"ce" meaning in English

See ce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /siː/ Forms: ces [plural]
enPR: sē Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-noun}} ce (plural ces)
  1. Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cee (extra: the letter C)
    Sense id: en-ce-en-noun-znnVjj9h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 32 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ce (plural ces)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the letter C",
          "word": "cee"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 32 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, David Sacks, The Alphabet: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z, page 89:",
          "text": "[T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ce-en-noun-znnVjj9h",
      "links": [
        [
          "cee",
          "cee#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "sē"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "C"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sea"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "see"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ce"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ces",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ce (plural ces)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the letter C",
          "word": "cee"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 32 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/iː"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, David Sacks, The Alphabet: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z, page 89:",
          "text": "[T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cee",
          "cee#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "sē"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "C"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sea"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "see"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ce"
}

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