What letter is silent in SC?
C
The C of SC is what we usually call a “silent letter” in the case of words like “science” and “scent,” but there’s more to the story once you look into the history of English words. A better answer is to say that the SC in “science“ makes an S sound, like the phoneme /s/.
What word starts with SC?
Words That Begin With SC
- scab.
- scad.
- scag.
- scam.
- scan.
- scar.
- scat.
- scop.
What are some words that have SC in them?
interdisciplinary
- interdisciplinary.
- multidisciplinary.
- nondiscrimination.
- chemiluminescence.
- transcendentalism.
- triboluminescence.
- schizophrenogenic.
- scapuloclavicular.
Is there a silent C?
The answer is: neither is silent. They work together as a digraph in the word scent to create the /s/ sound. Some may argue that the “c” is silent because you only hear the /s/ sound, but because “c” always makes an /s/ sound before an “e,” it’s not silent in scent.
Why is C pronounced differently?
The rule. Here’s the rule: When ‘c’ comes directly before the letters ‘e’, ‘i’ or ‘y’ we use the /s/ sound. in other cases we use a /k/ sound.
What word starts with the letter C?
cabalism.
What is the sound C?
The sound of a hard ⟨c⟩ often precedes the non-front vowels ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩ and ⟨u⟩, and is that of the voiceless velar stop, /k/ (as in car). While the sound of a soft ⟨c⟩, typically before ⟨e⟩, ⟨i⟩ and ⟨y⟩, may be a fricative or affricate, depending on the language.
What is a hard C word?
A hard “c” is pronounced “k”‘ as in call, correct, cup, cross, class, rescue, fact, public, panic, and ache.
Is the C of SC a silent letter?
So yes, the C of SC is what we usually call a “silent letter” in the case of words like “science” and “scent,” but there’s more to the story once you look into the history of English words. A better answer is to say that the SC in “science“ makes an S sound, like the phoneme /s/.
What are some words with the silent c?
words with silent c. scene. scent. muscle. descent. descend. scissors. crescent. scientist.
Is the s or C silent in ” scent “?
They work together as a digraph in the word scent to create the /s/ sound. Some may argue that the “c” is silent because you only hear the /s/ sound, but because “c” always makes an /s/ sound before an “e,” it’s not silent in scent. Scent is not the only word to follow this spelling rule — but that’s not to say that “sc” always makes a /s/ sound.
Which is silent letter makes a s sound?
The C of SC is what we usually call a “silent letter” in the case of words like “science” and “scent,” but there’s more to the story once you look into the history of English words. A better answer is to say that the SC in “science“ makes an S sound, like the phoneme /s/. A listener named Edwin called in with this question: