cedilla

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Borrowed from Spanish cedilla (literally “little zed”), c. 1600. In Spanish cedilla referred to the letter ⟨Ç⟩, which had evolved from ⟨Ꝣ⟩, a Visigothic form of the letter Z (called a Z with copete); hence the name. The lower part of ⟨Ç⟩ (which came to be reinterpreted as a diacritical mark under a C) is the remnant of the original Z, after it gradually reduced in size; whereas the upper part was originally just an ornamentation over the Z (which increased in size until it resembled letter C, and finally came to be identified with this letter).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سِدِيلَا (sidīlā) — mark placed under the letter c
• Belarusian: цэды́ллю (cedýllju) — mark placed under the letter c
• Catalan: trencat — mark placed under the letter c
• Chinese Mandarin: 軟音符 /软音符 (ruǎnyīnfú) — mark placed under the letter c
• Czech: cedilla — mark placed under the letter c
• Dutch: cedille — mark placed under the letter c
• Esperanto: subhoko — mark placed under the letter c
• Esperanto: zoeto — mark placed under the letter c
• Esperanto: cedilo — mark placed under the letter c
• Finnish: sedilji — mark placed under the letter c
• French: cédille — mark placed under the letter c
• German: Cedille — mark placed under the letter c
• Hungarian: cédille — mark placed under the letter c
• Hungarian: cedilla — mark placed under the letter c
• Hungarian: bal farok — mark placed under the letter c
• Hungarian: farkinca — mark placed under the letter c
• Hungarian: akasztó — mark placed under the letter c
• Ido: cedilio — mark placed under the letter c
• Indonesian: cedilla — mark placed under the letter c
• Irish: straithín — mark placed under the letter c
• Italian: cediglia — mark placed under the letter c
• Japanese: セディーユ (sedīyu) — mark placed under the letter c
• Korean: 세디유 (sediyu) — mark placed under the letter c
• Manx: seddag — mark placed under the letter c
• Manx: straihleen — mark placed under the letter c
• Occitan: cedilha — mark placed under the letter c
• Polish: cedylla — mark placed under the letter c
• Portuguese: cedilha — mark placed under the letter c
• Romanian: sedilă — mark placed under the letter c
• Russian: седи́ль (sedílʹ) — mark placed under the letter c
• Spanish: cedilla — mark placed under the letter c
• Swedish: cedilj — mark placed under the letter c