n.
Pronunciation: si- ' di-l ə
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 )