CE

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ce"

Translingual

Proper noun

CE

  1. The European Community: abbreviation of Communauté Européenne

English

Alternative forms

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.
    • 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Early Imperial China (Qin Dynasty through Southern and Northern Dynasties Period)”, in Xiaoneng Yang, editor, New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century, volume 2, Yale University Press; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 324:
      The present-day city of Ji’an at the southern tip of Jilin province was the second capital (3-427 CE) of the Gaogouli kingdom during its middle period.
  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.

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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

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: a state of Brazil

Spanish

Proper noun

CE f

  1. abbreviation of Comisión Europea (European Commission)