see|c|C sharp|Appendix:Variations of "c"
Translingual
Image:Latin C.png|thumb|The letter c

Letter
|page=C
|NATO=Charlie
|Morse=�·�·
|Character=C3
|Braille=â �

Etymology 1
Image:EtruscanC-01.svg|left|50px|Etruscan � (C), the source for Latin C
From Etruscan term|�|trC, from Greek term|scGrek|�|trG||Gamma, from Phoenician term|scPhnx|�|trG||gimmel.<br clear"left"/>

Letter
infl|mul|letter|upper case||lower case|c

1. A letter of the Latin script, the third of many alphabets, including the English alphabet.

See also
qualifier|select forms with diacritics � � � � � �
qualifier|select other variations � � � �
Other scripts: onym|ru|scCyrl|�|trG|glossge, onym|he|scHebr|�|trg|glossgimel
For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "c".
Appendix:Roman script
pedialite

Etymology 2
A standardization of term|scunicode|� and term|scunicode|C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of L. term|centum|langla||hundred, from abbreviation of �IC, an alternate form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling term|scunicode||� (a superimposed term|scunicode|X and term|scunicode|I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Alternative forms
C, �, �

Numeral
infl|mul|numeral|upper case Roman numeral||lower case|c

1. mathematics cardinal number one hundred (100).

Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as <span style="text-decoration:overline;">C</span>, it represents one hundred thousand.

Derived terms
English: c-note

See also
Lesser roman numeral symbol: onym|mul|L|gloss=50
Greater roman numeral symbol: onym|mul|D|gloss=500
w:Roman numerals|Roman numerals

Etymology 3
sense|element symbol|carbon abbreviation
sense|metrology|coulomb abbreviation
sense|computing|hexadecimal 12 From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

Symbol
C

1. element symbol carbon.
2. metrology coulomb, a unit of electric charge.
3. computing|hexadecimal The digit for 12.

#: 0x0000000C

English

sense|phoneme IPA|/s/|/k/|/t�/|/ks/|/�/, ...

Letter
infl|en|letter|upper case||lower case|c

1. The letter cee, the third letter of the Appendix:Roman script|English alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: B
Next letter: D

Symbol
C

1. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.
2. music Guitar chord � C � Played 0 1 0 2 3 0.

Noun
en-noun

1. computing A particular high-level programming language.
2. slang $100; a c-note.
3. music A musical note; middle c.
4. An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. UK Head of the Secret Intelligence Service, incorrectly identified in the James Bond literature as "M" ("C" during WW2 was Col. Stewart Menzies - from whence "M")

Derived terms
C++ / C plus plus
C sharp|C# / C sharp

See also
BCPL

Category:Symbols

Dutch

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme IPA|/s/|/k/|/x/|/ks/|/�/, ...

Letter
infl|nl|letter|upper case||lower case|c

1. The letter cee#Dutch|cee, the third letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: B
Next letter: D

Finnish

Noun
fi-noun

1. cum laude approbatur

Latin

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme qualifier|Classical Latin IPA|/k/

Letter
infl|la|letter|upper case||lower case|c

1. The third letter of the classical Latin alphabet.

Category:Latin letters

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|/ʧe/|lang=ro

Letter
C (capital, lowercase c)

1. The fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phonemes /k/ and /ʧ/. Preceded by B and followed by D.

Usage notes
When followed by the letters i or e, this letter represents the phoneme /ʧ/, as in cel /ʧel/ (the) and citesc /ʧi'tesk/ (I read). When followed by "hi" or "he" (chi & che) and in all other cases, it represents /k/.

Category:Romanian alphabet

an:C
br:C
de:C
el:C
fr:C
gl:C
ko:C
hr:C
id:C
ia:C
ku:C
la:C
lt:C
li:C
hu:C
ml:C
ms:C
ja:C
pl:C
pt:C
ro:C
qu:C
ru:C
sq:C
simple:C
sk:C
sl:C
fi:C
sv:C
vi:C
chr:C
tr:C
zh:C

• 2007-12-10 23:59 - Rodasmith - the "other scripts" are translingual rather than English

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