how to pronounce cedilla

/səˈdɪl.ə/

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cedilla is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of cedilla in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… witches cedilla he further stated that …”

meanings of cedilla

noun:

In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark (¸) sometimes placed under the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in Catalan força, French menaçant, and Portuguese almoço, and also used in various other languages to change the sounds of other letters.

cedilla frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word cedilla occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.