Cedilla

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cedilla \ce*dil"la\ (s[-e]*d[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. cedilla, cf.
     F. c['e]dille; dim. of zeta, the Gr. name of the letter z,
     because this letter was formerly written after the c, to give
     it the sound of s.]
     A mark placed under the letter c [thus, [,c]], to show that
     it is to be sounded like s, as in fa[,c]ade.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cedilla
       n : a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate
           that it is pronounced as an s