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c | coke |

As a letter c

is the third letter of the.

As a numeral c

is cardinal number one hundred (100).

As a symbol c

is carbon.

As a noun coke is

(uncountable|informal) cola-based soft drink.

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 . * * (wikipedia "c")

    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: *

    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 , Braille=? }} 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 ----

    coke

    English

    Etymology 1

    Perhaps from (etyl) colke .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
  • * The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.
    • Derived terms
    *biocoke

    Verb

  • To produce coke from coal.
  • To turn into coke.

    • Etymology 2

    Originated circa 1908 in American English as a shortening of cocaine .

    Noun

    (-)
  • (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
    • See also
    * coca

    Etymology 3

    1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola'' and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, ''coca'' leaves and ''cola nut.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • .
  • .

    • Synonyms

    * (soft drink) see the list at (m)

    References

    * http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=coke ----