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Meaning of Cedilla | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
səˈdɪlə

Definitions

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 Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.

Equivalents

Bosanski cedilo
Català trencat
Deutsch Cedille
Esperanto cedilo subhoko zoeto
Español cedilla
Suomi koukku sedilji
Français cédilla cédille
Gaeilge straithín
Hrvatski cedilo
Magyar akasztó
Bahasa Indonesia cedilla
Italiano cediglia
日本語 セディーユ
한국어 세디유
Nederlands cedille
Português cedilha
Română sedilă
Русский седи́ль
Српски cedilo
Svenska cedilj

Examples

“California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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