ＥＣ

also: イーシー

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Meanings

noun

European Community; EC

Historical term for the European Community, the predecessor of the European Union. Still encountered in older texts.

ＥＣは1993年ねんに欧おう州しゅう連れん合ごうへと発はっ展てんした。
The EC evolved into the European Union in 1993.

noun

e-commerce; electronic commerce

Abbreviation for electronic commerce; used in business and IT contexts.

See also: エレクトロニックコマース

ＥＣ市し場じょうは年ねん々ねん拡かく大だいしている。
The e-commerce market is expanding year by year.

noun

emergency contraception

Medical abbreviation for emergency contraception; used in healthcare contexts.

Usage patterns

〈国くに〉がＥＣに加盟するがいーしーにかめいするfor a country to join the EC
多おおくのヨーロッパの国くにがＥＣに加か盟めいした。
Many European countries joined the EC.
〈人ひと〉がＥＣサイトで買い物をするがいーしーさいとでかいものをするto shop on an e-commerce site
最さい近きんは多おおくの人ひとがＥＣサイトで買かい物ものをする。
These days, many people shop on e-commerce sites.
ＥＣを服用するいーしーをふくようするto take emergency contraception
彼かの女じょは病びょう院いんでＥＣを処しょ方ほうしてもらい、すぐに服ふく用ようした。
She had emergency contraception prescribed at the hospital and took it right away.

Related words

ＥＵ sense 1
ＥＣ (European Community) was the historical predecessor organization that ＥＵ (European Union) succeeded in 1993.
電でん子し商しょう取とり引ひき sense 2
ＥＣ is the common abbreviation used in business speech, while 電子商取引 is the full formal Japanese term for electronic commerce.
緊きん急きゅう避ひ妊にん sense 3
ＥＣ is the medical abbreviation used clinically, while 緊急避妊 is the full Japanese term for emergency contraception.
エレクトロニックコマース sense 2
ＥＣ is the standard short form used in everyday business contexts, while エレクトロニックコマース is a fuller, less commonly spoken katakana rendering of the same concept.

Etymology

Abbreviation from English initialisms: European Community, electronic commerce, emergency contraception, and engineering constructor. The reading イー・シー reflects the English letter names.