Definitions for cedilla

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cedilla ce·dil·la

Spelling: [si-dil-uh]

IPA: /sɪˈdɪl ə/

Cedilla is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in cedilla (acdeill).

Definitions for cedilla

noun

1. a mark (¸) placed under a consonant letter, as under c in French, in Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, to indicate that it is pronounced (s), under c and s in Turkish to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ch) and (sh), or under t and s in Romanian to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ts) and (sh).
2. this mark used as a diacritic of arbitrary value in transliteration of words from non-Roman into Roman alphabetic characters.

Origin of cedilla

1590-1600; Spanish variant spelling of zedilla little z, equivalent to zed(a) zed + -illa diminutive suffix; the mark was so called from its original form

Examples for cedilla

It is pronounced somewhat like the c with the cedilla, ç, only more quickly and with greater force—ds or dz.

cedilla, se-dil′la, n. a mark placed under the letter c (thus ), esp.

He would speak the "g" in Nargett, and he, declined—after a remonstrance he declined—to pass Pagnell under the cedilla.

Cael in Ortelius and Homannus, the cedilla has been omitted in another part of this work.

It was usual to write instead of the z—c with a cedilla, and this was probably the origin of the mistake.