çé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s‿e/

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• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: c’est, s’est

Contraction

çé

1. (Quebec) Informal spelling of c’est

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French c’est (“he/she/it/this/that is”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: sé, sê

Verb

çé (past tense çé té, future tense sa, infinitive or imperative dèt)

1. (he/she/it/this/that) is

   Ki çé ça? ― What/Who is that?

   Çé sho. ― It's hot.

2. (emphatic) is

   Li çé sho! ― It's hot!

Derived terms

• çé lavi (“that's life”)
• çé myé (“it's better to”)
• çé pa ariyin (“you're welcome”)

 

See also

• yê