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C.

The third letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

character/t͡ʃe/letter, name/se/letter, name/tʃ/phoneme
  1. The third letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

From the Latin letter C, from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, ce), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, gamma), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, giml), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

num/t͡ʃe/letter, name/se/letter, name/tʃ/phoneme
  1. Roman numeral hundred (100)

    Roman · numeral · uppercase
  2. the hundredth (100th)

    Roman · numeral · uppercase
noun/t͡ʃe/letter, name/se/letter, name/tʃ/phoneme
  1. C: the first note in the C chromatic and major scales

  2. C: An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B

Where this word comes from

From the Latin letter C, from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, ce), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, gamma), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, giml), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

symbol/t͡ʃe/letter, name/se/letter, name/tʃ/phoneme
  1. C: initialism of karbon

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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.