• Cedilla

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: sÉ™-dĭʹlÉ™, IPA: /səˈdɪlÉ™/

    Origin

    Spanish #Spanish ("cedilla"), from older zedilla ("little zed")

    Full definition of cedilla

    Noun

    cedilla

    (plural cedillas)
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    1. (orthography) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in French menaçant and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.
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