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C.

The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

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  1. The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
num/siː/letter, name/s/phoneme/k/phoneme/tʃ/phoneme

  1. The third numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.

    uppercase
symbol/siː/letter, name/s/phoneme/k/phoneme/tʃ/phoneme

  1. A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

noun/siː/letter, name/s/phoneme/k/phoneme/tʃ/phoneme

  1. One hundred dollars; a c-note.

    US · slang

  2. The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.

  3. An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.

  4. Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition

  5. Cocaine.

    slang

  6. Cunt.

    slang · vulgar

  7. Abbreviation of consonant.

    abbreviation · alt-of

  8. Abbreviation of Conservative.

    UK · abbreviation · alt-of

  9. Abbreviation of century.

    abbreviation · alt-of
    Symbolism was a 19C literary and artistic movement.

  10. Abbreviation of center.

    abbreviation · alt-of
name

  1. A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.

  2. Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).

    UK

  3. Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSE.

    alt-of · symbol
Where this word comes from

The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called B.

adj/siː(˦)/Singapore

  1. With sugar and evaporated milk added.

    Malaysia · Singapore · colloquial · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Either from Hainanese 鮮 /鲜 (si²³, “fresh”), short for 鮮奶 (“fresh milk”), Malay cair (“melted”) referring to evaporated milk, or an abbreviation of Carnation, a canned milk brand, and historically, one of the most widespread forms of evaporated milk in Singapore.

noun

  1. Abbreviation of costa.

    abbreviation · alt-of
Where this word comes from

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verb

  1. Abbreviation of see.

    Internet · abbreviation · alt-of
Where this word comes from

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.