HS

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See also: hs, Hs, hS, H. S., h's, H's, and ḥs

English

Noun

HS

  1. Initialism of high school.
    Synonym: H. S.
  2. Initialism of health system.
  3. (ski jumping) Initialism of hill size.

Adverb

HS (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, pharmacology) Initialism of half strength.
  2. (medicine, pharmacology) Initialism of hora somni (“literally, hour of sleep; at bedtime”).. From Latin hora somni

Adjective

HS (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of high speed.
    Coordinate terms: HST, HSF, HSC, HSV

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

HS

  1. Initialism of Helsingin Sanomat (the leading newspaper in Finland)
    Synonym: Hesari

Declension

Inflection of HS (type koira)
singular plural
nominative HS HS:t
genitive HS:n HS:ien
partitive HS:ää HS:iä
accusative HS
HS:n 		HS:t
inessive HS:ssä HS:issä
elative HS:stä HS:istä
illative HS:ään HS:iin
adessive HS:llä HS:illä
ablative HS:ltä HS:iltä
allative HS:lle HS:ille
essive HS:nä HS:inä
translative HS:ksi HS:iksi
abessive HS:ttä HS:ittä
instructive – HS:in
comitative – HS:ineen

French

Adjective

HS (invariable)

  1. Initialism of hors-service.
  2. Initialism of hors sujet. (off-topic, irrelevant)

Latin

Etymology

From a shortening of II S where II is 2 in Roman numerals and S stands for sēmis (“half”). This is because a sesterce was worth 2 and a half asses.

Symbol

HS

  1. Alternative form of 𐆘

References

  • “HS”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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