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Translingual

Symbol

ce

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Chechen.

English

Pronunciation

Noun

ce (plural ces)

  1. Alternative form of cee (the letter C)
    • 2003, David Sacks, The Alphabet: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z, page 89:
      [T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.”

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

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

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Central Nahuatl cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : inic ce

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral

ce

  1. one.

Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: ce
    Ordinal: ic ce
    Adverbial: ceppa
    Distributive: cēcen, cehcen

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : achtohui

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral

ce

  1. one.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sə/
  • (Parisian) IPA(key): /sø/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes:
  • Homophone: se

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French cel, cil, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ille. See also celui, derived from the oblique cases of the same.

The inflected forms continue Old French cest, cist, from Vulgar Latin *ecce iste.

Determiner

ce m (before a vowel or mute h cet, feminine cette, plural ces)

  1. this, that
Usage notes

To distinguish between the this and that senses, one may use the particles -ci and -là, respectively. See also celui-ci and celui-là, or ceci and cela.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French ço, from Late Latin ecce hoc.

Alternative forms

  • c’ (before the vowels /ɛ/, /y/)
  • ç’ (dated, before the vowel /a/)

Pronoun

ce m or f (plural ce)

  1. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
    C’est beau !It is beautiful!
    est-ce que...?forms yes–no questions (literally, “is it that...?”)
    ce dont je parlaisthat which I was speaking of
    C’eût été avec plaisir, mais...It would have been with pleasure, but...
    C’eût été dommage...It would have been a pity...
  2. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
    C’est un/une célébrité.He/she is a celebrity.
    Ce sont des célébrités.These are celebrities.
    Ce sont des gens bien.These are good people.
    • 1897, Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac :
      C'est un roc ! ... c'est un pic ! ... c'est un cap ! Que dis-je, c'est un cap ? ... C'est une péninsule !
      It's a rock! ... it's a peak! ... it's a cape! What am I saying, a cape? ... It's a peninsula!
  3. (archaic, subject of verbs other than être) it, this, that
    ce sembleit seems
    ce peuvent être...these may be...
    • 1866, Guérineau de Boisvillette, Ce qu'il a laissé!, page 56:
      [...] ce paraissent être encore là des points à noter [...]
      these seem to be more points worth noting
Usage notes

(1): To convey the plural with a predicative adjective, one must use ils m or elles f (they):

Ils/Elles sont beaux/belles !They are beautiful!

And to convey the plural with a relative clause, one must use ceux m or celles f (plural forms of celui m and celle f):

ceux/celles que...those which...
ceux/celles qui...those who/that...
ceux/celles dont je parlais...those which I was speaking of...
Derived terms
Related terms

References

  1. ^ Louis Philipon De La Madelaine (1802) Des homonymes français ou mots qui dans notre langue se ressemblent par le son et diffèrent par le sens, page 85

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

ce

  1. what

See also

Gun

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognates include Fon

Pronunciation

Determiner

(Benin)

  1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)

See also

Gungbe personal pronouns
Number Person Emphatic Pronoun Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner
Singular First nyɛ́, yẹ́n ùn, n mi , ṣié
Second jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ à tòwè
Third éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ é è étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
Plural First mílɛ́, mílẹ́ mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
Second mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
Third yélɛ́, yélẹ́ yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

ce (plural ce-i)

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

See also

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Synonyms

  • si (Standard Malay)

See also

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation:

Pronoun

ce

  1. Alternative form of ci (us)

Usage notes

  • Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

Adverb

ce

  1. here

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Conjunction

ce

  1. and

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

 f (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 .
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cê̄.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Alternative forms

  • che (Unified Alphabet)

Pronunciation

Noun

ce (Raguileo spelling)

  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 .

Noun

ce

  1. Alternative form of see (sea)
Descendants
  • English: sea

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

Akin to Italian ci; see there for more.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ce (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)

Occitan

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

  1. cee (the letter c)

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ce

  1. Alternative form of cía

Conjunction

ce

  1. Alternative form of cía
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10c21
      Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.
      It would be a fruit of our labor in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 34a4
      ɔrabad cech bráthair post alium .i. is huisse ce ru·samaltar fri Críst
      so that each brother should be after the other, i.e. it is right that he be compared to Christ

Pochutec

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl .

Pronunciation

Numeral

ce

  1. one

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ce

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

Related terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

ce f (plural ces)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish ce, the Spanish name of the letter C/c.

Pronunciation

Noun

ce (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter C/c, in the Abecedario.
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) si

Tarantino

Pronoun

ce (relative)

  1. who

Conjunction

ce

  1. if

Tocharian B

Etymology

Clipping of kuce, used colloquially and informally.

Pronoun

ce

  1. (interrogative) who, what, which

Turkish

Noun

ce

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

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

ce f (plural ceau)

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

Mutation

This word cannot be mutated.

See also

Zarma

Etymology

Cognate with Koyraboro Senni cee (foot).

Noun

ce

  1. foot, leg