HS

See also: hs, Hs, hS, H. S., h's, H's, and ḥs

English

Noun

HS

1. Initialism of high school.
   • Synonym: H. S.
2. Initialism of health system.
3. (ski jumping) Initialism of hill size.

Adverb

HS (not comparable)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) Initialism of half strength.
2. (medicine, pharmacology) Initialism of hora somni (“literally, hour of sleep; at bedtime”).. From Latin hora somni

Adjective

HS (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of high speed.

   Coordinate terms: HST, HSF, HSC, HSV

Anagrams

• S&H, SH, sh

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːˌæs/, [ˈho̞ːˌæs̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈhoːˌes/, [ˈho̞ːˌe̞s̠] (dated)

Proper noun

HS

1. Initialism of Helsingin Sanomat (the leading newspaper in Finland)

   Synonym: Hesari

Declension

Declension of HS (type koira) singular plural nominative HS HS:t genitive HS:n HS:ien partitive HS:ää HS:iä accusative HS HS:n HS:t inessive HS:ssä HS:issä elative HS:stä HS:istä illative HS:ään HS:iin adessive HS:llä HS:illä ablative HS:ltä HS:iltä allative HS:lle HS:ille essive HS:nä HS:inä translative HS:ksi HS:iksi instructive – HS:in abessive HS:ttä HS:ittä comitative – HS:ineen

French

Adjective

HS (invariable)

1. Initialism of hors-service.
2. Initialism of hors sujet. (off-topic, irrelevant)

Latin

Etymology

From a shortening of II S where II is 2 in Roman numerals and S stands for sēmis (“half”). This is because a sesterce was worth 2 and a half asses.

Symbol

HS

1. The symbol used to precede a number to indicate that the number is a value in sesterces.

References

• “HS”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers