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Webster 1913 Edition
cedilla
ce-dil′la
(sē̍-dĭl′lȧ)
, Noun.
[Sp.
cedilla
, cf. F. cédille
; 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, ç], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in façade.