"cédille" meaning in French

See cédille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /se.dij/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cédille.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: cédilles [plural]
Rhymes: -ij Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cedilla. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:bor|es:cedilla}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "cedilla", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "cédille", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="cédille">, {{bor+|fr|es|cedilla}} Borrowed from Spanish cedilla Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cédille f (plural cédilles)
  1. cedilla Tags: feminine Derived forms: cédillé (english: cedillated), cédiller
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /se.dij/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cédille.wav [France, Lyon]
Rhymes: -ij Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} cédille
  1. inflection of cédiller:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: cédiller
    Sense id: en-cédille-fr-verb-y3lxKTmh Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Orthography Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 69 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 57 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 71 27 Disambiguation of Orthography: 4 44 52
  2. inflection of cédiller:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: cédiller
    Sense id: en-cédille-fr-verb-dTeOjtax Categories (other): Orthography Disambiguation of Orthography: 4 44 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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