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GUIDE: Special latin characters within Europe (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

æ is in purely Latin words like ex æquo, et cætera, or curriculum vitæ, that's all. œ appears in œil (eye) so you see that a lot more commonly already, but I can't think of any other word that uses it off the top of my head (beside other derivated words like œillères). (pardon the puns)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

œuf and chœur as well, I suppose? Though I don't know if that is how they are commonly spelled

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Œuvre too

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

You're correct. Chœur is chorus and cœur is heart BTW.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Sœur is pretty common too. And bœuf.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which means that æ ends up also appearing in English in those same Latin words (although they're possibly more lax with alternate spellings).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It appears (but now rarely) in the very English and not at all Latin word encyclopædia.