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c

character
/siː//siː(˦)/

Etymology

Uncertain. Either from Hainanese 鮮 /鲜 (si²³, “fresh”), short for 鮮奶 (“fresh milk”), Malay cair (“melted”) referring to evaporated milk, or an abbreviation of Carnation, a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.

  1. borrowed from cair — “melted”
  2. borrowed from 鮮 — “fresh”

Definitions

  1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

  2. The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin…

    The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

  3. Alternative form of c..

  4. ›+ 18 more definitions

    1. The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of…

      The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.

    2. Abbreviation of see.

      • C u 2nite as planned.

    3. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

    4. One hundred dollars

      One hundred dollars; a c-note.

      • I keep on fairbanking the chump until he is between a poop and a sweat. The score is half a C and he's broke.
      • Five C's. Straight in-and-out job. Nothing fancy.

    5. The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.

    6. An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.

    7. Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition

    8. Cocaine.

      • Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.

    9. Cunt.

    10. Abbreviation of consonant.

    11. Abbreviation of Conservative.

    12. Abbreviation of century.

      • Symbolism was a 19C literary and artistic movement.
      • Contains an interesting collection of English and European paintings from the 14th to 20th-Cs, in particular the Lycett Green collection of old masters.
      • Thanks, @janecaro, for showing that public profiles can be used for good & that social media belongs in a 21stC democracy.

    13. Abbreviation of center.

    14. A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.

    15. Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

    16. Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSE.

      • Citigroup (C) CEO Michael Corbat, who also went last year, has withdrawn.

    17. Abbreviation of costa.

    18. With sugar and evaporated milk added.

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Derived

C--, C#, C++, C family, C minus minus, C plus plus, C sharp, C-style comment, Unsupported titles/C sharp

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for c. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA