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Vinony

C

noun

  1. letter of the Latin alphabet
  2. Unicode character
  3. something resembling the shape of the letter C
  4. musical note
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /siː(˦)/ / /siː/ / /s/ / /k/

adj

Etymology: 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.

  1. With sugar and evaporated milk added.

adv

Etymology: Abbreviations.

  1. Alternative form of c..

character

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

    “Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]”

name

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

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

    “1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.”

  2. Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
  3. Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc. on the NYSE.

    “Citigroup (C) CEO Michael Corbat, who also went last year, has withdrawn.”

noun

Etymology: Abbreviations.

  1. Abbreviation of costa.

num

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

symbol

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

verb

Etymology: Abbreviations.

  1. Abbreviation of see.

    “Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?”