Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
C.G. | English | Coast Guard | N/A |
c.g. | Latin | Centrum gravitatis | Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: C.G. |
| Specialty definitions using "C.G.": CypherText. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "C.G." is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (Centre of Gravity, CofG). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Tidal leveling operations - connecting tide staff with bench marks Combined operations party of C.G. Quillian Party off of GUIDE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | [Dentistry - Caricatures] / C.G. Bush. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | [Common Cold] / C.G. Bush. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Mrs. C.G. Wopschall christens the ship, during launching ceremonies at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Fore River shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, 28 December 1943. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Japanese and U.S. officers negotiate the surrender of Mili Atoll, Marshalls, on board USS Levy (DE-162), 22 August 1945. Identified U.S. officers present include (from left to right): Commander H.E. Cross; Captain H. B. Grow, USNR, senior U.S. officer present; Commander W.C. Burkhard; Lieutenant P.S. Breck, Jr.; Commander C.G. Olson; Japanese officers in center include an unidentified junior officer, at left, and Japanese Navy Captain Masanori Shiga. Note pistol shoulder holster worn by U.S. officer in right foreground, fancy rope decoration on stanchions, metal wardroom chairs and steward in right background. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Aboard the "Nux Vomica," alias Anchor Line steamer Utopia, from London for New York / [by] C.G.. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Basilica of Constantine / [by] C.G.. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | First Congregational Unitarian Church / drawn by H. Reinagle ; engraved by C.G. Childs. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | State House or Hall of Independence / drawn by Geo. Strickland ; engraved by C.G. Childs. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Belen, New Mexico. A brakeman on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad C.G. Kirkland getting off the caboose. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "C.G." is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "C.G." is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 83.33% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | C.G. Smith Limited |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Language | Translations for "C.G."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | calcul du centrage (c.g. calculation). (various references) | |
German | GK (Consul General), GenKons. (Consul General), Generalkonsul (consul general), Gen.-K. (Consul General), G.Kons. (Consul General). (various references) | |
Italian | Console generale (Consul General), CG (Congo, Consul General, Court of Justice, Republic of the Congo). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Translations: Modern 8. Abbreviations | 9. Acronyms 10. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.