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

English

Etymology

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

Preposition

c.

  1. Abbreviation of circa.
    The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

Noun

c.

  1. (chiefly law) Abbreviation of chapter or chapters.
    • 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648:
      By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)[...]
  2. Abbreviation of city.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (informal) Abbreviation of cancer.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. Abbreviation of cent or cents.
  5. Abbreviation of century.
    17th c.
  6. Abbreviation of cell phone.
  7. Abbreviation of copyright.
    Published: 1913, c.1909
    (first print of this edition in 1909, reprinted in 1913)
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French

Pronunciation

  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Conjunction

c.

  1. abbreviation of comme

References

Noun

c. f (invariable)

  1. abbreviation of collection
    C. Budé
    Collection Budé

German

Alternative forms

  • circa: ca.
  • caput, capitulum: Cap., C. (for Caput, Capitulum and Capitel (dated))

Etymology

Latin abbreviations

Preposition

c.

  1. circa
  2. cum

Preposition

c.

  1. causa (in "e. c.")

Verb

c.

  1. cito

Noun

c.

  1. caput and capitulum (§; chapter, section)
    • 1655, Appendix, c. 2, S. 12–29 (eigene Paginierung)
      1655, appendix, § 2, pp. 12–29 (own pagination)

Synonyms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡siːm], [ˈt͡siːmyː], [ˈt͡siːmzɛtɛʃ] (depending on the full form, see below)

Noun

c.

  1. abbreviation of cím

Adjective

c. (not comparable)

  1. abbreviation of című (“titled”)
  2. abbreviation of címzetes (“titular, honorary”)

Declension

(cím):

More information singular, plural ...

(című):

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(címzetes):

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Latin

Noun

c.

  1. abbreviation of caput
    Alternative form: cap.
  2. abbreviation of capitulum
    Alternative form: cap.

Adverb

c.

  1. abbreviation of circa
    Alternative form: ca.

Preposition

c. (+ accusative)

  1. abbreviation of circa
    Alternative form: ca.

Preposition

c. (+ ablative)

  1. abbreviation of cum

Lower Sorbian

Noun

c. n

  1. abbreviation of cysło (“number”)

Portuguese

Adverb

c.

  1. (abbreviation) c. (circa)
    Synonyms: c., ca., ca, cca., aproximadamente, por volta de, em torno de, perto de, mais ou menos

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