CEDILLA

Cedilla

A cedilla, also known as cedilha or cédille, is a hook or tail added under certain letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. In Catalan, it is used only under the c, and the entire letter is called c trencada .

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cedilla

Noun

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  1. In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark sometimes placed under the letter to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in French menacant and Portuguese almoco, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.


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