ce

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Catalan

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : ic ce
    Adverbial : ceppa
    Distributive : cēcen, cehcen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se]

Numeral

ce

  1. (it is) one in number.

Usage notes

  • The combing form of ce is cen- (or cem- before m and p).

Derived terms

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ə
  • Homophone: se

Etymology 1

From Old French cel, from earlier cil, from Vulgar Latin *ecce illu, from Latin ecce or eccum illum, from ille.

Determiner

ce m (masculine before vowel cet, feminine cette, plural ces)

  1. this, that

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin ecce hoc.

Pronoun

ce

  1. it, this, that

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin quid. Compare Italian che, Venetian ché, Romanian ce.

Pronoun

ce

  1. what

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡se/, /t͡sɛ/

Noun

ce (plural ce-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce

  1. Alternative form of ci (“us”)

See also

Adverb

ce

  1. here

Italiot Greek

Conjunction

ce

  1. Italiot dialect form of και (kai)

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cē ? (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter C.

Coordinate terms

References

  • ce in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ce in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Mandarin

Romanization

ce

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cè.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Alternative forms

  • che (using Unified Alphabet)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/

Noun

ce (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. person
  2. people

See also

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sǣ.

Noun

ce

  1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old French sei.

Noun

ce

  1. Alternative form of see (“see”)
Descendants

Middle French

Adjective

ce m (feminine singular ceste, masculine and feminine plural ces, masculine singular before a vowel cest)

  1. this (the one in question)
    • 1571, Pedro Díaz, Dallier, Nouueaux advertissemens trescertains venus du paÿs des Indes Meridionales […] page 5
      Mais considerant que les Chrestiens nouvellement faits en ce pays, estoient en si grand nombre que nous ne les pouvions visiter
      But considering that the newly made Christians in this country were so numerous that we couldn't visit all of them

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin ecce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)

Old Irish

Pronoun

ce

  1. Alternative spelling of cía

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ce

  1. what
    Ce vrei să faci?
    What do you want to do?

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /θe/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /se/
    • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: se, sé (non-Castilian)
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

Further reading

Tarantino

Pronoun

ce (relative)

  1. who

Conjunction

ce

  1. if

Turkish

Noun

ce

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

See also

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