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Translingual
Symbol
š
( NAPA ) a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA ).
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
Noun
m
lake
garden with a pool
Inflection
Declension of š (masculine)
Derived terms
References
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
See also
( Latin-script letters) täht ; A a , B b (C c ), D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p (Q q ), R r , S s , Š š , Z z , Ž ž , T t , U u , V v (W w ), Õ õ , Ä ä , Ö ö , Ü ü (X x , Y y )
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
( Latin-script letters) kirjain ; A a , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s (Š š ), T t , U u , V v (W w ), X x , Y y , Z z (Ž ž ), Å å , Ä ä , Ö ö
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
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
š (lower case , upper case Š )
The twenty-seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet , called eš and written in the Latin script .
See also
Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti : A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , Ģ ģ , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , Ķ ķ , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
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 .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ę ę , Ė ė , F f , G g , H h , I i , Į į , Y y , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ų ų , Ū ū , V v , Y y , Z z , Ž ž
Livonian
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š )
The thirty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦ ; A a , Ā ā , Ä ä , Ǟ ǟ , B b , D d , D̦ d̦ , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , Ō ō , Ȯ ȯ , Ȱ ȱ , Õ õ , Ȭ ȭ , P p , R r , Ŗ ŗ , S s , Š š , T t , Ț ț , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Lower Sorbian
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
( Latin-script letters) pismik ; A a , B b , C c , Č č , Ć ć , D d , E e , Ě ě , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , J j , K k , Ł ł , L l , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o (Ó ó ), P p , R r , Ŕ ŕ , S s , Š š , Ś ś , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ž ž , Ź ź
( obsolete letters ) B́ b́ , Ė ė , Ḿ ḿ , Ṅ ṅ , Ṕ ṕ , Ṙ ṙ , ſ , ß , Ꞩ ẜ , Ẃ ẃ , Ẇ ẇ , Ż ż
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
Pronunciation
Letter
š (Cyrillic spelling ш )
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 )
The twenty-ninth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) bukva ; A a , Â â , B b , C c , Č č , Ʒ ʒ , Ǯ ǯ , D d , Đ đ , E e , F f , G g , Ǧ ǧ , Ǥ ǥ , H h , I i , J j , K k , Ǩ ǩ , L l , M m , N n , Ŋ ŋ , O o , Õ õ , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , V v , Z z , Ž ž , Å å , Ä ä , ʹ
Slovak
Pronunciation
Letter
š (upper case Š )
The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovak alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) písmeno ; A a , Á á , Ä ä , B b , C c , Č č , D d , Ď ď , Dz dz , Dž dž , E e , É é , F f , G g , H h , Ch ch , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ĺ ĺ , Ľ ľ , M m , N n , Ň ň , O o , Ó ó , Ô ô , P p , Q q , R r , Ŕ ŕ , S s , Š š , T t , Ť ť , U u , Ú ú , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Ý ý , Z z , Ž ž
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 , 2003–2024
Tswana
Pronunciation
Letter
š
The letter of the Tswana alphabet , written in the Latin script .
Tuareg
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ʃ/
Letter
š (upper case Š )
A letter of the Tuareg alphabet , written in the Latin script .