Main Entry: ce·dil·la

Pronunciation: \si-ˈdi-lə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Spanish, the obsolete letter ç (actually a medieval form of the letter z), cedilla, from diminutive of ceda, zeda the letter z, from Late Latin zeta — more at zed

Date: 1599

: the diacritical mark ¸ placed under a letter (as ç in French) to indicate an alteration or modification of its usual phonetic value (as in the French word façade)