"ça" meaning in French

See ça in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sa/, [sɑ] [Canada], [sɔ] [Canada] Audio: Fr-ça.ogg [France], Qc-ça.ogg [Quebec]
Etymology: Contraction of cela. Etymology templates: {{contraction|fr|cela}} Contraction of cela Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-}} ça m (uncountable)
  1. (psychoanalysis) id Tags: masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-ça-fr-noun-pWFFJwzm Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French pronouns Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 57 0 0 0 41 2 Disambiguation of French pronouns: 36 11 11 11 28 3 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

Pronoun

IPA: /sa/, [sɑ] [Canada], [sɔ] [Canada] Audio: Fr-ça.ogg [France], Qc-ça.ogg [Quebec]
Etymology: Contraction of cela. Etymology templates: {{contraction|fr|cela}} Contraction of cela Head templates: {{fr-pron}} ça
  1. (informal) that Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ça-fr-pron-jn~AI2r0
  2. (informal) this Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-ça-fr-pron-HreWAkEe
  3. it
    Sense id: en-ça-fr-pron-KtinBJ18
  4. used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people
    Sense id: en-ça-fr-pron-amZgNxbD
  5. (Louisiana) they Tags: Louisiana
    Sense id: en-ça-fr-pron-FR5YqDEw Categories (other): Louisiana French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ça a été, ça alors, ça boom, ça y est, comme ça, comme ci comme ça, comment ça, c’est ça, rien que ça

Alternative forms

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