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]

𝆍	U+1D18D, 𝆍 MUSICAL SYMBOL SUBITO

← 𝆌
[U+1D18C]

Musical Symbols

𝆎 →
[U+1D18E]

TranslingualEdit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

s

Wikipedia

Alternative formsEdit

ſ (archaic)

LetterEdit

s (upper case S)

The nineteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

PronunciationEdit

IPA (file)

SymbolEdit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Voiceless alveolar fricative

Wikipedia

s

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

GalleryEdit

Letter styles
Uppercase and lowercase versions of S, in normal and italic type
Uppercase (left) and lowercase (right) S in Fraktur. The middle character is an ſ, an archaic form of writing long "s"s.

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

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

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

Derived termsEdit

NumberEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviations. s

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

NounEdit

s

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

Derived termsEdit

s-hole

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

s

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

Alemannic GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ds (Bern)

EtymologyEdit

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.

ArticleEdit

s n

(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.

DeclensionEdit

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’

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s lower case (upper case S)

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

BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/
audio (file)

PrepositionEdit

s

with
Synonym: se

Antonyms: bez, beze

Usage notesEdit

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

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

EgyptianEdit

PronunciationEdit

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: se

NounEdit

m

The object depicted in the hieroglyph

. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. A cloth

InflectionEdit

Declension of s (masculine)

singular	s
dual	swj
plural	sw

NounEdit

m

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

InflectionEdit

Declension of s (masculine)

singular	s
dual	swj
plural	sw

NounEdit

m

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

PronounEdit

f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

Alternative form of sj (“she, her”)

PronounEdit

m sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

Alternative form of sw (“he, him”) [Middle and New Kingdom]

Alternative formsEdit

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s

[Middle Kingdom]

[New Kingdom]

RomanizationEdit

s

Alternative transliteration of z.

ReferencesEdit

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

^ Berman, Lawrence M.; Bohač, Kenneth J. (1999) The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Egyptian Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press, page 140–141

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

(letter name): IPA^(key): /so/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/
Audio (file)

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

EstonianEdit

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

s

Wikipedia ^et

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈesː/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (upper case S)

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

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

NounEdit

s

(housing) Abbreviation of sauna (“sauna”).

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛs/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Usage notesEdit

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

s

Romanization of 𐍃

HungarianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

ſ (obsolete)

PronunciationEdit

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

ConjunctionEdit

s

and (short variant of és (“and”))

Derived termsEdit

Compound words

Expressions

LetterEdit

s

The thirtieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

DeclensionEdit

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

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

s (upper case S)

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

ItalianEdit

LetterEdit

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

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

JapaneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Short of さん (san).

SuffixEdit

s(さん) • (-san)

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of さん (san)

Related termsEdit

c(ちゃん) (chan), ©️(ちゃん)

LatvianEdit

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

s

Wikipedia ^lv

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]

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LetterEdit

S

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (upper case S)

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

MalayEdit

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

MòchenoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

PronounEdit

s

it

InflectionEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

ArticleEdit

s (masculine der, feminine de, plural de)

the, nominative singular neuter definite article

ReferencesEdit

“s” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

NorwegianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

s

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

NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɛs/

LetterEdit

s (upper case S, lower case)

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

PortugueseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

Letter name: (esse)

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.s(ɨ)/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

ss

AdverbEdit

s

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

NounEdit

s m (plural ss)

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

InterjectionEdit

s

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

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

s m (uncountable)

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 notesEdit

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

RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s

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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See Translingual section.

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

(see usage notes) sa

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

PrepositionEdit

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

(+ instrumental case) with, together with, along with
- 1898, Vojislav Stanković, “Đurđevdan”, in Stari Dani‎^[1], 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 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

pozdraviti se jedno s drugim ― part ways with each other
(+ 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
(proscribed, shortening of iz tog) (+ genitive case) because of (= iz, zbȍg)
s tog razloga ― for that reason
(+ instrumental case) miscellaneous prepositional senses in phrases that employ a connection
- 1942-1945, Ivo Andrić, chapter 1, in Na Drini Ćuprija‎^[2]:
  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 vremenom ― in time

Usage notesEdit

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 jȃ (“I”)
sa mnȏm
with me

Etymology 3Edit

Shortening of srednji rod.

Alternative formsEdit

s.

NounEdit

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

(grammar) neuter gender

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/

LetterEdit

s (upper case S)

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

SlovakEdit

Alternative formsEdit

so

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/
IPA^(key): (before voiced and sonorous consonants and before vowels) /z/

PrepositionEdit

s (+ instrumental)

with
- 1903, Jozef Gregor Tajovský, Maco Mlieč :
  Gazda vystrojil mu krásny pohreb s kňazom.
  The farmer held a beautiful funeral with a priest for him.
Antonyms: bez, bezo

Usage notesEdit

The non-sylabic variant s is used when the next word does not begin with s, z, š or ž or with a consonant cluster containing one of these consonants. In all other cases, the variant so is used.

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /s/

PrepositionEdit

s

Alternative form of z, used before a voiceless consonant

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): (phoneme) /s/, /s̺/, /s̄/
IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]
- (Castilian)
  Audio (file)
- Rhymes: -ese

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

SwedishEdit

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Derived termsEdit

foge-s (“joining s; -s-”)

NounEdit

s

page; Abbreviation of sida.

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /θ/, /s/

LetterEdit

s (upper case S)

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

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

The twentieth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called sí and written in the Latin script.

ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

TranslingualEdit

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LetterEdit

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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NumberEdit

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NounEdit

Derived termsEdit

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AfarEdit

LetterEdit

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Alemannic GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

ArticleEdit

DeclensionEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

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DutchEdit

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EgyptianEdit

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EsperantoEdit

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EstonianEdit

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FaroeseEdit

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FinnishEdit

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