Definitions for cedillas

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cedillas ce·dil·la

Spelling: [si-dil-uh]

IPA: /sɪˈdɪl ə/

Cedillas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 353 anagrams from letters in cedillas (acdeills).

Definitions for cedillas

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 cedillas

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 cedillas

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

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

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

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

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