Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan 𐌂, from Ancient Greek Γ ("Gamma"), from Phoenician 𐤂 ("gimel").

1. The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of Ɔ and C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Latin centum, from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Ж (a superimposed X and I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

1. cardinal number one hundred (100).

From centi-, from Latin centum.

From Latin celeritās.

• (letter name) IPA: /siː/ (usually spelled cee)
• (phoneme) IPA: /k/, /s/, /tʃ/, ...

1. Letter of the English alphabet

Various abbreviations

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of see

   exception: saw is written s

2. (stenoscript) the consonant /tʃ/
3. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /siː/

1. Alternative form of c.

1. Alternative form of c.

c (plural cs)

1. (music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of see

   Alternative form: C

From the ett - letter 𐌂, from the Ancient Greek - letter Γ, derived from the Phoenician - letter 𐤂, from the Ancient Egyptian - hieroglyph 𓌙.

1. The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

A standardization of Ɔ and C because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of Latin centum, from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling Ж (a superimposed X and I), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

1. Roman numeral hundred (100)
2. the hundredth (100th)

• (element symbol, carbon) abbreviation
• (metrology, coulomb) abbreviation
• (computing, hexadecimal 12) From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

• (letter name) IPA: /siː/
• (phoneme) IPA: /s/, /k/, /tʃ/, /ks/, /ʃ/, ...

1. Letter of the English alphabet
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC ↗:

     Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

c (plural cs)

1. (slang) $100; a c-note.
2. (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.

   Hyponyms: high C, middle C

3. (education) An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
4. (Unicode) canonical decomposition, followed by Canonical composition
5. (slang) Cocaine.
   • 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:

     Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.

6. (vulgar, slang) Cunt
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was so happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my C.

7. Abbreviation of consonant
8. (UK politics, in election results) Conservative
9. Abbreviation of century

   Synonyms: C., c.

• (in Unicode) D, KC, KD, NF

The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B.

1. (programming) A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
   • 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine ↗

     The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.

2. (British) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
3. (stock symbol) Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE

• BCPL

• French: C, langage C
• German: C
• Portuguese: C
• Russian: Си
• Spanish: C

• French: do, ut
• Italian: do
• Russian: до

Abbreviations.

c

1. (entomology) Abbreviation of costa

1. (stenoscript) the sequence circ or its sound
2. (stenoscript) the prefix circum-

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of see

   Alternative form: c

• nan-hnm 鮮.
• From the first letter of Carnation (brand), an evaporated milk brand.

• (SG) IPA: /siː(˦)/

c (not comparable)

1. (Singapore, colloquial, after kopi or teh) With sugar and evaporated milk added.