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s (upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  • Pronunciation of IPA [sːɑː, ɑssɑː] with the sound [s]:(file)

s

  1. (IPA) a voiceless alveolar fricative.
    (superscript ⟨ˢ⟩) [s]-fricated release, [s]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [s] – see ⟨ˢ⟩.
  2. Symbol for second, an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • 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 ⟨ſ⟩, an archaic form of writing lower-case s in some positions.

Other representations of S:

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /ɛs/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/, /z/, /ʒ/

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.

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.

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 capital S for the prefix sub-)

s

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

s

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

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.

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.
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’

s lower case (upper case S)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  • IPA(key): /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (upper case S)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

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

s

  1. with [with instrumental]
    Antonyms: bez, beze
    setkat se s někým ― to meet someone
    chléb s máslem ― bread and butter
    s pozdravem ― best regards
  2. (dated, literary) down from, off [with genitive]
    Synonym: z
    dolů z/s kopce ― down the hill
  3. (obsolete) enough for, stronger than, above [with accusative]
    1. today only found in these phrases:
      být s to ― to be capable
      seč ― as much as
      kdo s koho ― who is stronger than whom
  • The more usual form is s, while se is used before words starting with s, z and certain consonant clusters.
  • The use with genitive is dated and normally replaced by z, but it can sometimes be seen in older literature.
  • “s”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “s”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

 m

  1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph

    s

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

Declension of s (masculine)

 m

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

Declension of s (masculine)

 m

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

Declension of s (masculine)

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s  

s
s s

s

 m

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

s

 f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Alternative form of sj (“she, her”)

s

 m sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s  

s

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

  1. Abbreviation of sent; cent

s (upper case S)

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

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and s for information on the development of the glyph itself.

  • IPA(key): /ˈæs/, [ˈæs̠] (letter name)
  • IPA(key): /ˈes/, [ˈe̞s̠] (letter name, dated)

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

  1. Romanization of 𐍃
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃ]
  • Audio; “s” (conjunction):(file)
  • (conjunction): IPA(key): [ˈʃ]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛʃː]

s

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

s

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
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
  • (sound, letter, and abbreviation): s in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /s/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /se/

s (upper case S)

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

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.

Short of さん (san).

s(さん) • (-san) 

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

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and s for development of the glyph itself.

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

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.

 
S

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  • IPA(key): /s/
  • IPA(key): /z/ (by assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

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.

s

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

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

s (masculine der, feminine de, plural de)

  1. the, nominative singular neuter definite article
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /esː/, /ɛsː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/, (in sj, skj, sk, sl) /ʃ/, (in rs) /ʂ/

s

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

  1. Alternative form of z

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and s for development of the glyph itself.

s (upper case S, lower case)

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

Letter name: (esse)

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

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

s m (plural ss)

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

s

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

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
  • 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

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.

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by r and followed by t. Its traditional name is suil (“willow”).

See Translingual section.

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

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

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

  • sa (see usage notes)

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. with, together with, along with [with instrumental]
    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

    • 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.
  2. from, off [with genitive]
    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
  3. (proscribed, shortening of iz tog) (+ genitive case) because of (= iz, zbȍg)
    s tog razloga ― for that reason
  4. miscellaneous prepositional senses in phrases that employ a connection [with instrumental]
    Šta/što je s tobom? ― What's wrong with you?
    s vremenom ― in time

    • 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.

s takes the alternative form sa in the following environments:

  • before the sibilants /s, š, z, ž/:
  • before consonant clusters where the second consonant is /s, š, z, ž/:
  • before the instrumental form of the first-person pronoun jȃ (“I”)

Shortening of srednji rod.

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

  1. (grammar) neuter gender
  • IPA(key): /ˈs/
  • Rhymes: -s
  • Syllabification: s

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and s for development of the glyph itself.

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

  1. Alternative form of z

s (upper case S)

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

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

s (+ instrumental)

  1. with
    Antonyms: bez, bezo
    Tancujem s tebou. ― I am dancing with you.

    • 1903, Jozef Gregor Tajovský, Maco Mlieč :

      Gazda vystrojil mu krásny pohreb s kňazom.
      The farmer held a beautiful funeral with a priest for him.
  • “s”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

s (lower case, upper case S)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The twenty-sixth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  3. The twentieth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

s

  1. Alternative form of z, used before a voiceless consonant
  • “s”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “s”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references
  • IPA(key): (phoneme) /s/, /s̺/, /s̄/
  • IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈese/ [ˈe.se]

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

  1. page; Abbreviation of sida.

Borrowed from Spanish s. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English s.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜐ (sa).
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish s.
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔes/ [ˈʔɛs] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈsa/ [ˈsa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
      • Rhymes: -a
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔese/ [ˈʔɛː.sɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA(key): /s/ [s] (phoneme)

s (lower case, upper case S, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called es and written in the Latin script.

s (lower case, upper case S, Baybayin spelling ᜐ)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called sa and written in the Latin script.

s (lower case, upper case S, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜒ)

  1. (historical) The twenty-second letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ese and written in the Latin script.
  • “s”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

s (Tifinagh spelling ⵙ)

  1. instrumental marker
    1. expresses the means or cause: by means of, with (instrumental)

      ixeddem s ufus

      He works with his hand.

      tessiweř s Tmaziɣt

      She spoke (using) Berber.
    2. used to express temporal expressions

      iffeɣ s ǧiret, idwer-d s wass

      He left at night, he returned at day.
    3. used in numeral constructions

      udfen s sebɛa

      They came in with the seven of them.

When standing alone s takes the form zi, when used before a pronoun it takes the form zzay.

s (upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s (lower case, upper case S)

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