English Dictionary

soft c

/sɒft siː/

noun

(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").

The soft c sound is found in many languages.

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.