English Dictionary

soft c

IPA（発音記号）

/sɒft siː/

名詞

(phonology) 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").

日本語の意味

発音において、アルファベットの「c」が通常の硬い/k/音ではなく、/s/（英語の「s」のような音）や/tʃ/（英語の「ch」のような音）として発音される現象、またはそのような発音の状態を指す用語

In phonology class, the professor used soft c as an example of how the letter c is pronounced before e and i.

音韻論の授業で、教授は c が /s/ と発音される軟音が e や i の前に現れることを例として示した。

意味（1）

(phonology) 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.

soft cs （ plural ）