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What (who) is cédille - definition

DIACRITICAL MARK
¸; Cedilha; Ŗ; Ģ; Ļ; Ņ; Cerilla; Cedille; Cédille; Ḩ; Çedilla; Ȩ; X̧; M̧; O̧; ¸¸; ̧; A̧; U̧; Ɔ̧; I̧; Ɛ̧; Ə̧; B̧; Ɨ̧; Cedila; U+00B8; G cedilla; G with cedilla; L with cedilla; L cedilla; N cedilla; N with cedilla; R with cedilla; R cedilla
  • A conventional "ç" and 'modernist' cedilla "c̦" (right), intended for French and Swiss use.
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cedilla         
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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 c.
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Cedilla         
·noun A mark placed under the letter c [thus, c], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in facade.
Cedilla         
A cedilla ( ; from Spanish) or cedille (from French , ) is a hook or tail ( ¸ ) added under certain letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. In Catalan, French, and Portuguese (called cedilha) it is used only under the c (forming ç), and the entire letter is called, respectively, (i.

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Cedilla

A cedilla ( sih-DIH-lə (from Spanish cedilla, "small ceda", i.e. small "z") or cedille (from French cédille, pronounced [sedij]) is a hook or tail ( ¸ ) added under certain letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. In Catalan, French, and Portuguese (where it is called a cedilha) it is used only under the letter c (forming ç), and the entire letter is called, respectively, c trencada (i.e. "broken C"), c cédille, and c cedilhado (or c cedilha, colloquially). It is used to mark vowel nasalization in many languages of sub-Saharan Africa, including Vute from Cameroon.

This diacritic is not to be confused with the ogonek ( ̨ ), which resembles the cedilla but mirrored. It looks also very similar to the diacrital comma, mainly used for the Romanian script.