cè

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Italian

Adverb

cè

  1. (proscribed) Alternative form of cioè (as a meaningless filler)

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

cè (ce4, Zhuyin ㄘㄜˋ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 侧
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 側 / 侧
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 冊 / 册
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 册
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厔
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 厠 / 厕
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫧 / 𰌇
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 庼
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廁 / 厕
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惻 / 恻
  11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 憡
  12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 拺
  13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敇
  14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柵 / 栅
  15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 柾
  16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 測 / 测
  17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溫 / 温
  18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 畟
  19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矠
  20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笧
  21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 策
  22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筞
  23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 筴 / 策
  24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 箣
  25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 粣
  26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茦
  27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荜
  28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萗
  29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萳
  30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓛
  31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 赤
  32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遪
  33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頙 / 𲊺

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • cé (superseded)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲʰeː/ (etymologies 1-4)
  • IPA(key): /kʲʰɛː/[1] (etymology 5)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cè m or f (genitive singular cèithe, plural cèithean)

  1. (ointment): cream
    Synonym: uachdar

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cé, cía (“(this) world”).

Noun

cè m (genitive singular cè)

  1. (archaic) world
Usage notes
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

cè m (genitive singular cèithe, plural cèithean)

  1. Alternative form of cidhe (“quay”)

Etymology 4

From Old Irish cía, from Proto-Celtic *kʷei (compare Welsh pwy), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis.

Pronoun

cè

  1. (archaic) what (interrogative pronoun)
    Synonyms: dè, ciod
  2. (archaic) who (interrogative pronoun)
    Synonym: cò

Etymology 5

Verb

cè (imperative)

  1. (rare) give
    cè do làmh ― give (me) your hand
Usage notes
  • Defective verb, only used in the imperative.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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