s

See also: Appendix:Variations of "s"

s U+0073, s
LATIN SMALL LETTER S
r
[U+0072]
Basic Latin t
[U+0074]
U+FF53, s
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER S

[U+FF52]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF54]
𝆍 U+1D18D, 𝆍
MUSICAL SYMBOL SUBITO
𝆌
[U+1D18C]
Musical Symbols 𝆎
[U+1D18E]

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • ſ (archaic)

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

  • (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/
    • (file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/, /z/, /ʒ/

Letter

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

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

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.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations. s

  1. (stenoscript) the sound /s/ in a word.
    [an orthographic ⟨s⟩ pronounced /z/ is transcribed z)
  2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of us.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of saw.
  4. (stenoscript) the prefix or initial syllable sub-
    [some manuals advise S for the prefix sub-]

Noun

s

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

See also


Afar

Letter

s

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

See also


Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German daz, from Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *só. Cognate with German das, Dutch dat, English that, Icelandic það.

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


Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ese and written in the Latin script.

See also


Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech s, from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • (file)

Preposition

s

  1. with

Usage notes

This preposition is followed by the instrumental case (7th case of the Czech grammatical system).

Synonyms

Antonyms

Further reading

  • s in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • s in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (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


Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

 m

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

Inflection

Noun

 m

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

Inflection

Noun

 m

  1. A type of waterfowl, perhaps the Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)[1], especially as an offering for the dead [Old Kingdom]
  2. Variant form of sr (type of goose)

Inflection

Alternative forms

Noun

 m

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

Pronoun

 f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Alternative form of sj (she, her)

Pronoun

 m sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Alternative form of sw (he, him) [Middle and New Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Romanization

s

  1. Alternative transliteration of z.

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 51.
  • Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  1. Berman, Lawrence M.; Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 140–141

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /so/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/
  • (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


Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈesː/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Noun

s

  1. Abbreviation of sent; cent

See also


Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

See also


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæs/, [ˈæs̠]
  • IPA(key): /ˈes/, [ˈe̞s̠] (obsolete)
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äs or es and written in the Latin script.

See also

Noun

s

  1. (housing) Abbreviation of sauna (sauna).

French

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛs/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the French 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


Gothic

Romanization

s

  1. Romanization of 𐍃

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • ſ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃ]
  • (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 thirtieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative s s-ek
accusative s-et s-eket
dative s-nek s-eknek
instrumental s-sel s-ekkel
causal-final s-ért s-ekért
translative s-sé s-ekké
terminative s-ig s-ekig
essive-formal s-ként s-ekként
essive-modal
inessive s-ben s-ekben
superessive s-en s-eken
adessive s-nél s-eknél
illative s-be s-ekbe
sublative s-re s-ekre
allative s-hez s-ekhez
elative s-ből s-ekből
delative s-ről s-ekről
ablative s-től s-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
s-é s-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
s-éi s-ekéi
Possessive forms of s
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. s-em s-eim
2nd person sing. s-ed s-eid
3rd person sing. s-e s-ei
1st person plural s-ünk s-eink
2nd person plural s-etek s-eitek
3rd person plural s-ük s-eik

See also

Further reading

  • (sound, letter, and abbreviation): s in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (and): s in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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

Letter

s f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case S)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called esse and written in the Latin script.

Japanese

Etymology

Short of さん (san).

Suffix

s(さん) (-san) 

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of さん (san)

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

  • IPA(key): [s]

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.

See also


Malay

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

See also


Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/
  • IPA(key): /z/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also


Mòcheno

Etymology 1

From Middle High German ëz, iz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-West Germanic *it, from Proto-Germanic *it, nominative/accusative singular neuter of *iz. Cognate with German es.

Pronoun

s

  1. it
Inflection
Personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person i biar
2nd person du ir
3rd person er, si, s sei

Etymology 2

From Middle High German daz, from Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate with German das, English that.

Article

s (masculine der, feminine de, plural de)

  1. the, nominative singular neuter definite article

References


Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s

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

Nupe

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

See also


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs/

Letter

s (upper case S, lower case)

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

See also

Further reading

  • s in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • s in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter name: (esse)

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.se/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Alternative forms

Adverb

s

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

Noun

s m (plural ss)

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

Interjection

s

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

Noun

s m (uncountable)

  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

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. (International Standard) The twenty-fourth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-fifth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also


Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

See also


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 twenty-fourth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

  • (see usage notes) sa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Preposition

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. (+ instrumental case) with, together with, along with
    • 1898, Vojislav Stanković, “Đurđevdan”, in Stari Dani, page 1:
      Gledam živu, tesnu ulicu, ograđenu visokim zidovima, s velikim kapijama i razgranatim drvećem, koje se pruža, te je kiti zelenom.
      I look at lively, narrow streets, high fenced walls, with large gates and branched trees, which stretch, and adorn it with green.
    raditi s nekimto work with somebody
    svađati se s nekimto quarrel with somebody
    ratovati s nekimto wage war with somebody
    d(j)evojka s plavom kosoma girl with blonde hair
    s godinama dolazi mudrostwith age comes wisdom
    s ljubavljuwith love
    pozdraviti se jedno s drugimpart ways with each other
  2. (+ genitive case) from, off
    pao sam sa stabla.I fell from the tree.
    s druge straneon the other side
    sa zapadafrom the west
    s leđafrom the back
    promatrati s prozorato observe from the window
    ljudi s planinepeople from the mountain
  3. (proscribed, shortening of iz tog) (+ genitive case) because of (= iz, zbȍg)
    s tog razlogafor that reason
  4. (+ instrumental case) miscellaneous prepositional senses in phrases that employ a connection
    • 1942-1945, Ivo Andrić, chapter 1, in Na Drini Ćuprija:
      Tako su se i ovde, s vremenom, rojile kuće i množila naselja na oba kraja mosta.
      Here also in time the houses crowded together and the settlemnts multiplied at both ends of the bridge.
    Šta/što je s tobom?What's wrong with you?
    s vremenomin time
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
    sa ȑzānjem
    with neighing
  • before the instrumental form of the first-person pronoun (I)
    sa mnȏm
    with me

Etymology 3

Shortening of srednji rod.

Alternative forms

Noun

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. (grammar) neuter gender

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 slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s/

Preposition

s

  1. Alternative form of z, used before a voiceless consonant

Further reading

  • s”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /s/, /s̺/, /s̄/
  • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

See also


Swedish

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

See also

Noun

s

  1. page; Abbreviation of sida.

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


Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /sí/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called 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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