C

Etymology 1


From the letter, from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph.

Letter

 * 1) The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2
A standardization of and  because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of, from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling  (a superimposed  and ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Numeral

 * 1) Roman numeral hundred (100)
 * 2) the hundredth (100th)

Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as C̅, it represents one hundred thousand.

Coordinate terms

 * Previous: XCIX (99)
 * Next: CI (101)

Derived terms

 * English: c-note

Etymology 3

 * abbreviation
 * abbreviation
 * 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

 * 1)  Carbon.
 * , an SI unit of electric charge.
 * 1)  The digit for 12.
 * 0x0000000C
 * 1)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any cytosine
 * 2)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for cysteine
 * 3)  differentiable class
 * C1 functions are differentiable once, and C2 functions are twice differentiable
 * 1)  The constant of integration.
 * $$\int \cos x\,dx = \sin x + C$$
 * 1)  capacitance
 * 2)  A wildcard for a consonant
 * 3)  creak (vocal fry)
 * 1)  capacitance
 * 2)  A wildcard for a consonant
 * 3)  creak (vocal fry)

Symbol

 * 1) A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

Noun

 * 1)  $100; a c-note.
 * 2)  The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
 * 3)   An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
 * 4)  Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
 * 5)  Cocaine.
 * 6) * 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:
 * Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.
 * 1)  Cunt
 * 2) * 1977-1980, 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.
 * 1)  Conservative
 * 1) * 1977-1980, 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.
 * 1)  Conservative
 * 1)  Conservative

Etymology 2
The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called.

Proper noun

 * 1)   A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
 * 2) * 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
 * The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.
 * 1)  Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
 * 2)  Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE

Derived terms

 * C#,
 * C#,
 * C#,

Etymology 3
Abbreviations.

Prefix

 * 1)  the sequence circ or its sound
 * 2)  the prefix

Etymology 4
. Possibilities include:
 * An abbreviation taken from the first letter of, an evaporated milk brand.
 * An abbreviation taken from the first letter of, an evaporated milk brand.

Adjective

 * 1)  With sugar and evaporated milk added.

Noun

 * 1) C

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Usage notes

 * In the German-based spelling, c is generally used only in ck (doubled ), ch for (rarely ), and sch for.
 * In the Dutch-based spelling, c is used in ch and sometimes after the Dutch cognate for or . The digraph sj is used for.

Noun

 * 1)  USB-C

Usage notes

 * 《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).

Usage notes

 * Used only in foreign words.

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with k or s.

Alternative forms

 * $⟨⟩$ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwak'wala)

Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Letter




Etymology 1
From, from Etruscan , from , from.

Pronunciation

 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").

Noun

 * 1) the letter c, the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet
 * 2) indicates the third entry in a list, order or rank
 * 3)  the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
 * , c-note
 * 1) C
 * 1)  the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
 * , c-note
 * 1) C
 * 1)  the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
 * , c-note
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C

Usage notes

 * Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of s or k.
 * Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
 * In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of, named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of, named after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Symbol

 * , an SI unit of electric charge.

Etymology 4
Named C because it followed on from an earlier programming language called.

Etymology 5
Abbreviation of, from , from , from.

Symbol

 * 1)  carbon

Letter

 * 1) the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

 * Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of s or k.
 * Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
 * In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Pronunciation

 * , or if voiced

Usage notes
When followed by an or, this letter represents the phoneme , as in   and. When followed by hi or he (chi and che) and in all other cases, it represents.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by . Its traditional name is .

Alternative forms

 * (Metelko alphabet)
 * (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet, from , from , from , from , from. Pronunciation as is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from.

Inflection

 * Overall more common


 * More common when with a definite adjective

Usage notes

 * 1) The twelfth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by DH and followed by G.

Noun

 * 1)  ; K (knight)

Etymology
. Each pronunciation has a different source:
 * Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by.
 * Abecedario pronunciation is from.

Usage notes

 * This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by .

Mutation

 * C at the beginning of words mutates to in a, to  in a  and to  in an , for example with the word :