S

Not to be confused with Cyrillic letter Dze (Ѕ), the Armenian letter Tyun (Տ), or the Georgian Asomtavruli letter Ch'ari (Ⴝ). This article is about the nineteenth letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see S (disambiguation). "Ess" redirects here. For other uses, see Ess (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "S#", "ſ", and "S#arp" redirects here. For the programming language, see Script.NET. For the archaic medial form of the letter "s", see Long s. For the South Korean band, see Sharp (South Korean band).

S
S s
ſ
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
TypeAlphabetic and logographic
Language of originLatin language
Sound values
In UnicodeU+0053, U+0073
Alphabetical position19
History
Development
Time period~−700 to present
Descendants
Sisters
Variationsſ
Other
Associated graphss(x), sh, sz
Writing directionLeft-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
S
ISO basic
Latin alphabet
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S, or for lowercase, s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ess[a] (pronounced /ˈɛs/), plural esses.[1]


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