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Definition of cedilla in English: cedillanoun sɪˈdɪləsəˈdɪlə 1A mark (¸) written under the letter c, especially in French, to show that it is pronounced like an s rather than a k (e.g. façade). 下加符，尾形符（尤指法语字母c下的符号，表示该字母发s而非k之音，如façade） Example sentencesExamples - This new accentual emphasis sometimes stems from a mere cedilla.
- We apologise to our more pedantic readers for the absence of a cedilla on the word ‘soupcon’. But do you really think I've got time to write this drivel and go the Windows Character Map to look for French accents?
- His publicity pictures show a perky looking man - puckish perhaps - with a cheery grin of white teeth and lightly raised eyebrows like cedillas.
- Elsewhere, especially in some loans, c is soft before ae, oe in Latin caesura and Greek coelacanth, soft in French façade (often written without the cedilla, as facade), and generally hard in Celt/Celtic.
- 1.1 A mark similar to a cedilla written under s in Turkish and other languages.
（土耳其及其他东方语言中加在字母s下的）下加符，尾形符
OriginLate 16th century: from obsolete Spanish, earlier form of zedilla, diminutive of zeda (the letter Z), from Greek zēta. RhymesAnguilla, Aquila, Attila, Camilla, chiller, chinchilla, driller, Drusilla, fibrillar, filler, flotilla, fulfiller, Godzilla, gorilla, griller, guerrilla, killer, Manila, manilla, mantilla, miller, pillar, Priscilla, sapodilla, sarsaparilla, Schiller, scilla, scintilla, spiller, swiller, thriller, tiller, vanilla, vexilla, villa, Willa, willer, zorilla Definition of cedilla in US English: cedillanounsəˈdɪləsəˈdilə 1A mark (¸) written under the letter c, especially in French, to show that it is pronounced like an s rather than a k (e.g. façade). 下加符，尾形符（尤指法语字母c下的符号，表示该字母发s而非k之音，如façade） Example sentencesExamples - Elsewhere, especially in some loans, c is soft before ae, oe in Latin caesura and Greek coelacanth, soft in French façade (often written without the cedilla, as facade), and generally hard in Celt/Celtic.
- This new accentual emphasis sometimes stems from a mere cedilla.
- His publicity pictures show a perky looking man - puckish perhaps - with a cheery grin of white teeth and lightly raised eyebrows like cedillas.
- We apologise to our more pedantic readers for the absence of a cedilla on the word ‘soupcon’. But do you really think I've got time to write this drivel and go the Windows Character Map to look for French accents?
- 1.1 A mark similar to a cedilla written under s in Turkish and other languages.
（土耳其及其他东方语言中加在字母s下的）下加符，尾形符
OriginLate 16th century: from obsolete Spanish, earlier form of zedilla, diminutive of zeda (the letter Z), from Greek zēta. |