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cedilla Definition


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cedilla
noun cedillas
    1. In French and Portuguese: a diacritic put under c in some words, eg façade, to show that it is to be pronounced like s, not like k.
    2. The same mark used under other letters in other languages to indicate various sounds.
Etymology: 16c: Spanish, meaning ‘little z'.



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