s

1. The 19th letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter s.
3. The 19th in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter S.

The nineteenth letter of the modern English alphabet was signified by sail [willow] in the ogham alphabet of early Ireland. The S symbol was frequently depicted in early Celtic art and was distinctive of the La Tène period (c.450–50BC). Modern commentators see in its double spiral associations with sky and solar cults.

Due to technical restrictions, ſ (long s), S# (Script.NET), and S#arp (S♯arp) redirect here.

For other uses of "S", see S (disambiguation).

Look up S or s in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Basic Latin alphabet
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh
Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn
Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt
Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

S is the nineteenth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈɛs/) is spelled ess, or usually es- when part of a compound word; the plural is esses.^[1]

Contents 1 Usage 2 Codes for computing 3 See also 4 References

Usage

S represents the voiceless alveolar fricative /s/ in most languages; it also commonly represents the voiced alveolar fricative /z/, as in the Portuguese mesa, the English does, or the German sein. It may also represent the voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ], as in Hungarian and German (before p, t).

Codes for computing

Alternative representations of S

NATO phonetic	Morse code
Sierra	···

Signal flag	Flag semaphore	Braille

In Unicode, the capital S is U+0053 and the lower case s is U+0073.

The ASCII code for capital S is 83 and for lowercase s is 115; or in binary 01010011 and 01110011, correspondingly.

The EBCDIC code for capital S is 226 and the code for lowercase s is 162.

The numeric character references in HTML and XML are "S" and "s" for upper and lower case respectively.

See also

С, с - Es (Cyrillic) Ц, ц - Tse (Cyrillic) Σ, σ - Sigma (Greek) Ƨ, ƨ — reversed S (used in Zhuang transliteration) ſ — long s $ — the dollar sign ∫, ∫ — the integral sign

ß — the German Eszett or "sharp s" ʃ — Esh (used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiceless postalveolar fricative) Ѕ, ѕ — Cyrillic letter Dze -dd — Is treated with an "S" sound in Gaelic, especially at the end of words § the Section Sign

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References

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (December 2008)

1. ^ "S" Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "ess," op. cit.

The Basic modern Latin alphabet
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - det 19. bogstav i alfabetet

2.
abbr. - side, syd, small, sankt, shilling
symb. - matematisk symbol for afstand

1.
n. - det 19. bogstav i alfabetet

2.
abbr. - S, side, syd, small, sankt, shilling
symb. - svovl

Nederlands (Dutch)
s, enkelvoud, zie, seconde, is, voldoende (cijfer)

Français (French)
1.
n. - s (dix-neuvième lettre de l'alphabet)

2.
abbr. - seconde, section, (GB) shilling, (Ling) singulier, solide, fils, réussi, (Phys) quark étrange
symb. - (Math) distance

1.
n. - S (dix-neuvième lettre de l'alphabet), quelque chose en forme de S

2.
abbr. - Saint, petit, sud, Suède, (Phys) siemens
symb. - (Chim) sulfure, entropie

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - s

2.
abbr. - Süden, südlich, Sankt, Sekunde, Singular, Sohn, Schilling, erfolgreich, (chem.) fest
symb. - (chem.) Schwefel

1.
n. - S

2.
abbr. - Süden, südlich, Sankt, Sekunde, Singular, Sohn, Schilling, erfolgreich, (chem.) fest
symb. - (chem.) Schwefel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το δέκατο ένατο γράμμα του αγγλικού αλφαβήτου
symb. - (χημ.) θείο
abbr. - άγιος, Νότος, δευτερόλεπτα, ενικός, σελίνι(α), υιός, βραχ. του is ή του has, κτητικό 's

Italiano (Italian)
Sud, suffisso dopo l'apostrofo per denotare possesso (Genitivo Sassone)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - 19a. letra do alfabeto inglês
symb. - segundo, sulphur
abbr. - singular, seção

Русский (Russian)
19-я буква английского алфавита

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - décimo novena letra del abecedario , algo en forma de s

2.
abbr. - abreviatura de segundo, sección, chelín, singular, sólido, hijo, cuark raro, éxito
symb. - (Mat) símbolo distancia , segundo

1.
n. - décimo novena letra del abecedario, algo en forma de S

2.
abbr. - talla pequeña, abreviatura de santo , pequeño, sur, Suecia, satisfactorio, frase, firma, soltero, suave, (mús) soprano, sureño, sajón
symb. - azufre (sulfur), segundo, (bioquím) serine

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - S
symb. - s-formig krök, svavel (kem.), son
abbr. - södra, small, sankt, shilling

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
字母s, 字母的第19个, 秒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 字母s
symb. - 字母的第19個
abbr. - 秒

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 명사의 소유격 의미, 글자, 숫자, 기호 따위의 복수 어미

2.
abbr. - second(초), section(부분), shilling(실링), singular(남다른), solid(고체의)
symb. - 거리

1.
n. - 영어 알파벳의 열 아홉째 'S'

2.
abbr. - saint(성인), siemens(지멘스), small(작은), south[ern](남쪽), Sweden(스웨덴)
symb. - 유황, 엔트로피

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - エス, S字形のもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألحرف ألتاسع عشر من ألابجديه ألانكليزيه (علامه) sulphur, عنصر ألكبريت (اختصار) شلن , shilling ثانيه second‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האות ה-91 באלפבית האנגלי‬
abbr. - ‮שנייה, שילינג, מידה קטנה, דרום, בן, גופרית (כימיה), פרק/חלק, מוצק (כימיה), קווארק מוזר‬
symb. - ‮מרחק (מתמטיקה)‬
n. - ‮האות התשעה-עשר באלפבית האנגלי‬
abbr. - ‮קדוש, דרומ(י), שבדיה, סימנס - יחידת מוליכות חשמלית‬
symb. - ‮גופרית (יסוד)‬

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