cedilla
noun /sɪˈdɪlə/
/sɪˈdɪlə/
- the mark placed under the letter c in French, Portuguese, etc. to show that it is pronounced like an s rather than a k, as in français; a similar mark under s in Turkish and some other languagesTopics Languagec2Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete Spanish, earlier form of zedilla, diminutive of zeda (the letter Z), from Greek zēta.