cc
/siːˈsiː/noun, verb
cc is spelled C-C: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,595th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cc means “Initialism of carbon copy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cc is ccs or cc's.
How many letters and syllables are in cc?
| Letters | 2: C-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,595th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cc?
Cc appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,595th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cc?
- /siːˈsiː/
Cc has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cc.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cc
- ccs plural
- cc's plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cc'ing participle, present
- cc'd participle, past
- cc'ed participle, past
- cc:d participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cc mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of carbon copy.
I had meant to cc you on this earlier. Please reply by next Thursday. Thanks.
- 2
Initialism of courtesy copy.
- 3
Initialism of closed caption or closed captioning.
- 4
Initialism of cubic centimeter.
This plastic syringe delivers one cc of medicine to the mouth of the animal. The medicine is peanut-flavored.
- 5
Abbreviation of chapters.
noun
- 1
Initialism of carbon copy.
- 2
Initialism of cricket club.
- 3
Initialism of cycling club.
- 4
Initialism of Circuit Court.
- 5
Initialism of community college.
- 6
Initialism of credit card.
- 7
Initialism of courtesy copy.
- 8
Initialism of cryptocurrency.
verb
- 1
Initialism of carbon copy.
Please email the file to me and CC it to my manager.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of cement-coated.
- 2
Initialism of client-centered.
verb
- 1
Initialism of carbon copy (“to add an additional recipient to the CC line of an e-mail message”).
- 2
Initialism of crowd control.
Just cc him, bro.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cc in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense carbon copy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cc |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.