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

From the Etruscan letter 𐌔 (s, “es”), from the Ancient Greek letter Σ (S, “sigma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤔 (š, “šin”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌒.

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

S

2. (chemistry) Chemical element symbol for sulfur.
4. (metrology) siemens, a measure of electrical conductance

   Near-synonym: ℧

6. (metrology) spat (obsolete astronomical unit of distance)
8. (metrology) svedberg (unit of sedimentation rate in ultracentrifugation)

   Synonym: Sv

10. stokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)

    Synonym: St

12. (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation) serine

    Synonym: Ser

14. (geology) storativity
16. (thermodynamics) entropy

    $dS=\frac{\delta Q}{T}$ (entropy change associated with heat transfer)

18. (mathematics, topology) sphere
19. (mathematics, computer science) The S ("substitution") combinator, defined as Sxyz = xz(yz), used in SKI calculus
20. (linguistics) A wildcard for a sibilant; or sometimes ambiguously for a stop, fricative, sonorant or semivowel
22. (usually clothing) small (the manufactured size)

    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, M, L, XL, XLT, XXL, XXXL

23. (textiles) A left-handed twist.

    Antonym: Z

24. The symbol in bases higher than twenty-eight for the number expressed as 28 in decimal.
25. (license plate codes) Sweden

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of S, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur, with long and short s in lower case

Other representations of S:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

• Audio (US):

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• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/, /z/, /ʒ/

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.

• (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

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

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

Abbreviation.

S (countable and uncountable, plural Ss)

1. Initialism of south.
2. Initialism of season (group of episodes of a series).

   Coordinate term: E (“episode”)

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

   The pilot episode is S01E01.

3. (usually clothing) Initialism of small (the manufactured size or an item of that size).

   Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, M, L, XL, XLT, XXL, XXXL

4. (music) Initialism of soprano.
5. (television) Initialism of subtitles.

   Synonyms: CC, sub

6. (American Library Association) Initialism of sextodecimo (book size, 15-17.5 cm in height).
7. (sexuality, dated) Initialism of sadist.

S (not comparable)

1. (usually clothing) Initialism of small (of the manufactured size).

   Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, M, L, XL, XXL

2. (education) Initialism of satisfactory.

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

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.

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛs/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

S (plural S's, diminutive S'ie)

1. S

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. Stokoe notation of 𝤃𝪜

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [s]
• (letter name) IPA^(key): [es], [seː], [sɯː]

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /s̺/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

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

• “S”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈe̞.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈe.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.se], [ˈes]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈe.sa]

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called essa, esse or es and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• /z/, /ʃ/ are from West Germanic *s.
• For the origin of /s/, see ß.

• (German-based) /z/, (coda or doubled) /s/, (in initial sp, st) /ʃ/
• (Dutch-based) /s/

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.
2. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (Dutch-based), written in the Latin script.

• In the German-based spelling, /s/ after long vowels and diphthongs is represented by ß (see there).
• In the Dutch-based spelling, /z/ is represented by z (see there). /ʃ/ is represented by sj.

• IPA^(key): /s/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese, written in the Latin script.

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
• The pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other contexts (such as English).
• The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄙ (ê̄s), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.

S

1. (chess) abbreviation of springer (“knight”)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛs/

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S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, IJ ij, 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

See s.

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

S

1. abbreviation of sudo (“south”)

S

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of ŝi (“she”)

• (she): Ŝ

• “s”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “so”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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.

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

• (letter) IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

S

1. abbreviation of sud; south

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

S

1. abbreviation of sur (“south”)

• (south): N

For the origin of the letter, see s.

• (letter) IPA^(key): /ɛs/, [ʔɛs]

  • Audio:

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  • Homophones: ess, Es, es (last only when stressed, which is rare)
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /z/, /s/, /ʃ/ (see etymology section)

• Audio (Germany):

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S n (upper case, lower case s or (obsolete) ſ)

1. The nineteenth letter of the German alphabet, called es and written in the Latin script.
   • 1877, Dr. Schröer, “Gelegentliche 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), 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 (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

S n (strong, genitive S, plural S)

1. S

S

1. abbreviation of Süd (“south”)
2. (chess) abbreviation of Springer (“knight”)
   • 2023 April, “Übersetzung der FIDE-Schachregeln gültig ab 1. Januar 2023”, in FIDE‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 August 2025, page 25:

     1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Se4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 e.p. Sxd6 7.Lg5 Sc6 8.De3 + Le7 9.Sbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Kb1 (=)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “S”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈʃ]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛʃː]

• Audio (phoneme):

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S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames: ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ and others.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛs(ː)] (letter name)

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

• IPA^(key): /s/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛs/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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

• “S”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.se/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsse
• (phonemic realization, between vowels) IPA^(key): /z/, /s/
• (phonemic realization, when followed by a voiceless consonant) IPA^(key): /s/
• (phonemic realization, when followed by a voiced consonant) IPA^(key): /z/

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

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

S m

1. abbreviation of sud; south

• (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

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨ]
• (Tokyo) エス [éꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])

From English superior.

S(エス) • (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

• English: S

From English small.

S(エス) • (esu) 

1. small size

• 小(しょう) (shō)

• L (L)
• M (M)

From English sadism; compare English S&M.

S(エス) • (esu) 

1. (sexuality, euphemistic) sadism, sadist
2. (colloquial) Of one who likes to tease others
3. (colloquial) dominant personality

• M(エム) (emu)

• ドS(エス) (do-esu)

Initialism of English speed (“Amphetamine”)

• エス

S(エス) • (esu) 

1. (slang) Amphetamine

• チョコ (choko)

Borrowed from Tagalog S. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English S.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ʔes/ [ʔes]
  • Rhymes: -es
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/ [s]

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[3] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

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 (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

The Khiamniungan Naga language is presently written using the Latin alphabet. No indigenous or alternative script has been documented from earlier periods in the language's history. For a detailed description of the writing system's conventions including vowel and Consonant representation, tone marking (such as the use of h for glottal, the letter ü is pronounced ə), and orthographic rules, see the Wikipedia article on the Khiamniungan alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /sə³³/

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. (Patsho) The seventeenth letter of the Khiamniungan Naga alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ch ch, E e, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, Ny ny, O o, P p, Ph ph, S s, Sh sh, T t, Th th, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, U u, Ü ü, V v, W w, Y y

Uppercase	IPA	Canonical Pronunciation	Phonetic examples in English	Phonetic examples in Khiamniungan Naga
A	a	aa	father	āmpāu(pastor)
Ch	tʃʰ	tʃʰə	chair, watch	chām(book)
E	ɛ	a	bed, elephant	ēm(colony of Jhumland)
H	h	hə	husband	hǖhêi(hello)
I	i	ee	beet	îe(winnowing tray)
J	tʃ	tʃə	picture, culture, nature	jām(house)
K	k	kə	sky, skip	kēu(uncle)
Kh	kʰ	kʰə	canoe, Cost, cat	khèu(head)
L	l	lə	alone	lāi(spear)
M	m	mə	money	màu(ant)
N	n	nə	nine, never	nòk
Ng	ŋ	ŋə	sing, throng	ngēm(news)
Ny	ɲ	ɲə	canyon, bunyan	nyù(mother)
O	ɔ	ɔ	orange	ônyù(sky)
P	P	pə	spill, span	pòu(father)
Ph	pʰ	pʰə	pound	phōh(hand)
S	ʃ	ʃə	shine	sā(liver)
Sh	ʃʰ	ʃʰə	shine (with a more aspirated "sh")	shām(mat)
T	t	tə	stop, stand	tòuh(wild pig)
Th	tʰ	tʰə	Thomas	thoi(pumking)
Ts	ts	tsə	cats, hats, pizza	tsēm(salt)
Tsh	Tsʰ	Tsʰə	tshep(kiss)	tshō(traditional basket)
U	ʊ, u	ʊ, u	look, hoop	ûo(goat)
Ü	ə	ə	banana	chǖlám(corn)
V	v	və	very	vèu(chicken)
W	w	wə	watt	wā(flour)
Y	j	jə	yellow	yòh(pig)
Glottal(h) is used at the end of the word	ʔ	ʔ stop	Mountain, button, cotton	chāh(through)

S (upper case, lower case s)

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /s/.

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

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.

• IPA^(key): [s]

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) burts; A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) Buschtaf; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (Ë ë, É é), 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

S m (plural S-en or S)

1. the letter S

• S in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

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

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á, Ą ą, Ą́ ą́), B b, Ch ch, Chʼ chʼ, D d, Dl dl, Dz dz, E e (É é, Ę ę, Ę́ ę́), G g, Gh gh, H h, Hw hw, X x, I i (Í í, Į į, Į́ į́), J j, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, ʼ, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n (Ń ń), O o (Ó ó, Ǫ ǫ, Ǫ́ ǫ́), S s, Sh sh, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tł tł, Tłʼ tłʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

The uppercase form of s. From Latin S, through Etruscan 𐌔 (s), from a western form of Ancient Greek Σ (S, “sigma”), ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔 (š, “šīn; tooth”). The shape and alphabetic position of Greek sigma continue Phoenician šīn, whose sibilant sound was adapted to Greek /s/. The Greek name σίγμα (sígma, “sigma”) may have been influenced by Phoenician 𐤎 (s, “sāmek”), while the latter letter otherwise developed into Greek Ξ (X, “xi”). A rounded, three-stroke western Greek form passed through Etruscan into the Latin alphabet and developed into the modern capital ⟨S⟩. The Norwegian letter name ess ultimately continues Latin es (“the name of the letter S”).

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛsː/, /esː/
• (consonant sound) IPA^(key): /s/
• (in ⟨sj⟩, ⟨skj⟩, ⟨sk⟩ and ⟨sl⟩) IPA^(key): /ʃ/
• (in ⟨rs⟩) IPA^(key): /ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsː
• Homophone: s
• Hyphenation: S

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Æ æ, Ø ø, Å å

S m (definite singular S-en, indefinite plural S-er, definite plural S-ene)

1. The uppercase form of s, the nineteenth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by r and followed by t.
2. The written representation of the Norwegian consonant sound /s/. In certain combinations, including ⟨sj⟩, ⟨skj⟩, ⟨sk⟩ and ⟨sl⟩, it may form the sound /ʃ/, while ⟨rs⟩ may be pronounced /ʂ/.
3. The consonant sound represented by the letter S.
   • 2026, Erik Fosnes Hansen, Om natten er jeg i Kina, page 91:

     hun hadde problemer med det stemte s-ene, ellers gikk det stort sett bra med [den tyske] uttalen

     she had trouble with the voiced s sounds, but otherwise the [German] pronunciation was mostly fine

4. A figure, curve, shape, formation, object, or mark resembling the uppercase letter S.
5. (cooking) A cookie made by piping dough into the shape of the letter S.

S

1. (education, historical) An abbreviation for the former school grade særdeles tilfredsstillende (“especially satisfactory”) or særs godt (“especially good”).
   • 1992, Vigdis Hjorth, Fransk åpning, page 121:

     hun fikk S på en stiloppgave i åttende klasse

     she received an S on an essay assignment in eighth grade

   • 1997, Tove Nilsen, G for Georg, page 150:

     det er nesten ingen som får S i både matte og fysikk

     almost no one gets an S in both mathematics and physics

   • 2022, Lars Petter Sveen, Kunsten å stamme – uten at noen merker det, page 122:

     jeg [kom] hjem med M og S og 57 av 59 rette

     I [came] home with an M and an S and 57 out of 59 correct

S

1. (chemistry) The chemical symbol for sulfur.
2. The symbol for south.
3. (metrology) The symbol for the siemens, the SI unit of electrical conductance.
4. (clothing, size) A size designation meaning small.
   • 1997 November 1, Nordlys, page 16:

     denne jakka … er størrelse L. Jeg bruker normalt S eller kanskje M

     this jacket … is size L. I normally wear S, or perhaps M

• “S” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “S” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
• “S” in Encyclopædia Britannica.
• “S – bokstav” in Store norske leksikon.

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; 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, Æ æ, Ø ø, Å å

S m (definite singular S-en, indefinite plural S-ar, definite plural S-ane)

1. the letter S

• “S” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/, [s], [ʃ]

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Aa aa, C c, Cw cw, H h, I i, Ii ii, K k, Kʼ kʼ, Kw kw, Kwʼ kwʼ, L l, Lh lh, M m, N n, P p, Pʼ pʼ, Q q, Qʼ qʼ, Qw qw, Qwʼ qwʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Tlʼ tlʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Uu uu, W w, X x, Xw xw, Y y, 7

• IPA^(key): /s/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ/

• Syllables - sa, Count - 1

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S (upper case, lower case s)

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs/

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S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

S m (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /s/

S (upper case, lower 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.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /s/

S (upper case, lower case s)

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

• (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<

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