soft c

/sɔft si/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

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noun

In many languages, a letter "c" which is not pronounced as a velar stop (/k/, like English "k") but as a sibilant (/s/, like English "s") or an affricative (/tʃ/, like English "ch").

"In English, the "c" sound in "cent", "central" and "circuit" as distinct from the hard c in "cat" and "cabin"."
"In Italian, the "c" sound in "certo" as distinct from the "c" sound in "caffè"."

soft cs (plural)

soft g hard c hard g

soft g hard c hard g

Questions

How do you pronounce soft c?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɔft si/.

What does soft c mean?

In many languages, a letter "c" which is not pronounced as a velar stop (/k/, like English "k") but as a sibilant (/s/, like English "s") or an affricative (/tʃ/, like English "ch").

How to pronounce soft c

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