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See also: Appendix:Variations of "s"
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Translingual
Symbol
š
Cheyenne
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- A letter of the Cheyenne alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Czech
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- The thirtieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ʃɛ/
- Conventional anglicization: she
Noun
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Inflection
Derived terms
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 313, 380.
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Estonian
Pronunciation
Letter
š (lower case, upper case Š)
- The twentieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called šaa and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords.
See also
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Finnish
Etymology
Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Š on Wikipedia.
Letter
š (lower case, upper case Š)
- A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-s or suhu-s and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
- In the Finnish alphabet, š is a variant of s.
- Used only in loanwords and transcribing foreign names.
- Often spelled as s or sh, mainly due to technical restrictions (e.g. š cannot be directly typed with the standard Finnish keyboard layout).
See also
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Lakota
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a (Á á), Aŋ aŋ (Áŋ áŋ), B b, Č č, Čh čh, Čʼ čʼ, E e (É é), G g, Ǧ ǧ, H h, Ȟ ȟ, Ȟʼ ȟʼ, I i (Í í), Iŋ iŋ (Íŋ íŋ), K k, Kh kh, Kȟ kȟ, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó), P p, Ph ph, Pȟ pȟ, Pʼ pʼ, S s, Sʼ sʼ, Š š, Šʼ šʼ, T t, Th th, Tȟ tȟ, Tʼ tʼ, U u (Ú ú), Uŋ uŋ (Úŋ úŋ), W w, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, ʼ
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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
Letter
š (lower case, upper case Š)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.
See also
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From the first letter of šūdas.
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.
- euphemistic form of šūdas
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Livonian
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- The thirty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
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Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- ẜch (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.
See also
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Lushootseed
Pronunciation
Letter
š
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.
Northern Sotho
Pronunciation
Letter
š
- The letter of the Northern Sotho alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Romani
Pronunciation
Letter
š (lower case, upper case Š)
- (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- Synonym: (International Standard) ś
See also
- (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).
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- Š (uppercase)
Pronunciation
Letter
š (Cyrillic spelling ш)
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Slovak
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Further reading
- “š”, 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, 2003–2025
Tashelhit
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- A letter of the Shilha alphabet.
Tswana
Pronunciation
Letter
š
- The letter of the Tswana alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Tuareg
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š)
- A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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