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Subject: Ci- words with a hard C
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: russa-ga
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Posted: 11 May 2005 19:33 PDT
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Question ID: 520710
Hi,

I'm in search of a commonly accepted English word which starts with Ci- with a
hard C pronunciation.  Considering all the exceptions in the English
language, I'm guessing that such a word exists.

Thanks!

Gretchen
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Subject: Re: Ci- words with a hard C
From: pinkfreud-ga on 11 May 2005 19:58 PDT
 
Looking through this list, I'm not finding any very good candidates:

http://www.brainydictionary.com/letters/ci.html

"Cinnoline" (pronounced "kin o lin") is the best word I see, but it
certainly isn't a household word (except possibly in the households of
organic chemists).
Subject: Re: Ci- words with a hard C
From: myoarin-ga on 12 May 2005 03:49 PDT
 
Also not common, but in Wbster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary:

"cist ^2 (sist, kist), n. a prehistroic sepulchral tomb or casket. 
Alsi kist. )< welsh < L cista ..."   (alternate pronounciation)

and the word 

"cistvaen (kistīvan), n.  cist ^2"

(which with this posting will be seen and known by so many people that
it can be said to be a "commonly accepted English word", not commonly
used, however.)
Subject: Re: Ci- words with a hard C
From: k1s-ga on 12 May 2005 04:28 PDT
 
There's an Irish name "Cillian" that is pronounced with a hard C.
Subject: Re: Ci- words with a hard C
From: hammer-ga on 12 May 2005 07:10 PDT
 
Ciabatta

.. as in the bread. Pronounced cha-BAHT-a.

- Hammer

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