• C

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name) IPA: /siː/ (usually spelled cee)
    • (phoneme) IPA: /k/, , ...

    Origin 1

    Old English lower case letter c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case c of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter áš³ (c, "cen").

    Full definition of c

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    Origin 2

    Various abbreviations

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    c
    1. Alternative form of c.

    Origin 3

    Noun

    c

    (plural cs or c's)
    1. (music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.

    Origin 4

    From the symbol c, which is from Latin celeritās ("speed").

    Noun

    c

    (plural c)
    1. (physics) The speed of light as a unit of speed, exactly 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
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