.0
cedilla
Noun
1. a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
(hypernym) diacritical mark, diacritic

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cedilla
A cedilla ( ; from Spanish), also known as cedilha (from Portuguese) or cédille (from French), is a hook or tail ( ) added under certain letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. In Catalan, French, and Portuguese, it is used only under the c, and the entire letter is called respectively c trencada (i.e. "broken C"), "c cédille", and "c cedilhado" (or "c cedilha", colloquially).
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