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English Online Dictionary. What means s‎? What does s mean?

Translingual

Alternative forms

ſ (archaic)

Letter

s (upper case S)

The nineteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Symbol

(IPA) a voiceless alveolar fricative.
(superscript ⟨ˢ⟩) [s]-fricated release, [s]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [s] – see ⟨ˢ⟩.
Symbol for second, an SI unit of measurement of time.

Gallery

Letter styles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(name of letter) IPA^(key): /ɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/, /z/, /ʒ/

Letter

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 terms

Number

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 2

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-)

Noun

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

Derived terms

s-hole

Afar

Letter

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

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

ds (Bern)

Etymology

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.

Article

s n

(definite) the
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

Declension

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’

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s lower case (upper case S)

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

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /es̺e/, [e̞.s̺e̞]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Preposition

with [with instrumental]
Antonyms: bez, beze

setkat se s někým ― to meet someone

chléb s máslem ― bread and butter

s pozdravem ― best regards
(dated, literary) down from, off [with genitive]
Synonym: z

dolů z/s kopce ― down the hill
(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

Usage notes

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.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Inflection

Noun

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

Inflection

Noun

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

Inflection

Alternative forms

Noun

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

Pronoun

f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

Alternative form of sj (“she, her”)

Pronoun

m sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

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

Alternative forms

Romanization

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈesː/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Noun

Abbreviation of sent; cent

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Finnish

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)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Derived terms

Noun

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

French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Usage notes

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

Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐍃

Hungarian

Alternative forms

ſ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

and (short variant of és (“and”))

Derived terms

Letter

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

Declension

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Italian

Letter

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.

Japanese

Etymology

Short of さん (san).

Suffix

s(さん) • (-san)

(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of さん (san)

Related terms

c(ちゃん) (chan), ©️(ちゃん)

Kashubian

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)

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

Latin

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Latvian

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]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Livonian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Malay

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Mòcheno

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.

Pronoun

Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Article

s (masculine der, feminine de, plural de)

the, nominative singular neuter definite article

References

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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [s], [z]

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Usage notes

Word or stem-initial ⟨s⟩ is always voiceless. Otherwise the voice distinction is allophonic in Sylt Frisian: [z] occurs intervocalically after a (stressed) long vowel, else [s]. In the other dialects the distinction is phonemic. The general tendency, here too, is that [s] follows short vowels and [z] follows long ones, but there are many exceptions to this rule of thumb.
Palatal ⟨sj⟩ is usually pronounced [ʃ] at the start of a word or stressed syllable. However, in Mooring and predominantly also in Föhr-Amrum Frisian, the spelling ⟨sch⟩ is used for these cases instead of ⟨sj⟩. Compare e.g. Sylt sjocht vs. Mooring schucht.

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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

Nupe

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Old Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /z/, /s/

Preposition

Alternative form of z

Polish

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)

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter name: (esse)

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adverb

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

Noun

s m (plural ss)

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

Interjection

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

Etymology 3

Noun

s m (uncountable)

Abbreviation of segundo.
1. used to indicate any sequence of time in seconds

Usage notes

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

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

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.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

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.

Saanich

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̪/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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”).

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

sa (see usage notes)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Preposition

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

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
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
(proscribed, shortening of iz tog) (+ genitive case) because of (= iz, zbȍg)
s tog razloga ― for that reason
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

Usage notes

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”)

Etymology 3

Shortening of srednji rod.

Alternative forms

Noun

s (Cyrillic spelling с)

(grammar) neuter gender

Silesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/
Rhymes: -s
Syllabification: s

Etymology 1

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.

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Etymology 2

Preposition

Alternative form of z

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъ(n).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

s [with instrumental]

with
Antonyms: bez, bezo

Tancujem s tebou. ― I am dancing with you.

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Preposition

Alternative form of z, used before a voiceless consonant

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Swedish

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Derived terms

foge-s (“joining s; -s-”)

Noun

page; Abbreviation of sida.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /ˈʔes/ [ˈʔɛs] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -es
- IPA^(key): /ˈsa/ [ˈsa] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -a
- IPA^(key): /ˈʔese/ [ˈʔɛː.sɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
  - Rhymes: -ese
- IPA^(key): /s/ [s] (phoneme)

Letter

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

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

Letter

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

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

Letter

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

(historical) The twenty-second letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ese and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From the Abakada alphabet letter s being pronounced as sa.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sa/ [sɐ]
Rhymes: -a

Pronoun

s (Baybayin spelling ᜐ) (Internet slang, text messaging)

Abbreviation of sa: in; on; at

Tarifit

Preposition

s (Tifinagh spelling ⵙ)

instrumental marker
1. expresses the means or cause: by means of, with (instrumental)
2. used to express temporal expressions
3. used in numeral constructions

Usage notes

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

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Turkish

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /θ/, /s/

Letter

s (upper case S)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /ɛs/
- (informal) IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called ès and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by rh and followed by t.

Mutation

s cannot be mutated in Welsh.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

Zulu

Letter

s (lower case, upper case S)

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

s

s

Translingual

Alternative forms

Letter

Pronunciation

Symbol

Gallery

See also

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

Derived terms

Number

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

See also

Afar

Letter

See also

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Article

Declension

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Usage notes

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Noun

Inflection

Noun

Inflection

Alternative forms

Noun

Pronoun

Pronoun

Alternative forms

Romanization

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Estonian

Pronunciation

Letter

Noun

See also

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Finnish

Etymology