-k-

{{chiefly|in verb forms}} ''Added after a word’s terminal ‘c’ when it is suffixed by a morpheme beginning in ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘æ’, or ‘œ’ (usually'' {{term|sc=unicode|-ed|lang=en}} ''or'' {{term|sc=unicode|-ing|lang=en}}''), so as to preserve its “hard”'' {{IPAchar|[k]}} ''sound (as opposed to'' {{IPAchar|[s]}}'').''