Symbol

čCategory:Translingual lemmas#ČCategory:Translingual symbols#ČCategory:Translingual terms spelled with ◌̌#ČCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. Latin c with a háček
2. (NAPACategory:NAPA symbols#Č) a voiceless postalveolar affricate (IPA [t͜ʃ ]).

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter C):  Ćć  Ĉĉ  Čč  Ċċ  C̄c̄  Çç  Ḉḉ  Ȼȼ  Ƈƈ  ɕ  ᴄ  Ｃｃ
• (Letters with háček):  Ǎǎ  Čč  Ďď  Ěě  Ǧǧ  Ȟȟ  Ǐǐ  J̌ǰ  Ǩǩ  Ľľ  Ňň  Ǒǒ  Řř  Šš  Ťť  Ǔǔ  Ǚǚ  Žž  Ǯǯ  DŽDždž  DŽDždž

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃ]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Czech lemmas#CCategory:Czech letters#CCategory:Czech nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fourth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃ/Category:Jarai terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Jarai lemmas#ČCategory:Jarai letters#ČCategory:Jarai nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Jarai entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The sixth letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

• tc

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Kabyle terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Kabyle lemmas#ČCategory:Kabyle letters#ČCategory:Kabyle nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Kabyle entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fourth letter of the Kabyle alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) asekkil; A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ḍ ḍ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ḥ ḥ, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ɣ ɣ, Q q, R r, Ṛ ṛ, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, Ṭ ṭ, U u, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ẓ ẓ, Ɛ ɛ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Karelian terms with IPA pronunciation#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Karelian lemmas#CCategory:Karelian letters#CCategory:Karelian nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Karelian entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The third letter of the Karelian alphabet, called čee and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v, Y y, Ä ä, Ö ö, ʼ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Lakota terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Lakota lemmas#ČCategory:Lakota letters#ČCategory:Lakota nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Lakota entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃ]Category:Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation#C

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Category:Requests for audio pronunciation in Latvian entries#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Latvian lemmas#CCategory:Latvian letters#CCategory:Latvian nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called čē and written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Lower Sorbian lemmas#CCategory:Lower Sorbian letters#CCategory:Lower Sorbian nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fourth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called čej and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) pismik; A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o (Ó ó), P p, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Ź ź
• (obsolete letters) B́ b́, Ė ė, Ḿ ḿ, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Lushootseed terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Lushootseed lemmas#ČCategory:Lushootseed letters#ČCategory:Lushootseed nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Lushootseed entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The seventh letter of the Lushootseed alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͜ʃ/Category:Osage terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č, Osage equivalent 𐓝)Category:Osage lemmas#ČCategory:Osage letters#ČCategory:Osage nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Osage entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. A letter of the Osage alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /c/Category:Rade terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Rade lemmas#ČCategory:Rade letters#ČCategory:Rade nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Rade entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The sixth letter of the Rade alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) boh hră; A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, Ƀ ƀ, Č č, D d, Đ đ, E e, Ĕ ĕ, Ê ê, Ê̆ ê̆, G g, H h, I i, Ĭ ĭ, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ô ô, Ô̆ ô̆, Ơ ơ, Ơ̆ ơ̆, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, Ư ư, Ư̆ ư̆, W w, Y y

Alternative forms

• Tš

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Romani terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Romani lemmas#ČCategory:Romani letters#ČCategory:Romani nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Romani entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. (Pan-VlaxCategory:Romani Pan-Vlax spellings#Č) The fourth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) ć

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č, Cyrillic equivalent ч)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#CCategory:Serbo-Croatian letters#CCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fourth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by c and followed by ć.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Skolt Sami terms with IPA pronunciation#Č

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Skolt Sami lemmas#ČCategory:Skolt Sami letters#ČCategory:Skolt Sami nouns#ČCategory:Latin script characters#ČCategory:Skolt Sami entries with incorrect language header#ČCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fifth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/Category:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Slovak lemmas#CCategory:Slovak letters#CCategory:Slovak nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The sixth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Further reading

• “č”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Alternative forms

• ɥ (Metelko alphabet, Danjko alphabet)
• zh (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet ć, from Czech alphabet č, from Latin c, a modification of uppercase letter C, from Etruscan 𐌂 (c), from Ancient Greek Γ (G, “Gamma”), from Phoenician 𐤂 (g, “gimel”). Pronunciation as /t͡ʃə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably by analogy of GermanCategory:Slovene terms derived from German#C C from German.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme, standard): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, [d͡ʒ]Category:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#C
• (phoneme, dialects with t’–č distinction): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃ/, /t͡ɕ/, [d͡ʒ], [d͡ʑ]Category:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#C
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə́/, /t͡ʃéː/, /t͡ʃèː/Category:Slovene 1-syllable words#CCategory:Slovene 1-syllable words#CCategory:Slovene 1-syllable words#CCategory:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#C
• (letter name, linguistics): IPA^(key): /tə̀rdi t͡ʃə́/, /tə̀rdi t͡ʃèː/, /tə̀rdi t͡ʃéː/Category:Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation#C (trdi č)
• Rhymes: -ə, -eːCategory:Rhymes:Slovene/ə#CCategory:Rhymes:Slovene/eː#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Slovene lemmas#CCategory:Slovene letters#CCategory:Slovene nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The fifth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Symbol

čCategory:Slovene lemmas#CCategory:Slovene symbols#CCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [t͡ʃ].

Noun

č m inanCategory:Slovene lemmas#CCategory:Slovene nouns#CCategory:Slovene masculine inanimate nouns#CCategory:Slovene words spelled without vowels#CCategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Slovene masculine nouns#CCategory:Slovene inanimate nouns#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The name of the Latin script letter Č / č.
2. (linguisticsCategory:sl:Linguistics#C) The name of the phoneme /t͡ʃ/.

Declension

• Overall more common

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Category:Requests for tone in Slovene entries

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	č
gen. sing.	č-ja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	č	č-ja	č-ji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	č-ja	č-jev	č-jev
dative (dajȃlnik)	č-ju	č-jema	č-jem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	č	č-ja	č-je
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	č-ju	č-jih	č-jih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	č-jem	č-jema	č-ji

Category:Slovene masculine soft o-stem nouns#CCategory:Slovene masculine soft o-stem nouns with j-infix#CCategory:Requests for accents in Slovene noun entries#C

• More common when with a definite adjective

Masculine inan., no endings
nom. sing.	č
gen. sing.	č
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	č	č	č
accusative	č	č	č
genitive	č	č	č
dative	č	č	č
locative	č	č	č
instrumental	č	č	č

See also

• (Latin script letters)Category:Pages using lite templates Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
• č
• ċ

References

• Steenwijk, Han (1994), Ortografia resiana = Tö jošt rozajanskë pïsanjë (overall work in Italian and Slovene), Padua: CLEUP

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃ/Category:Upper Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation#C

Letter

č (lower case, upper case Č)Category:Upper Sorbian lemmas#CCategory:Upper Sorbian letters#CCategory:Upper Sorbian nouns#CCategory:Latin script characters#CCategory:Upper Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#CCategory:Pages with entries#ČCategory:Pages with 17 entries#Č

1. The fourth letter of the Upper Sorbian alphabet, called čej and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, Č č, Ć ć, D d, Dź dź, E e, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, J j, K k, Ł ł, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž