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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

C.

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

1 character1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

character/seː/letter, name/s/phoneme/k/phoneme/tʃ/phoneme

  1. The third letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    letter · uppercase
Where this word comes from

From Latin C, from Etruscan Etruscan 𐌂 (c), from Ancient Greek Γ (G, gamma), from Phoenician 𐤂 (g, giml).

symbol/seː//karˈbuːn/

  1. carbon (the chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6)

Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of karbon, from French carbone (“carbon”), from Latin carbō, carbōnem (“charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“to burn”).

symbol/seː//siː/

  1. C (a particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived)

Where this word comes from

From English C, named C because it followed on from an earlier programming language called B.

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

  1. the letter c, the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet

    masculine

  2. indicates the third entry in a list, order or rank

    masculine
    øl i klasse C
    førerkort klasse C

  3. the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale

    masculine
    å få C til eksamen

  4. C, c-note (the first note in the C chromatic and major scales; the lowest note of an instrument, written below the staff and the D note)

    masculine
    den høye C

  5. C (Roman numeral hundred; 100)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin C, from Etruscan Etruscan 𐌂 (c), from Ancient Greek Γ (G, gamma), from Phoenician 𐤂 (g, giml).

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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.