How To Say Caesar

How do you really pronounce Caesar?

In English Caesar is pronounced with a soft C as many if not all English dictionaries such as Dictionary.com put the pronunciation as [see-zer]. In Latin Caesar is pronounced similar to the German word Kaiser though in my experience with Latin Caesar is pronounced as [kai-zar]. In English it’s Seezer.

Why is Caesar pronounced the way it is?

The name Caesar probably originated in Italy from a dialect of Latium which did not share the rhotacism of the Roman dialect. (That is the s between vowels did not change to r.) … The leading vowels in each part of the name are long and in Classical Latin the whole name was pronounced [ˈɡajjʊs ˈjuːlɪ.

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What is the word Caesar mean?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : any of the Roman emperors succeeding Augustus Caesar “used as a title. 2a often not capitalized : a powerful ruler: (1) : emperor. (2) : autocrat dictator.

What is Caesar in Latin?

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