Standard Lemma guide

CEE

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • sē
  • /ˈsiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: C
  • homophone: sea
  • homophone: see
  • rhymes with -iː

1

name

Meaning 1

Abbreviation of Central and Eastern Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Something shaped like the letter C, such as a cee spring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of cee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cee.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِي (sī) — name of the letter C, c
  • Asturian: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Bengali: সি (śi) — name of the letter C, c
  • Bulgarian: це (ce) — name of the letter C, c
  • Catalan: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Esperanto: co — name of the letter C, c
  • Finnish: see — name of the letter C, c
  • French: cé — name of the letter C, c
  • Galician: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Greek: σι (si) — name of the letter C, c
  • Hawaiian: sē — name of the letter C, c
  • Hindi: सी (sī) — name of the letter C, c
  • Hungarian: cé — name of the letter C, c
  • Icelandic: sé — name of the letter C, c
  • Ido: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Irish: cé — name of the letter C, c
  • Irish: coll — name of the letter C, c
  • Japanese: シー (shī) — name of the letter C, c
  • Korean: 시 (si) — name of the letter C, c
  • Korean: 씨 (ssi) — name of the letter C, c
  • Latin: cē — name of the letter C, c
  • Malay: si — name of the letter C, c
  • Marathi: सी (sī) — name of the letter C, c
  • Occitan: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Persian: ث (se) — name of the letter C, c
  • Persian: سی (si) — name of the letter C, c
  • Portuguese: cê — name of the letter C, c
  • Russian: си (si) — name of the letter C, c
  • Russian: цэ (cɛ) — name of the letter C, c
  • Spanish: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Thai: ซี (sii) — name of the letter C, c
  • Turkish: ce — name of the letter C, c
  • Vietnamese: xê — name of the letter C, c
  • Vietnamese: cờ — name of the letter C, c
  • Welsh: ec — name of the letter C, c