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- [si-dil-uh]
- /sɪˈdɪl ə/
- /sɪ.ˈdɪ.lə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [si-dil-uh]
- /sɪˈdɪl ə/
Definitions of cedilla word
- countable noun cedilla A cedilla is a symbol that is written under the letter 'c' in French, Portuguese, and some other languages to show that you pronounce it like a letter 's' rather than like a letter 'k'. It is written ç. 3
- noun cedilla a character ( ¸ ) placed underneath a c before a, o, or u, esp in French, Portuguese, or Catalan, denoting that it is to be pronounced (s), not (k). The same character is used in the scripts of other languages, as in Turkish under s 3
- noun cedilla a hooklike mark put under c, as in some French words, to indicate that it is to be sounded as the voiceless palatal fricative (s), as in façade 3
- noun cedilla a mark (¸) placed under a consonant letter, as under c in French, in Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, to indicate that it is pronounced (s), under c and s in Turkish to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ch) and (sh), or under t and s in Romanian to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ts) and (sh). 1
- noun cedilla this mark used as a diacritic of arbitrary value in transliteration of words from non-Roman into Roman alphabetic characters. 1
- noun cedilla A mark (¸) written under the letter c, especially in French, to show that it is pronounced like an s rather than a k (e.g., façade ). 1
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Origin of cedilla
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Spanish variant spelling of zedilla little z, equivalent to zed(a) zed + -illa diminutive suffix; the mark was so called from its original form
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Parts of speech for Cedilla
noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cedilla popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
cedilla usage trend in Literature
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