s

Alternative forms

• ſ (archaic)

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Symbol

s

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

Gallery

• 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.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /s/, /z/, /ʒ/

Letter

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.

Number

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.

Noun

s

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

Derived terms

• s-hole

Letter

s

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

Alternative forms

• ds (Bern)

Article

s n

1. (definite) the

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /s/

Letter

s lower case (upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Preposition

s

1. with

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛs/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA: /sɛ/
  • Conventional anglicization: se

Noun

 m

1. The object depicted in the hieroglyph . The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. A cloth

Noun

 m

1. A vessel or container (made of gold)

Noun

 m

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

Noun

 m

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

Pronoun

 f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

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

Pronoun

 m sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. Alternative form of sw (“he, him”)

Romanization

s

1. Alternative transliteration of z.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /so/
• (phoneme): IPA: /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈesː/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Noun

s

1. Abbreviation of sent; cent

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæs/, [ˈæs̠]
• IPA: /ˈes/, [ˈe̞s̠] (obsolete)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Noun

s

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA: /ɛs/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Romanization

s

1. Romanization of 𐍃

Alternative forms

• ſ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈʃ]
• (conjunction): IPA: [ˈʃ]
• (letter name): IPA: [ˈɛʃː]

Conjunction

s

1. and (short variant of és (“and”))

Letter

s

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

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA: /s/
• (letter name) IPA: /se/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Letter

s m or f (invariable)

1. see under S

Suffix

s(さん) • (-san) 

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [s]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronoun

s

1. it

Article

s (masculine der, feminine de, plural de)

1. the, nominative singular neuter definite article

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛs/

Letter

s (upper case S, lower case)

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

Pronunciation

Letter name: (esse)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Alternative forms

• ss

Adverb

s

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

Noun

s m (plural ss)

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

Interjection

s

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

Noun

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Letter

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Letter

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Letter

s

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /s/

Letter

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

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

Alternative forms

• (see usage notes) sa

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Preposition

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

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

Alternative forms

• s.

Noun

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

1. (grammar) neuter gender

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Preposition

s (+ instrumental)

1. with

Pronunciation

• IPA: /s/

Preposition

s

1. Alternative form of z, used before a voiceless consonant

Pronunciation

• IPA: (phoneme) /s/, /s̺/, /s̄/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Noun

s

1. page; Abbreviation of sida.

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /θ/, /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /s/
• (letter name): IPA: /sí/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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