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{{also|c|Appendix:Variations of "c"}}

{{character info}}

==Translingual==

 

===Etymology 1===

From the {{der|mul|ett|-}} letter {{m|ett|𐌂|pos=ce}}, from the {{der|mul|grc|-}} letter {{m|grc|Γ|pos=gamma}}, derived from the {{der|mul|phn|-}} letter {{m|phn|𐤂|pos=giml}}, from the {{der|mul|egy|-}} hieroglyph {{m|egy|𓌙}}.

 

 

=====Usage notes=====

 

=====Coordinate terms=====

<gallery caption="Letter styles" perrow="3" mode="packed">

Image:Latin C.png|Capital and lowercase versions of '''C''', in normal and italic type

</gallery>

 

|NATO=Charlie

|Morse=–·–·

|Braille=⠉

}}

[[Category:Roman numerals]]

[[Category:Symbols for SI units]]

 

==English==

{{en-noun}}

 

#* {{quote-book|en|year=1935|author=Henry Louis Mencken; George Jean Nathan|title=The American Mercury|volume=35|page=227

|passage=I keep on [[fairbank]]ing the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a '''C''' and he's broke.}}

|text=Dr. Cohen himself got a '''C''' in his first formal course in geography, during a summer program at Harvard after he graduated from high school. But he went on to earn three degrees and become the executive director of the Association of American Geographers and a leading expert in political and human geography — a specialty field that explores the impact of natural and arbitrary borders, territory, resources and populations on a nation’s cultural, social and economic development, as well as its relations with other countries.}}

# {{lb|en|Unicode}} {{l|en|canonical|Canonical}} {{l|en|decomposition|Decomposition}}, followed by Canonical {{l|en|composition|'''C'''omposition}}

#* '''1945''', William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:

#*: Where did you secure the '''C'''? My own supply is utterly depleted.

#* '''1977-1980''', [[w:Lou Sullivan|Lou Sullivan]], personal diary, quoted in '''2019''', Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), ''We Both Laughed In Pleasure''

#*: He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was ''so'' happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my '''C'''.

# {{abbreviation of|en|consonant}}

# {{abbreviation of|en|century}}

#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:The Automobile Association|title=AA Town Plans|location=London|publisher=w:[[w:Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson Publishing Group Ltd.]]|year=1979|page=222|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/aatownplans0000auto/page/222/mode/1up|column=1|isbn=0-861-45003-5|passage=Contains an interesting collection of English and European paintings from the 14th to 20th-'''Cs''', in particular the Lycett Green collection of old masters.}}

#* {{quote-book|en|author=Yvette Vignando|title=Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World|editor=w:Jane Caro|location=St Lucia, Qld.|publisher=w:University of Queensland Press|year=2013|page=127|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/destroyingjoint0000unse/page/127/mode/1up|isbn=978-0-702-24990-7|passage=Thanks, @janecaro, for showing that public profiles can be used for good & that social media belongs in a 21st'''C''' democracy.}}

 

=====Derived terms=====

 

=====Related terms=====

 

=====Derived terms=====

* {{l|en|C++}}, {{l|en|C plus plus}}

* {{l|en|C--}}, {{l|en|C minus minus}}

* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|Сі}}, {{tt|uk|C}}

* Urdu: {{tt|ur|سی|tr=si}}

* Yakut: {{tt|sah|C}}

* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|C}}

{{head|en|verbs}}

 

#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2008|month=January–February|author=Chris Rodell|title=Small talk, big results|journal=w:Men's Health|volume=23|issue=1|issn=1054-4836|page={{gbooks|6ccDAAAAMBAJ|80|U|C|wt|I|mn}}|passage=Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. {{...}} Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. {{...}} U '''C''' wt I mn?}}

 

===Etymology 4===

{{wikipedia|Kopi (drink)}}

* {{bor|en|nan-hnm|鮮|t=fresh|tr=si²³}}.

 

====Pronunciation====

 

===References===

* {{w|Unicode Consortium}}, ''Unicode Standard Annex #15'', revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, [http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/#Normalization_Forms_Table table 1: “Normalization Forms”]

 

* In the German-based spelling, ''c'' is generally used only in ''ck'' (doubled {{m|gmw-cfr|K|k}}), ''ch'' for {{IPAchar|/ɕ/|/x/}} (rarely {{IPAchar|/k/}}), and ''sch'' for {{IPAchar|/ʃ/}}.

* In the Dutch-based spelling, ''c'' is used in ''ch'' and sometimes after the Dutch cognate for {{IPAchar|/k/}} or {{IPAchar|/s/}}. The digraph ''sj'' is used for {{IPAchar|/ʃ/}}.

 

==Chinese==

|mn=xm:si

|mn-t=si5

|cat=letters

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* 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.

* The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

 

==Dutch==

 

# {{Latn-def|de|letter|3|ce}}

 

==Hungarian==

 

# {{lb|kwk|Liqʼwala dialect}} {{Latn-def|kwk|letter|indef=a}}

 

==Latin==

 

# {{Latn-def|la|letter|3}}

 

===References===

====See also====

* {{list:Latin script letters/nup}}

 

==Polish==

 

===Pronunciation===

 

===Letter===

 

# {{Latn-def|sl|letter|3}}

 

===Noun===

 

===Pronunciation===

 

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