Complete Definition of "cedilla"

English
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Etymology
S. cedilla, from older zedilla, "little zed"

Pronunciation
AHD|s�-dĭʹl�, IPA|/s��dɪl�/, SAMPA|/s@"dIl@/

Noun
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#orthography In the spelling of Catalan, French and Portuguese and some other languages, a mark placed under the letter c immediately preceding a, o, or u 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
trans-top|(orthography) mark placed under the letter C
Catalan: trencada f
Dutch: cedille
French: cédille f
German: Cedille f
Ido: cedilio
Italian: cediglia f
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Japanese: ����� (sediiyu)
Portuguese: cedilha f
Russian: �едил� (sedíl�) f
Spanish: cedilla#Spanish|cedilla f
Swedish: cedilj c
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See also
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