C.
See also: c. and Appendix:Variations of "c"
English
Noun
C. (plural CC.)
- Century.
- Fig. 2: a 13 th C. illumination of ‘H’
Abbreviation
C.
- (law) Code.
Derived terms
- (Code:): C.F.R., U.S.C.
Noun
C.
- (law) Abbreviation of chancellor.
Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.
French
Etymology
Abbreviation of grosse caisse (“bass drum”).
Noun
C. f (plural C.)
- (music) b-d, bd, BD (bass drum)
Italian
Noun
C.
- (music) Abbreviation of grancassa (“bass drum”).
Latin
Etymology
From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /g/.
Proper noun
C. m (indeclinable)
- Praenominal abbreviation of Cāius. Praenominal abbreviation of Gāius.