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Answer for the clue "Janet's fiancГ© in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" ", 7 letters:
cedilla

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Spanish cedilla , zedilla , literally "little z," from a Latin-like diminutive of Greek zeta "the letter 'z'." The mark (formerly also used in Spanish) was derived from that letter and indicates a "soft" sound in letters in positions where ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context orthography English) In the spelling of Catalan, French, Portuguese and some other languages, a mark sometimes placed under the letter (term: c) to indicate that it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/, as in French ''menaçant'' and Portuguese ...

Usage examples of cedilla.

Italics and diacritical marks such as accents and cedillas are omitted and unmarked.