Definition
A small curved mark placed beneath the letter 'c' (as in ç) to show that it makes an 's' sound instead of a 'k' sound.
Etymology
From Spanish 'cedilla,' a diminutive of 'ceda' (zeta), from Latin 'zeta.' The mark was originally a small 'z' written below 'c' to indicate pronunciation.
Kelly Says
This tiny squiggle is a ghost of medieval Spanish handwriting—scribes used to write a miniature 'z' under 'c' to remind readers how to pronounce it, and that habit literally shaped how we write French and Spanish today!
Translations
ARالعربية
سيديلة
se-dee-lah
BNবাংলা
সেডিল্লা
se-dee-lla
CACatalà
cedilla
seh-dee-la
CSČeština
cedilla
seh-dee-la
DADansk
cedilla
seh-dee-la
DEDeutsch
Zählzeichen
tsayhl-tsa-ikh-en
ELΕλληνικά
σεδίλλα
se-dee-lla
ESEspañol
cedilla
seh-dee-yah
FAفارسی
سِدِیلا
si-dee-la
FISuomi
cedilla
seh-dee-la
FRFrançais
cédille
seh-dil
HEעברית
צְדִילָה
ts-dee-lah
HIहिन्दी
सेडिला
seh-dee-la
HUMagyar
cedilla
seh-dee-la
IDBahasa Indonesia
cedilla
seh-dee-ya
ITItaliano
cedilla
cheh-dee-ya
MSBahasa Melayu
cedilla
seh-dee-la
NLNederlands
cedilla
seh-dee-la
NONorsk
cedilla
seh-dee-la
PLPolski
cedilla
seh-dee-la
PTPortuguês
cedilha
seh-dee-yha
RORomână
cedilă
seh-dee-la
RUРусский
це́дILLA
tse-DIL-la
SVSvenska
cedilla
seh-dee-la
SWKiswahili
cedilla
seh-dee-la
TAதமிழ்
சேடில்லா
sa-dee-lla
TEతెలుగు
సెడీల్లా
se-dee-lla
TRTürkçe
cedilla
seh-dil-la
UKУкраїнська
це́дILLA
tse-DIL-la
VITiếng Việt
cedilla
se-dee-ya