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Translingual
Image:Latin C.png|thumb|The letter c
Etymology 1
Image:EtruscanC-01.svg|left|50px|Etruscan � i|C, the source for Latin C
Modification of upper case letter term|C, from Etruscan term|�|trC, from Greek term|scGrek|�|trG||Gamma, from Phoenician term|scPhnx|�|trG||gimmel.<br clear"left"/>

Letter
infl|mul|letter

1. form of|lower case|C The third letter of the classical Latin alphabet and many derivations thereof, including the English alphabet.

Usage notes
In many many languages, the letter term|c represents both a �hard� IPAchar|/k/ sound and a �soft� sound (IPAchar|/s/, IPAchar|/ts/, IPAchar|/t�/, or IPAchar|/θ/), based on the following letter.
In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with term|ch.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents a w:Voiceless palatal plosive|voiceless palatal plosive.
In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents IPAchar|/t�/, IPAchar|/θ/, or IPAchar|/tsʰ/.

See also
qualifier|select forms with diacritics ç � � � � �
qualifier|select other variations � � �
Other scripts: onym|ru|scCyrl|г|trg|glossge, onym|he|scHebr|�|trg|glossgimel
Letters and symbols with similar shapes: � (open O), onym|ru|scCyrl|�|trs|gloss=es
For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "c".
Appendix:Roman script
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Category:Latin letters|C

Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of term|scunicode|� and term|scunicode|C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of L. term|centum|langla||hundred, from abbreviation of �IC, an alternate form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling term|scunicode||� (a superimposed term|scunicode|X and term|scunicode|I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Alternative forms
C, �, �

Numeral
infl|mul|numeral|lower case Roman numeral||uper case|C

1. cardinal number one hundred (100).

Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as <span style="text-decoration:overline;">c</span>, it represents one hundred thousand.

Derived terms
English: c-note

See also
Lesser roman numeral symbol: onym|mul|l|gloss=50
Greater roman numeral symbol: onym|mul|d|gloss=500
w:Roman numerals|Roman numerals

Etymology 3
Symbol
infl|en|symbol

1. physics the speed of light

English

Etymology 1
Image:Runic letter kauna.png|50px|left|The k-rune �, an older version of Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter �
Image:Rune-Cen.png|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter �, which was later replaced by Latin �c� OE. lower case letter term|c, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case term|c|langla of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|trc||cen. <br clear="left"/>

Pronunciation
sense|letter name IPA|/si�/ (usually spelled term|cee)
sense|phoneme IPA|/k/, IPAchar|/s/, ...

Letter
infl|en|letter|lower case||upper case|C

1. form of|lower case form|C The letter cee, the third letter of the English alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: b
Next letter: d

Etymology 2
Various abbreviations

abbreviation
c

1. circa, meaning approximately
2. informal Cancer.

Etymology 3
Noun
en-noun|pl=cs or 'c's|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.

French

Abbreviation
c

1. frtxt ''shortened form of c'est

#: C nul ici sans George
#::It's rubbish here without George

Romanian

Pronunciation
sense|letter name IPA|/ʧe/|lang=ro
sense|phoneme IPA|langro|/k/ and IPA|langro|/ʧ/

Letter
infl|ro|letter|cat=alphabet|lower case||upper case|C

1. The fifth letter of the Romanian alphabet.

Usage notes
See C for pronunciation notes

See also
Previous letter: b
Next letter: d

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gl:c
ko:c
hr:c
id:c
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la:c
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ms:c
nl:c
ja:c
pl:c
pt:c
ru:c
sq:c
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sk:c
sl:c
fi:c
sv:c
vi:c
tr:c

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