Š

See also: Appendix:Variations of "s"

Š U+0160, Š LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON Composition: S [U+0053] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← ş [U+015F] Latin Extended-A š → [U+0161]

Cheyenne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

Š (lower case š)

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

Czech

Letter

Š (lower case š)

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

Estonian

Letter

Š (upper case, lower case š)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

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 (upper case, lower 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 written as s or sh.

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

Kalo Finnish Romani

Letter

Š (upper case, lower case š)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Kalo Finnish Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used only in the digraph Tš.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, Ȟ ȟ, 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, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Lakota

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

Š (lower case š)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): [ʃ]

Letter

Š

Š (upper case, lower case š)

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

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Lithuanian

Letter

Š (upper case, lower case š)

1. 25th letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• Ꞩch (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

Š (lower case š)

1. 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

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

Š (upper case, lower case š)

1. (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

Letter

Š (upper case, lower case š, Cyrillic spelling Ш)

1. 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Letter

Š (lower case š)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  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

Slovene

Letter

Š (capital, lowercase š)

1. The 20th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by S and followed by T.