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ce

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ce

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Chechen.

English

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Noun

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ce (plural ces)

  1. Alternative form of cee (“the letter C”)
    • 2003, David Sacks, The Alphabet: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z, page 89:
      [T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.”

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Catalan

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Noun

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ce f (plural ces)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

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Central Nahuatl

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Central Nahuatl cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : inic ce

Etymology

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Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral

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ce

  1. one.

Champenois

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French cel, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ille.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /sə/

Determiner

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ce

  1. (Troyen) this, that

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[3] (in French), Troyes

Classical Nahuatl

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Classical Nahuatl numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: ce
    Ordinal: ic ce
    Adverbial: ceppa
    Distributive: cēcen, cehcen

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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ce

  1. (it is) one in number.

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  • The combing form of ce is cen- (or cem- before m and p).

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ce
    Ordinal : achtohui

Etymology

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Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ce

Numeral

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ce

  1. one.

French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle French, from Old French cel, cil, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ille. See also celui, derived from the oblique cases of the same.

The inflected forms continue Old French cest, cist, from Vulgar Latin *ecce iste.

Determiner

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ce m (before a vowel sound cet, feminine cette, plural ces)

  1. this, that
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To distinguish between the this and that senses, one may use the particles -ci and -là, respectively. See also celui-ci and celui-là, or ceci and cela.

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old French ço, from Late Latin ecce hoc.

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Pronoun

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ce m or f (plural ce)

  1. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
    C’est beau ! ― It is beautiful!
    est-ce que...? ― forms yes–no questions (literally, “is it that...?”)
    ce dont je parlais ― that which I was speaking of
    C’eût été avec plaisir, mais... ― It would have been with pleasure, but...
    C’eût été dommage... ― It would have been a pity...
  2. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
    C’est un/une célébrité. ― He/she is a celebrity.
    Ce sont des célébrités. ― These are celebrities.
    Ce sont des gens bien. ― These are good people.
    • 1897, Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac :
      C'est un roc ! ... c'est un pic ! ... c'est un cap ! Que dis-je, c'est un cap ? ... C'est une péninsule !
      It's a rock! ... it's a peak! ... it's a cape! What am I saying, a cape? ... It's a peninsula!
  3. (archaic, subject of verbs other than être) it, this, that
    ce semble ― it seems
    ce peuvent être... ― these may be...
    • 1866, Guérineau de Boisvillette, Ce qu'il a laissé!‎[4], page 56:
      [...] ce paraissent être encore là des points à noter [...]
      […] these seem to be more points worth noting […]
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(1): To convey the plural with a predicative adjective, one must use ils m or elles f (“they”):

Ils/Elles sont beaux/belles ! ― They are beautiful!

And to convey the plural with a relative clause, one must use ceux m or celles f (plural forms of celui m and celle f):

ceux/celles que... ― those which...
ceux/celles qui... ― those who/that...
ceux/celles dont je parlais... ― those which I was speaking of...
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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Locative
(at) 		Genitive
(of) 		Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
Second — tu te, t’ — — toi
Third Masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Indeterminate on1 — — — — —
Reflexive — se, s’4 — — soi4
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous2 vous2,3 — — vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
Feminine elles elles
1 Also used as the first person plural.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.

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  1. ^ Louis Philipon De La Madelaine (1802) Des homonymes français ou mots qui dans notre langue se ressemblent par le son et diffèrent par le sens‎[1], page 85

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin quid. Compare Italian che, Venetan ché, Romanian ce.

Pronoun

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ce

  1. what

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Gun

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognates include Fon cé

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Determiner

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cé (Benin)

  1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)

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Gungbe personal pronouns
Number Person Emphatic Pronoun Subject Pronoun Object Pronoun Possessive Determiner
Singular First nyɛ́, yẹ́n ùn, n mi cé, ṣié
Second jɛ̀, jẹ̀, yẹ̀, hiẹ̀ à wè tòwè
Third éɔ̀, úɔ̀, éwọ̀ é è étɔ̀n, étọ̀n
Plural First mílɛ́, mílẹ́ mí mítɔ̀n, mítọ̀n
Second mìlɛ́, mìlẹ́ mì mìtɔ̀n, mìtọ̀n
Third yélɛ́, yélẹ́ yé yétɔ̀n, yétọ̀n

Ido

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Etymology

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From c +‎ -e.

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Noun

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ce (plural ce-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter C/c.

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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cé

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

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  • si (Standard Malay)

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: cé

Etymology 1

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Pronoun

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ce

  1. Alternative form of ci (“us”)
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  • Used when followed by a third-person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
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Italian personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Reflexive Accusative Dative Combined Disjunctive Locative Partitive
Singular first — io mi, m', -mi me me —
second — tu ti, t', -ti te te
third m lui si2, s', -si lo, l', -lo gli, -gli glie, se2 lui, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f lei, Lei1 la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1 le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1 lei, Lei1, sé
Plural first — noi ci, c', -ci ce noi —
second — voi, Voi4 vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4 ve voi, Voi4
third m loro, Loro1 si, s', -si li, Li1, -li, -Li1 gli, -gli, loro (formal),
Loro1 		glie, se loro, Loro1, sé ci, c',
vi, v' (formal) 		ne, n'
f le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1 Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2 Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3 Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4 Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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ce

  1. here

Italiot Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

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ce

  1. and

Latin

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cē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter C.

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  • “ce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Mandarin

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Romanization

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ce

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cè.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cê̄.

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

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Alternative forms

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  • che (Unified Alphabet)

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Noun

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ce (Raguileo spelling)

  1. person
  2. people

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References

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  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English sǣ.

Noun

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ce

  1. Alternative form of see (“sea”)
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  • English: sea

Etymology 2

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From Old French sei.

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ce

  1. Alternative form of see (“see”)
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Middle French

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Adjective

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ce m (feminine singular ceste, masculine and feminine plural ces, masculine singular before a vowel cest)

  1. this (the one in question)
    • 1571, Pedro Díaz, Dallier, Nouueaux advertissemens trescertains venus du paÿs des Indes Meridionales […] page 5
      Mais considerant que les Chrestiens nouvellement faits en ce pays, estoient en si grand nombre que nous ne les pouvions visiter
      But considering that the newly made Christians in this country were so numerous that we couldn't visit all of them

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian ci; see there for more.

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Pronoun

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ce (adverbial)

  1. there (at a place)

Occitan

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Noun

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ce f (plural ces)

  1. cee (the letter c)

Old Irish

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Pronoun

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ce

  1. Alternative form of cía

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ce

  1. Alternative form of cía
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10c21
      Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.
      It would be a fruit of our labor in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 33a15
      Fomnid-si, a phopul núíednissi, ar ce dud·rónath ní di maith fri maccu Israhél…
      Take heed, O people of the New Testament, for although some good has been done to the children of Israel…
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 34a4
      ɔrabad cech bráthair post alium .i. is huisse ce ru·samaltar fri Críst
      so that each brother should be after the other, i.e. it is right that he be compared to Christ

Pochutec

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Etymology

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C.f. Classical Nahuatl cē.

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ce

  1. one

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Polish

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic.

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ce

  1. (Near Masovian, often repeated) used to call
    Synonym: cieś
    Coordinate term: a ce

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  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ce”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin quid, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷid, compare *kʷis.

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Pronoun

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ce

  1. what
    Ce vrei să faci?
    What do you want to do?
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Spanish

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ce f (plural ces)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ce, the Spanish name of the letter C/c.

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ce (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter C/c, in the Abecedario
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) si

Tarantino

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Pronoun

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ce (relative)

  1. who

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ce

  1. if

Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Clipping of kuce, used colloquially and informally.

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ce

  1. (interrogative) who, what, which

Turkish

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ce

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

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Welsh

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ce f (plural ceau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

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This word cannot be mutated.

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Zarma

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Etymology

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Cognate with Koyraboro Senni cee (“foot”).

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ce

  1. foot, leg
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