c
Translingual
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Etymology 1
Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan .
Letter
The third letter of the .
Usage notes
* Not to be confused with (the lunate sigma).
* In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” ), based on the following letter.
* In a number of languages, it is used only for the sound.
* In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch.
* In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents .
See also
(
Latn-script)
* Other scripts: ,
* Letters and symbols with similar shapes: (open O),
* For more variations, see .
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Symbol
(Voiceless palatal plosive)
(head)
voiceless palatal plosive.
Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.
Alternative forms
* C,
Numeral
cardinal number one hundred (100).
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.
Derived terms
* English: c-note
See also
* Lesser roman numeral symbol:
* Greater roman numeral symbol:
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Etymology 3
From (etyl) .
Symbol
(head)
(label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
(label) The space of convergent sequences
See also
{{Letter, page=C
, NATO=Charlie
, Morse=–·–·
, Character=C3
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Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur
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