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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

 n (indeclinable)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

Noun

 m (plural cés)

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -t͡seː

Noun

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative cék
accusative cét céket
dative cének céknek
instrumental cével cékkel
causal-final céért cékért
translative cévé cékké
terminative céig cékig
essive-formal céként cékként
essive-modal
inessive cében cékben
superessive cén céken
adessive cénél céknél
illative cébe cékbe
sublative cére cékre
allative céhez cékhez
elative céből cékből
delative céről cékről
ablative cétől céktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
céé céké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
cééi cékéi
Possessive forms of
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cém céim
2nd person sing. céd céid
3rd person sing. céje céi
1st person plural cénk céink
2nd person plural cétek céitek
3rd person plural céjük céik

See also

Further reading

  • , redirecting to (2): c in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • , redirecting to c in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

 n (genitive singular cés, nominative plural )

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

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷēs (from which also Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

(triggers h-prothesis of a following disjunctive pronoun é, í, iad; followed by a relative clause)

  1. (interrogative) who?
    hé?
    Who is he?
    hí an bhean sin?
    Who is that woman?
    a dhéanfaidh é?
    Who will do it?
Usage notes

Can be followed by a prepositional pronoun in the 3rd person singular masculine:

  • aige an fíon?
    Who has the wine?
  • dó ar thug tú é?
    Who did you give it to?

In this construction, it can also mean ‘what’:

  • air a bhfuil an leabhar?
    What is the book on?
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cía (although).

Alternative forms

Particle

  1. Only used in cé go, cé gur, cé nach, and cé nár

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (enclosure), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (pen, enclosure) (from which also Welsh cae (hedge)).

Alternative forms

Noun

 f (genitive singular , nominative plural céanna)

  1. quay, wharf, pier
Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

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

See also

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ché gcé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Romagnol

Noun

 m or f (invariable)

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

See also