S
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ess (pronounced /ˈɛs/), plural esses.
| S | |
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| S s | |
| ſ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
| Language of origin | Latin language |
| Phonetic usage | |
| Unicode codepoint | U+0053, U+0073 |
| Alphabetical position | 19 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | ~-700 to present |
| Descendants | |
| Sisters | |
| Variations | ſ |
| Other | |
| Other letters commonly used with | s(x), sh, sz |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
| ISO basic Latin alphabet |
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| AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz |
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