"C" meaning in English

See C in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /siː(˦)/ [Singapore]
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibilities include: * Hainanese 鮮/鲜 (“fresh”). * The first letter of Carnation, an evaporated milk brand. Etymology templates: {{uncertain|en}} Uncertain, {{bor|en|nan-hai|鮮|t=fresh}} Hainanese 鮮/鲜 (“fresh”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} C (not comparable)
  1. (Singapore, colloquial, after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)) With sugar and evaporated milk added. Tags: Singapore, after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”), colloquial, not-comparable Related terms: di lo, gah dai, gau, kosong, O, peng, po, siew dai
    Sense id: en-C-en-adj-T8pC40oO Categories (other): Singapore English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Character

IPA: /siː/ [letter, name], /s/ [phoneme], /k/ [phoneme], /tʃ/ [phoneme], /ks/ [phoneme], /ʃ/ [phoneme] Audio: en-uk-c.ogg [UK] Forms: c [lowercase], Cs [plural], C's [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{head|en|letter|upper case||lower case|c|plural|Cs|or|C's}} C (upper case, lower case c, plural Cs or C's), {{en-letter}} C (upper case, lower case c, plural Cs or C's)
  1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, uppercase
    Sense id: en-C-en-character-JxFbXSK3 Related terms: letter [Latin, character, letter], A [Latin, character, letter], a [Latin, character, letter], B [Latin, character, letter], b [Latin, character, letter], C [Latin, character, letter], c [Latin, character, letter], D [Latin, character, letter], d [Latin, character, letter], E [Latin, character, letter], e [Latin, character, letter], F [Latin, character, letter], f [Latin, character, letter], G [Latin, character, letter], g [Latin, character, letter], H [Latin, character, letter], h [Latin, character, letter], I [Latin, character, letter], i [Latin, character, letter], J [Latin, character, letter], j [Latin, character, letter], K [Latin, character, letter], k [Latin, character, letter], L [Latin, character, letter], l [Latin, character, letter], M [Latin, character, letter], m [Latin, character, letter], N [Latin, character, letter], n [Latin, character, letter], O [Latin, character, letter], o [Latin, character, letter], P [Latin, character, letter], p [Latin, character, letter], Q [Latin, character, letter], q [Latin, character, letter], R [Latin, character, letter], r [Latin, character, letter], S [Latin, character, letter], s [Latin, character, letter], T [Latin, character, letter], t [Latin, character, letter], U [Latin, character, letter], u [Latin, character, letter], V [Latin, character, letter], v [Latin, character, letter], W [Latin, character, letter], w [Latin, character, letter], X [Latin, character, letter], x [Latin, character, letter], Y [Latin, character, letter], y [Latin, character, letter], Z [Latin, character, letter], z [Latin, character, letter]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B. Etymology templates: {{m|en|B|id=Q797302}} B Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} C
  1. (programming) A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (programming language): ⁧سي⁩ (sī) [masculine] (Arabic), C (Aragonese), luengache de programación C (Aragonese), Սի (english: Si) (Armenian), C (Armenian), C (Asturian), llinguaxe de programación C (Asturian), C (Azerbaijani), C (Belarusian), C (Buginese), C (Bulgarian), C [Min-Dong] (Chinese), C ngṳ̄-ngiòng [Min-Dong] (Chinese), C語言 (Chinese Cantonese), C语言 (si¹ jyu⁵ jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), C語言 (Chinese Mandarin), C语言 (sèi-yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), Си (english: Si) (Chuvash), C (Danish), C (Dutch), C (Esperanto), C (Finnish), C [masculine] (French), langage C [masculine] (French), C (Georgian), C (German), C (Greek), सी (sī) (Hindi), C (Interlingua), C (Japanese), C言語 (Shī-gengo) (Japanese), C [masculine] (Latin), C (Macedonian), സി (si) (Malayalam), C (Norwegian Bokmål), C (Norwegian Nynorsk), C (Portuguese), Си (english: Si) (Russian), C (Samogitian), ᱥᱤ (si) (Santali), C (Serbo-Croatian), C (Spanish), C (Swedish), Си (english: Si) (Tatar), Сі (english: Si) (Ukrainian), C (Ukrainian), ⁧سی⁩ (si) (Urdu), C (Venetian), Lenguajo C (Venetian), C (Yakut), C (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-C-en-name-en:programming_language Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'programming language': 96 2 2
  2. (Britain) Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Tags: Britain Translations (musical note): c (Finnish), do [masculine] (French), ut [masculine] (French), do (Italian), (ha) (Japanese), (da) (Korean), до (do) (Macedonian), C [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), c [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), до (do) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-C-en-name-Be7tlcfa Categories (other): British English, Min Dong terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Min Dong terms in nonstandard scripts: 23 58 19 Disambiguation of 'musical note': 15 63 22
  3. (stock ticker symbol) Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE Tags: alt-of, symbol Alternative form of: the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE
    Sense id: en-C-en-name-JeomOgZh Categories (other): Stock symbols for companies Topics: business, finance, stock-ticker-symbol
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: C++, C plus plus, C--, C minus minus, C#, C sharp Related terms: BCPL
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /siː/ [letter, name], /s/ [phoneme], /k/ [phoneme], /tʃ/ [phoneme], /ks/ [phoneme], /ʃ/ [phoneme] Audio: en-uk-c.ogg [UK] Forms: Cs [plural]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-noun}} C (plural Cs)
  1. (slang) $100; a c-note. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-vE1mM-os
  2. (music) The first note in the C chromatic and major scales. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-vqFcVBiL Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Derived forms: C-19, C-drama, C-grade, C-level, C-list, C-low, C major, C melody, C minor, C of W, C-suiter, K of C, NFC
  3. (education) An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B. Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-en:grade Topics: education
  4. (Unicode) Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition Related terms (in Unicode): D, KC, KD, NF
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-XbcaERf6 Disambiguation of 'in Unicode': 2 24 4 34 9 0 11 6 10
  5. (slang) Cocaine. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-SQmcPJV~
  6. (vulgar, slang) Cunt Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-6AN5iTcO
  7. Abbreviation of consonant. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: consonant
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-8RpDcX4f
  8. (UK politics, in election results) Conservative Tags: UK, in election results Categories (topical): UK politics
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-deF4Pk5R Topics: government, politics
  9. Abbreviation of century. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: century Synonyms: C., c.
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-QmGZ28XR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} C
  1. (entomology) Abbreviation of costa. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: costa Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-C-en-noun-ToGKZsug Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Numeral

IPA: /siː/ [letter, name], /s/ [phoneme], /k/ [phoneme], /tʃ/ [phoneme], /ks/ [phoneme], /ʃ/ [phoneme] Audio: en-uk-c.ogg [UK] Forms: c [lowercase]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{head|en|numeral symbol|upper case|||C|lower case|c|||sc=}} C (upper case, lower case c), {{en-number|lower=c|upper=C}} C (upper case, lower case c)
  1. The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script. Tags: alt-of, number, ordinal, uppercase Alternative form of: third (extra: derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script) Categories (topical): English ordinal numbers
    Sense id: en-C-en-num-AjJzfg5H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} C, {{en-prefix}} C
  1. (stenoscript) the sequence circ or its sound Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-C-en-prefix-GxAjYs3p
  2. (stenoscript) the prefix circum- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-C-en-prefix-EZoulHYI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Symbol

IPA: /siː/ [letter, name], /s/ [phoneme], /k/ [phoneme], /tʃ/ [phoneme], /ks/ [phoneme], /ʃ/ [phoneme] Audio: en-uk-c.ogg [UK]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{head|en|symbol|head=}} C, {{en-symbol}} C
  1. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.
    Sense id: en-C-en-symbol-OoxRFkUN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: Abbreviations. Head templates: {{head|en|verbs}} C
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of see; also c. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: see (extra: also c)
    Sense id: en-C-en-verb-GBptPRy0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sgs",
      "lang": "Samogitian",
      "sense": "programming language",
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      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "si",
      "sense": "programming language",
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "programming language",
      "word": "C"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "programming language",
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      "roman": "si",
      "sense": "programming language",
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      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "programming language",
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    },
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      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "programming language",
      "word": "Lenguajo C"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "sense": "programming language",
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "sense": "programming language",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical note",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "musical note",
      "word": "do"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ha",
      "sense": "musical note",
      "word": "ハ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "da",
      "sense": "musical note",
      "word": "다"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "do",
      "sense": "musical note",
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "musical note",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "do",
      "sense": "musical note",
      "word": "до"
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          "text": "Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?",
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        "(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of see; also c."
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        "t": "fresh"
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      "name": "bor"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibilities include:\n* Hainanese 鮮/鲜 (“fresh”).\n* The first letter of Carnation, an evaporated milk brand.",
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      "word": "gau"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "O"
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        "(Singapore, colloquial, after kopi (“coffee”) or teh (“tea”)) With sugar and evaporated milk added.",
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}

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