s

See also: Appendix:Variations of "s"

s U+0073, s
LATIN SMALL LETTER S
← r
[U+0072] 		Basic Latin t →
[U+0074]
ｓ U+FF53, ｓ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER S
← ｒ
[U+FF52] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｔ →
[U+FF54]

Translingual

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(file)

Symbol

s

  1. (IPA) voiceless alveolar fricative
  2. Symbol for second, an SI unit of measurement of time.

See also

Other representations of S:

English

Pronunciation

  • (letter): IPA(key): /ɛs/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/, /z/, /ʒ/
Audio (US)(file)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S, plural s's)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Number

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Abbreviation

s

  1. (metrology) abbreviation for the scruple (unit of mass in the apothecaries' system)
  2. (physics) Abbreviation of strange quark.
  3. Alternative form of s.

See also

Derived terms

Afar

Letter

s

  1. The fourth letter of the Afar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Article

s n

  1. (definite) the
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Wüssed Si, Herr Bodmer, das isches, was ich so bewundere an de Schwitzer: Ire Humor. I jedere Situazion s’richtige Wort.
      You know, Mr Bodmer, that's what I admire about the Swiss – their humour. The right word for every situation.
    • 2010, Pedro Lenz, Der Goalie bin ig:
      D Wohnig isch d Wohnig und ds Business isch ds Business.
      Accommodation is accommodation, and business is business.

Declension

Alemannic German definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative/Accusative de
dr (Bern)		 d s
ds (Bern)		 d
Dative em der em de
  • Masculine nominative/accusative singular de has the form der before a vowel, e.g. der alt Maa ‘the old man’
  • Dative plural de has the form den before a vowel, e.g. den alte Fraue ‘(to) the old women’
  • Feminine singular d and plural d have the variant di before an adjective, e.g. di jung Mueter ‘the young mother’

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s lower case (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • audio(file)

Preposition

s

  1. with

Usage notes

This preposition is followed by the instrumental case.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛs/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

  • Previous letter: r
  • Next letter: t

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

s

 m

  1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph
    s
    . The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. A cloth

Inflection

Noun

sZ1

 m

  1. A vessel or container (made of gold) [18th dynasty]

Inflection

Noun

sG38

 m

  1. A type of goose, especially as an offering for the dead [Old Kingdom]
  2. Variant form of sr (“type of goose”)

Inflection

Alternative forms

Noun

s

 m

  1. Abbreviation of snb (“health”) in the formula ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb (“life, prosperity, health”)

Noun

s

 m

  1. Abbreviation of sw (“he, him”). [Middle and New Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Romanization

s

  1. Alternative transliteration of z.

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called so and written in the Latin script.

See also

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

See also

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃ]
  • Audio (conjunction)(file)
  • (conjunction): IPA(key): [ˈʃ]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛʃː]

Conjunction

s

  1. and (short variant of és (“and”))

Derived terms

(Compound words):

(Expressions):

Letter

s

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Pronounced sh as in she.

Ido

Pronunciation

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /s/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /se/

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Italian

Noun

s m, f (invariable)

  1. See under S

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

Letter

S

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The thirty-first letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Malay

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /esː/, /ɛsː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/, (in sj, skj, sk, sl) /ʃ/, (in rs) /ʂ/

Letter

s

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Portuguese

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adverb

s

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of sim (“yes”).

Noun

s m (plural s)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of sim (“yes”).

Interjection

s

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of sim (“yes”).

Etymology 3

Noun

s

  1. Abbreviation of segundo.
    1. Used to indicate any sequence of time in seconds.
      O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s - The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Usage notes

  • This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number.
  • This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by m, used to represent minutes, which can be in turn preceded by h, to represent hours.
    • Example: 20h43min08s

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se/, /es/

Letter

s (lowercase, capital S)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /s/. Preceded by r and followed by ş.

Saanich

Pronunciation

Letter

s

  1. The thirty-ninth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. The 24th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by r and followed by š.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom.

Alternative forms

  • (see usage notes) sa

Pronunciation

Preposition

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. (+ instrumental case) with, together with, along with
    raditi s nekim ― to work with somebody
    svađati se s nekim ― to quarrel with somebody
    ratovati s nekim ― to wage war with somebody
    d(j)evojka s plavom kosom ― a girl with blonde hair
    s godinama dolazi mudrost ― with age comes wisdom
    s ljubavlju ― with love
  2. (+ instrumental case) miscellaneous prepositional senses in various phrases
    Šta/što je s tobom? ― What's wrong with you?
    s vremenom ― in time
    pozdraviti se jedno s drugim ― part ways with each other
  3. (+ genitive case) from, off
    pao sam sa stabla ― I fell from the tree
    s druge strane ― on the other side
    sa zapada ― from the west
    s leđa ― from the back
    promatrati s prozora ― to observe from the window
    ljudi s planine ― people from the mountain
  4. (proscribed) (+ genitive case) because of (= iz, zbȍg)
    s tog razloga ― for that reason
Usage notes

s takes the alternative form sa in the following environments:

  • before the sibilants /s, š, z, ž/:
    sa stránē
    aside
    sa škȏlōm
    with school
    sa zȗbom
    with the tooth
    sa žìvotom
    with life
  • before consonant clusters where the second consonant is /s, š, z, ž/:
    sa psȍm
    with the dog
    sa pšènicōm
    with wheat
    {{ux|sh|sa ȑzānjem|with neighing
  • before the instrumental form of the first-person pronoun jȃ (“I”)
    sa mnȏm
    with me

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Abbreviation

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. (grammar) neuter gender (srednji rod)

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

Slovak

Pronunciation

Preposition

s (+ instrumental)

  1. with

Synonyms

Further reading

  • s in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • Tonal orthography: s

Preposition

s

  1. Alternative form of z

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /s/, /s̺/, /s̄/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈese/
    • Audio (Spain)(file)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Swedish

Abbreviation

s

  1. page; Abbreviation of sida.
  2. Swedish Social Democratic Party; Abbreviation of Socialdemokraterna.

Turkish

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Turkish alphabet, called se and written in the Latin script.

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /θ/, /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.

See also

Zulu

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

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