c.

In English law, in the sense of "chapter", a preservation of Latin capitulum or caput (“head; heading, chapter”).

c.

1. Abbreviation of circa.

   The document was written in the Middle Ages, c. 1250.

c.

1. (chiefly law) Abbreviation of chapter(s).
   • 1885, "Pound" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XIX, p. 648:

     By the statute 1 and 2 Phil. and Mary c. 12 (1554), no distress of cattle can be driven out of the hundred where taken unless to a pound within 3 miles of the place of seizure. Where cattle are impounded the impounder is bound to supply them with sufficient food and water (12 and 13 Vict. c. 92, and 17 and 18 Vict. c. 60)[...]

2. Abbreviation of city.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. (informal) Abbreviation of cancer.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

4. Abbreviation of cent(s).
5. Abbreviation of century.

   17th c.

6. Abbreviation of cell phone.
7. Abbreviation of copyright.

   Published: 1913, c.1909

   (first print of this edition in 1909, reprinted in 1913)

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c.

1. Abbreviation of comme.

• Félix Gaffiot, Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (1934), “Abréviations et signes usuels”, page 1,720/1, s.v. ‘c.’

c. f (plural c.)

1. Abbreviation of collection.

   C. Budé

   Collection Budé

• circa: ca.
• caput, capitulum: Cap., C. (for Caput, Capitulum and Capitel (dated))

Latin abbreviations

c.

1. circa
2. cum

c.

1. causa (in "e. c.")

c.

1. cito

c.

1. caput and capitulum (§; chapter, section)
   • 1655, Appendix, c. 2, S. 12–29 (eigene Paginierung)

     1655, appendix, § 2, pp. 12–29 (own pagination)

• caput, capitulum: Kap. (Kapitel), dated Cap. (Capitel)
• circa: rd. (rund), ungef., ugf. (ungefähr)
• cum: m. (mit)

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡siːm], [ˈt͡siːmyː], [ˈt͡siːmzɛtɛʃ] (depending on the full form, see below)

c.

1. Abbreviation of cím.

c. (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of című (“titled”).
2. Abbreviation of címzetes (“titular, honorary”).

(cím):

(című):

(címzetes):

• caput, capitulum: cap.
• circa: ca.

c.

1. Abbreviation of caput.
2. Abbreviation of capitulum.

c.

1. Abbreviation of circa.

c.

1. Abbreviation of circa.
2. Abbreviation of cum.

c. n inan

1. Abbreviation of cysło (“number”).

c.

1. (abbreviation) c. (circa)

   Synonyms: c., ca., ca, cca., aproximadamente, por volta de, em torno de, perto de, mais ou menos