š

š U+0161, š LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON Composition: s [U+0073] + ◌̌ [U+030C] ← Š [U+0160] Latin Extended-A Ţ → [U+0162]

š

1. (NAPA) a voiceless postalveolar fricative (IPA [ ʃ ]).

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

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

š (upper case Š)

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

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ʃɛ/
  • Conventional anglicization: she

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1. lake
2. garden with a pool

• mdw n š

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 313, 380.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑː/

š (lower case, upper case Š)

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

• Used only in loanwords.

• (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)

Common European letter for this sound, apparently first used in Czech; see Š on Wikipedia.

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-s or suhu-s and written in the Latin script.

• 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).

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

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

• (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

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.

• IPA^(key): [ʃ]

š (lower case, upper case Š)

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

• 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

From the first letter of šūdas.

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.
2. euphemistic form of šūdas

• (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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (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

• ẜch (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.

• (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, Ṕ ṕ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š

1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š

1. The letter of the Northern Sotho alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (lower case, upper case Š)

1. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   Synonym: (International Standard) ś

• (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).

• Š (uppercase)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (Cyrillic spelling ш)

1. The 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by s and followed by t.

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

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

• (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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (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

• “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, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

1. A letter of the Shilha alphabet.

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

š (upper case Š)

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