ce
/siː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Initialism of Common Era, Current Era, or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.
name
Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
name
Initialism of Canadian English (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan").
name
Abbreviation of Ceará: a state of Brazil.
name
Initialism of Common Entrance.
noun
noun
noun
Example Sentences
- "1066 CE."
- "Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E."
- "The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period."
- "[T]hat spelling, but not the pronunciation, supplies our own name for the letter: “ce” or “cee.”"
- ""No offense, Celia, but I prefer to travel through my madness in my own space. You'll have to get your own padded room and restraints." "Rude," Ce said, humor in her tone."
Inflected Forms
C.E. (alternative)
CEs (plural)