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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English cee.
Pronunciation
Noun
cee (plural cees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter C.
2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
- Something shaped like the letter C, such as a cee spring.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
- cee-lo
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
cee
- Alternative spelling of see
Usage notes
- Speakers often use the corresponding forms of c-kirjain (“letter C, letter c”) instead of inflecting this word, especially in plural.
Declension
Synonyms
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin cilia, from cilium.
Noun
cee f (plural ceis)
- eyelash
- eyebrow
Related terms
Galician
Verb
cee
- inflection of cear:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Kabiyé
Adverb
cee
- tomorrow
- Antonym: ɖeɖe
References
- Bassarɩ Ɛbɩa, Lexique français - kabɩyɛ - eʋe, Première édition, , 1974.
Koyraboro Senni
Pronunciation
Noun
cee
- (anatomy) foot, leg
References
- Y.M. Haidera, Y.B. Maïga, & M.B. Maïga, Dictionnaire soŋay-français / Kaliima citaabu soŋay-annasaara senni, EDIS, Bamako, 2010.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French sei.
Noun
cee
- Alternative form of see (“see”)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
cee (plural cees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter C.
1445 January 20, “Petition to the king for the redress of certain frauds committed at Calais”, in Joseph Stevenson, editor, Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France During the Reign of Henry the Sixth, King of England (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Ævi Scriptores, or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland During the Middle Ages), volume I, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, published 1861, page 467:And whan the seide merchauntz Holanders that went to Caleys hadde bought there grete substance of wolle and wollefelle, and that thei shulde make the rekenyng thereof, and bringe payement unto the Staple, according to thordenaunce of the place, thei put forthe the seide letters and billes for paiement, which lettres were there refused for unsufficience, and the billes of the mynte, for thei were falsede with Cees set above, that of iij. łi. was made iij. c. łi. and of ij. łi. was made ij. c. łi.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Descendants
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lettre; a, be, cee, de, e, ef, ge, ȝogh, uhe, i, ca, el, em, en, o, pe, cu, ar, es, te, thorn, u, wen, ex, wi, zed
Venetian
Adjective
cee f
- feminine plural of ceo