#cedilla

This lineart was a commission from @yellowhellion (yellow_hellion on twitter) from a WHILE back that I finally got around to colouring!

A cedilla (une cédille) placed in front of A, O and U marks a ss sound, is never used before -e, -i, -y, -ae, -oe and can be used for verbs in -cer for certain persons (nous commençons : we start).

Nouns:

Reçu (receipt, m), suçon (hickey, m), leçon (lesson, f), façon (way, f), glaçon (ice cube, m), garçon (boy, m), aperçu (glimpse, m), soupçon (suspicion, m), façade (facade, front, f), traçage (tracing, drawing, m), rinçage (rinsing, m), hameçon (fish hook, m), caleçon (boxer shorts, m), balançoire (swing, f), trop-perçu (overpayment, m), remplaçant-e (substitute, successor), idée reçue (preconceived idea, f), tronçonneuse (chain saw, f), commerçant-e (shopkeeper), contrefaçon (forgery, f), 

Adjectives: 

Français-e (french), reçu-e (received, accepted), déçu-e (disappointed), perçu-e (perceived), conçu-e (designed), perçant-e (sharp, piercing), glaçant-e (icy, scary), agaçant-e (irritating), préconçue (preconceived), menaçant-e (threatening), inaperçu-e (unnoticed), grinçant-e (creaking), irremplaçable (irreplaceable, ép), désarçonné-e (threw off)

Verbs: 

Façonner (to shape, fashion, mould), soupçonner (to suspect), 

Others: 

Pronoun Ça (this/that, diminutive of ‘cela’), 

Adverbs Çà (here and there) : He threw his stuff çà et là

Preposition En deçà de (below), 

Expressions De toute façon (anyway, in any case...), Sans façons (v polite ‘no way’), Ça m’est égal (polite I don’t care)