C.

See also: c. and Appendix:Variations of "c"

English

Noun

C. (plural CC.)

1. Century.

   Fig. 2: a 13 ^th C. illumination of ‘H’

Noun

C.

1. (law) Abbreviation of code.

Derived terms

• (Code:): C.F.R., U.S.C.

Noun

C.

1. (law) Abbreviation of chancellor.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of grosse caisse (“bass drum”).

Noun

C. f (invariable)

1. (music) b-d, bd, BD (bass drum)

Italian

Noun

C.

1. (music) abbreviation of grancassa (“bass drum”)

Latin

Etymology

From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /g/.

Proper noun

C. m (indeclinable)

1. Praenominal abbreviation of Cāius and Gāius.