S

See also: s, 's, -s, ѕ, Ѕ, Տ, Ꮪ, and Appendix:Variations of "s"

S U+0053, S LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S ← R [U+0052] Basic Latin T → [U+0054]

Ｓ U+FF33, Ｓ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S ← Ｒ [U+FF32] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｔ → [U+FF34]

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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

S (lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter S):  Śś  Ṥṥ  Ŝŝ  Šš  Ṧṧ  Ṡṡẛ  Şş  Ṣṣ  Ṩṩ  Șș  S̩s̩  ᵴ  ᶊ  ʂ  ȿ  ꜱ  Ｓｓ  ſ  ẞß  stſt

SymbolEdit

S

1. (chemistry) symbol for sulfur / sulphur
2. (metrology) symbol for siemens, a measure of electrical conductance.
3. (metrology) symbol for spat (obsolete astronomical unit of distance).
4. (metrology) symbol for svedberg (unit of sedimentation rate in ultracentrifugation).
5. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for serine
6. (geology) symbol for storativity
7. (mathematics, topology) sphere
8. (mathematics, computer science) The S ("substitution") combinator, defined as Sxyz = xz(yz), used in SKI calculus

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
• 

  Normal and italic S

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  Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of S:

NATO phonetic: Sierra Morse code: ··· Braille: ⠎ ASL Manual: S

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter) IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/, /z/, /ʒ/

LetterEdit

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

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

NumberEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

S (plural Ss)

1. (American Library Association) Abbreviation of sextodecimo; a book size, 15-17.5 cm in height.
2. South.
3. Abbreviation of season. (group of episodes of a series).

   I watched S01 through 03. I have yet to watch the S04.

   The pilot episode is S01E01.

Etymology 3Edit

From the first letter of set and of stage, two fundamental concepts of the theory.

Proper nounEdit

S

1. (set theory) An axiomatic set theory, developed by logician George Boolos, in which several of the axioms of ZF are derivable as theorems.

   S has no axiom of extensionality and identity is absent from the other S axioms.

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AfarEdit

LetterEdit

S

1. The forth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See AlsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe S)

1. The letter S

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AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

S upper case (lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

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EsperantoEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

AbbreviationEdit

S

1. Abbreviation of sudo (“south”).
2. (text messaging) Abbreviation of ŝi (“she”).

Alternative formsEdit

• (she): Ŝ

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter) IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛs

AbbreviationEdit

S

1. Abbreviation of sud; south.

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) lettre; A a (À à,  â, Æ æ), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Πî, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n (Ñ ñ), O o (Ô ô, Œ œ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ÿ ÿ), Z z

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GalicianEdit

AbbreviationEdit

S

1. sur (south)

AntonymsEdit

• (south): N

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: es

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. The nineteenth letter of the German alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.
   • 1877, Dr. Schröer, Gelegentlche Bemerkungen über erhöhte Ansprüche, die nun an die Aufzeichnung mundartlicher Sprachproben zu stellen wären, in: Die deutschen Mundarten. Zeitschrift für Dichtung, Forschung und Kritik. Herausgegeben von Dr. G. karl Frommann. Siebenter Band (neuer Folge erster Band), page 15:

     Für die zweierlei S, das scharfe ß und das weiche, tönende s, sind die Zeichen s und ſ zu empfehlen. Letzteres wird im Französischen, Englischen, Holländischen, Polnischen, Madjarischen mit z bezeichnet, das wir nicht annehmen können, weil bei uns, wie schon bemerkt, z den Laut ts bezeichnet.

AbbreviationEdit

S

1. Abbreviation of Süd; south

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German Sign LanguageEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "S".

ProductionEdit

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “S” shape.

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed)

1. the letter S

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

S (lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛsse/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/, /z/
• (phoneme, when followed by a voiceless consonant) IPA^(key): /s/
• (phoneme, when followed by a voiced consonant) IPA^(key): /z/

LetterEdit

S m, f (invariable, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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JapaneseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Tokyo) エ​ス [éꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨᵝ]

Etymology 1Edit

From English superior.

NounEdit

S (katakana エス, rōmaji esu)

1. (education) highest academic grading in the S-A-B-C-F scale
2. (chiefly video games) S, the highest rank or grade (above A) commonly used in ranking systems in video games

DescendantsEdit

• English: S

Etymology 2Edit

From English small

NounEdit

S (katakana エス, rōmaji esu)

1. small size

SynonymsEdit

• 小 (しょう) (shō)

Related termsEdit

• L
• M

Etymology 3Edit

From English sadism

NounEdit

S (katakana エス, rōmaji esu)

1. (sexuality, euphemistic) sadism, sadist
2. (colloquial) dominant personality

AntonymsEdit

• M

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LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [s]

LetterEdit

S

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛs]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [s]

LetterEdit

S

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /se/, /es/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

S

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

S (lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) čŕka; A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /sæ/

LetterEdit

S upper case (lower case s)

1. The ninth letter of the Somali alphabet, called sa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

1. The ninth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by R and followed by SH.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

AbbreviationEdit

S

1. Abbreviation of sur; south

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛt̚˧˦ si˨˩], [ʔɛt̚˧˦ si˨˩], [səː˨˩], [səː˨˩ naŋ˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛt̚˦˧˥ ʂɪj˦˩], [ʔɛt̚˦˧˥ sɪj˦˩], [ʂəː˦˩], [ʂəː˦˩ naŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛk̚˦˥ ʂɪj˨˩], [ʔɛk̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩], [ʂəː˨˩], [ʂəː˨˩ naŋ˨˩˨] ~ [ʔɛk̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩], [ʔɛk̚˦˥ sɪj˨˩], [səː˨˩], [səː˨˩ naŋ˨˩˨]
• Phonetic: ét sì, ét xì, sờ, sờ nặng

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ét, ét-xì, sờ, or sờ nặng and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z