си
si[sʲi]
Russian speakers call the Latin letter C си, the name they use when spelling out English words or Latin abbreviations letter by letter.
Russian has its own alphabet, so the Latin letter C has a borrowed name, си, taken from its English pronunciation. You hear it when someone spells an email address or a brand name aloud. The same name is used for the C programming language, usually written Си. The Cyrillic letter that looks like C is a different letter and stands for the s sound.
Which one should you use?
Be careful with music. In Russian note names си is the note B, while the note C is called до.
How does it change in a sentence?
Си does not change its ending, so it stays the same after prepositions, as in на Си.
How do you pronounce it?
It is pronounced like the English word see.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use си for the note C in music, where Russian says до. For degrees Celsius Russian simply keeps the symbol °C.
Did you know?
- In the context of the 'C' programming language, Russian speakers use the preposition на to say на Си, which literally translates to 'on C'.
Examples in context
- Температуры в Сибири достигли −60 °C.Temperatures have reached -60°C in Siberia.Here the Latin letter C stands for degrees Celsius and is not read as a word.Tatoeba #5718012 by Wezel, translation #5702089 by Hybrid
- C до, D ре, E ми, F фа, G соль, A ля, B си.C is do, D is re, E is mi, F is fa, G is sol, A is la, B is si.In this list of note names до is C and си is B.Tatoeba #11255595 by ZegPhig, translation #11255608 by ZegPhig
- Понимание того, как могут работать плагины, написанные на Си, поможет нам понять, как в будущем реализовать кросс-языковые плагины.Understanding how plugins may work in C will help us understand how to implement cross-language plugins in the future.на Си means in C, the programming language.Tatoeba #4471425 by caponych, translation #1799054 by sysko
Example conversation
A music lesson between a teacher and a student.
- Анастасия AnastasiaКакая следующая нота в этой гамме?Kakaya sleduyushchaya nota v etoy gamme?What is the next note in this scale?
- Сергей SergeyПосле ре должна быть си.Posle re dolzhna byt' si.After re, it should be si.
- Анастасия AnastasiaТы правильно запомнил ноты, Сергей.Ty pravil'no zapomnil noty, Sergey.You remembered the notes correctly, Sergey.
- Сергей SergeyСпасибо, Анастасия.Spasibo, Anastasiya.Thank you, Anastasia.
Sources
- Pronunciation from the Wiktionary entry Си.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
