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S

3 1.0

The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet

noun
/ɛs/

: letra S

In the English alphabet, S is the nineteenth letter.
S-shaped
S-curve
S-shaped data

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Examples

There's no "S" in "Burt Bacharach."

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
All right, My chest is size S, so is my waist.
The last was an "S."

Oliver Twist (1948)
There's an "S" in "Nietzsche."

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
The letter S is the first letter in the word 'silence.'
Can you think of a word that starts with the letter S?

Synonyms

vsS

9.4

The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet

is the same letter but written in uppercase form

Compounds

S-shape

1 3.9

A double curve that looks like the letter S

Atromid-S

Archaic

9.6

A medicine used to lower fat and cholesterol in the blood

S wrench

7.5

A tool with an S-shaped handle for turning bolts in tight spaces

Surface Forms

S singular

Ss plural

Etymology

S is the nineteenth letter and comes from an old Semitic sign that meant 'tooth' and later became Greek sigma and Latin S. Its hissing sound and shape are like a 'snake', so remember it as the sound at the start of 'sun' and 'snake'.