TOP

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

cedilla

noun
 
/sɪˈdɪlə/
 
/sɪˈdɪlə/
jump to other results
  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.
See cedilla in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
previously
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
B1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day