ça

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ca"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ecce ha. Compare French çà.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa/
Homophone: sa

Adverb

ça

(archaic) here; in this place

Derived terms

ça i enllà
ça i lla
deçà
d'ençà
ençà

Further reading

“ça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“ça”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“ça” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“ça” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Contraction of cela.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa/
(Canada) IPA^(key): [sɑ], [sɔ]
audio (France) (file)
audio (Quebec) (file)
Homophones: çà, ç'a, sa

Pronoun

ça

(informal) that
J'aimerais ça. ― I'd like that.
(informal) this
Je veux ça. ― I want this.
it
Ça va. ― It's okay.
(Louisiana) they

Derived terms

Noun

ça m (uncountable)

(psychoanalysis) id

Further reading

“ça”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

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