s

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /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) [18th dynasty]

Noun

 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”)

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s  

s	s

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”) [Middle and New Kingdom]

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of s  

[Middle Kingdom]	[New Kingdom]

Romanization

s

1. Alternative transliteration of z.

References

• 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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

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^(key): /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^(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio: äs, sissi, sauna, äs:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æs

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^(key): /ɛs/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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^(key): [ˈʃ]

• Audio; “s” (conjunction):

  (file)

• (conjunction): IPA^(key): [ˈʃ]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [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.

Further reading

• (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

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Letter

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.

Etymology

Short of さん (san).

Suffix

s(さん) • (-san) 

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ʔes/ [ʔes]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /ʔeh/ [ʔeh]
  • Rhymes: -es, (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) -eh
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /s/ [s]
  • IPA^(key): (parts of Bauko, Sabangan, & Tadian) /h/ [h]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

References

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

Etymology

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.

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s]

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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^(key): /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^(key): /s/
• IPA^(key): /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.

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s], [z]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

See also

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

s

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z/, /s/

Preposition

s

1. Alternative form of z

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs/

Letter

s (upper case S, lower case)

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2