Cedilla
WordNet
noun
(1) A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
WiktionaryText
Noun
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- In the spelling of Catalan, French and Portuguese and some other languages, a mark placed under the letter c immediately preceding a, o, or u to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in French menaçant and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.