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Answer for the clue "Mark indicating a softened consonant ", 7 letters:
cedilla

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A cedilla ( ; from Spanish ), also known as cedilha (from Portuguese) or cédille (from French), is a hook or tail ( ¸ ) added under certain letters as a diacritical mark to modify their pronunciation. In Catalan , French , and Portuguese , it is used only ...

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.