C.

See also: c. and Appendix:Variations of "c"

English

Noun

C. (plural CC.)

  1. Century.
    Fig. 2: a 13 th C. illumination of ‘H’

Abbreviation

C.

  1. (law) Code.

Derived terms

Noun

C.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of chancellor.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of grosse caisse (“bass drum”).

Noun

C. f (plural C.)

  1. (music) b-d, bd, BD (bass drum)

Italian

Noun

C.

  1. (music) Abbreviation of grancassa (“bass drum”).

Latin

Etymology

From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /g/.

Proper noun

C. m (indeclinable)

  1. Praenominal abbreviation of Cāius. Praenominal abbreviation of Gāius.
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