transcription, транскрипция: [ si-ˈdi-lə ]
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 )