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Definition of cedilla noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cedilla

noun
 
/sɪˈdɪlə/
 
/sɪˈdɪlə/
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  1. the mark placed under the letter c in French, Portuguese, etc. to show that it is pronounced like an s rather than a k, as in français; a similar mark under s in Turkish and some other languagesTopics Languagec2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete Spanish, earlier form of zedilla, diminutive of zeda (the letter Z), from Greek zēta.
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