different between ogonek vs cedilla

English

Etymology

From the Polish word ogonek (literally “little tail”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????n?k/, /????n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o???n?k/
• IPA^(key): /????n?k/ (using the original Polish pronunciation of the word)
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Noun

ogonek (plural ogoneks)

1. (orthography) A hook-shaped diacritical mark (?) attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in ??, ??, ??, ?? or ??.

   Hypernym: diacritical hook

Coordinate terms

• cedilla

Translations

Polish

Etymology

From ogon (“tail”) +? -ek (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.n?k/

Noun

ogonek m inan

1. Diminutive of ogon: a little tail.
2. queue
3. (orthography) ogonek (diacritical mark)

Declension

Further reading

• ogonek in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ogonek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Spanish cedilla (literally “little zed”), c. 1600. In Spanish cedilla referred to the letter ?Ç?, which had evolved from ???, a Visigothic form of the letter Z (called a Z with copete); hence the name. The lower part of ?Ç? (which came to be reinterpreted as a diacritical mark under a C) is the remnant of the original Z, after it gradually reduced in size; whereas the upper part was originally just an ornamentation over the Z (which increased in size until it resembled letter C, and finally came to be identified with this letter).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??d?l?/, enPR: s?-d??l?
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

cedilla (plural cedillas)

1. (orthography) 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.

   Synonyms: (dated) cedille, cédille

Usage notes

Sometimes retained in words which have been adopted into English, specifically from French, such as facade/façade.

Translations

See also

• ç
• ogonek

Anagrams

• cleidal

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish ceda (“letter Z”) +? -illa (diminutive suffix); cognate with modern Spanish zeta.

Pronunciation

Noun

cedilla f (plural cedillas)

1. name of the letter ç
2. (orthography) cedilla

Descendants