Vrouwelijk
cette
Betekenis (English)
feminine singular of ce
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/sɛt/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle French ceste, from Old French ceste, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ista, feminine of *ecce iste. The loss of internal /s/ triggered compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. Due to the unstressed position of this pronoun, however, the length was soon lost again, which explains the spelling without a circumflex (though the form cête was occasionally used). Compare notre and le nôtre.
Nieuw
ce
-
this, that
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