CE

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Translingual

Proper noun

CE

1. The European Community: abbreviation of Communauté Européenne.

English

Alternative forms

• (time) C.E.

Proper noun

CE

1. Initialism of Common Era, Current Era or Christian Era. Equivalent of AD. Like other era initialisms, often written in small caps.

   1066 CE.

   • 1901, Nina Davis, Songs of Exile, by Hebrew Poets, page 12:

     Elasar ben Kalir's birthplace is unknown, and the dates given for his birth range from 800 to 1000 C.E.

2. Initialism of Church of England.. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.
3. Initialism of Canadian English. (also sometimes colloquially called "Canadian" or even "Canajan")
4. Abbreviation of Ceará (“a state of Brazil”).
5. (education) Initialism of Common Entrance.

Synonyms

• (time): AD/A.D.; e.v. (Era Vulgaris; pseudo-Latin used by Thelemites)
• (Church of England): C of E
• (Canadian English): CanE; Canadian

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “time”): BCE (B.C.E.)

Translations

Common/Current/Christian Era

Czech: n. l. (cs) Danish: e.v.t. (efter vor tidsregning) Finnish: jaa. (jälkeen ajanlaskun alun) French: ÈC (ère commune) f German: n. Chr. (de) (nach Christus, nach Christo), n. Chr. Geb., n. Chr. G. (nach Christi Geburt); n. d. Z. (de) (nach der Zeitrechnung), n. u. Z. (de), u. Z. (de) ((nach) unserer Zeitrechnung) Greek: Κ.Ε. (el) (K.E.) Hungarian: i. sz. (hu) Latin: p. Chr. n. (la), p. Chr. (la), A. D., AD (la); aer. vulg. (la), aer. comm. (la) Lithuanian: m.e. (mūsų eros) Polish: n.e. (pl) (nasza era; naszej ery) Russian: н. э. (n. e.), на́шей э́ры (nášej éry) Serbo-Croatian: н. е., (нове ере) Spanish: E.C. f (Era Común) Swedish: vt (sv) (vår tideräkning), v.t. (sv) (vår tideräkning), e.v.t. (sv) (enligt vår tideräkning) Thai: ค.ศ. (th) (kɔɔ.sɔ̌ɔ.) Ukrainian: н. е. f (n. e.), нашої ери (našoji ery) Urdu: ء (ur), عیسوی ('esvī)

Noun

CE (plural CEs)

1. Initialism of civil engineer.
2. Initialism of computer engineer.
3. Initialism of close encounter.
4. Initialism of capillary electrophoresis.

Synonyms

• (civil engineer): Civ.E., CIV E

Anagrams

• E.C., EC, ec.

Catalan

Proper noun

CE f

1. EC (European Community)

French

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of communauté européenne (“European Community”).

Proper noun

CE f

1. EC (European Community)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of cours élémentaire.

Noun

CE m (plural CE)

1. a part of the primary school

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of comité d’entreprise.

Noun

CE m (plural CE)

1. works council

Portuguese

Proper noun

CE m

1. Abbreviation of Ceará (Brazilian state)

Spanish

Proper noun

CE f

1. Abbreviation of Comisión Europea (“European Commission”).