Š

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]

Translingual

Letter

Š (lower case š)

  1. The letter S with a háček.

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Finnish

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.

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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 (upper case, lower case š)

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

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Lithuanian

Letter

Š (upper case, lower case š)

  1. 25th letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

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.

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Slovene

Pronunciation

Letter

Š (capital, lowercase š)

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