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š U+0161, š
LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
Composition:s [U+0073] + ̌ [U+030C]
Š
[U+0160]
Latin Extended-A Ţ
[U+0162]

Translingual

Symbol

š

  1. (NAPA) a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA [ʃ]).

Cheyenne

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

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

Czech

Letter

š (upper case Š)

  1. The thirtieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Egyptian

Pronunciation

Noun

S
N23 Z1

 m

  1. lake
  2. garden with a pool

Inflection

More information singular, dual ...

Derived terms

References

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Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called šaa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

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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)

  1. 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).

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Lakota

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

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

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Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

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

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Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

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

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From the first letter of šūdas.

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called and written in the Latin script.
  2. euphemistic form of šūdas

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Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

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

See also

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

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

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Lushootseed

Pronunciation

Letter

š

  1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.

Northern Sotho

Pronunciation

Letter

š

  1. The letter of the Northern Sotho alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Romani

Pronunciation

Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)

  1. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ś

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • Š (uppercase)

Pronunciation

Letter

š (Cyrillic spelling ш)

  1. The 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by s and followed by t.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

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

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Slovak

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

  1. 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)

  1. A letter of the Shilha alphabet.

Tswana

Pronunciation

Letter

š

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

Tuareg

Pronunciation

Letter

š (upper case Š)

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

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