cedilla

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Synonyms: codilla, cedillo, cedille

Antonyms: codilla, cedillo, cedille

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|orthography}} A [[diacritical]] mark [[¸|⟨¸⟩]] placed beneath a letter to modify its pronunciation, used in the orthographies of many languages, such as under {{m|mul|c}} in [[Catalan]], [[French]] and [[Portuguese]] to indicate {{IPAchar|/s/}} rather than {{IPAchar|/k/}} (e.g. {{m+|ca|força}}, {{m+|fr|menaçant}}, {{m+|pt|almoço}}) and in other languages to modify the pronunciation of the letter {{m|mul|c}} (e.g. from {{IPAchar|/d͡ʒ/}} to {{IPAchar|/t͡ʃ/}} in [[Turkish]]) or of other letters.
2. {{lb|en|by extension|paleography}} {{synonym of|en|cauda}}

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