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]

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Š (lower case š)

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

Š (lower case š)

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

Š (upper case, lower case š)

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

• Used only in foreign words.

• (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 (upper case, lower 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

Š (upper case, lower case š)

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

Used only in the digraph Tš.^[1]

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Š (lower 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 (upper case, lower 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

Š (upper case, lower case š)

1. 25th letter of the Lithuanian alphabet

• Ꞩch (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Š (lower 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, Ṅ ṅ, Ṕ ṕ, Ṙ ṙ, ſ, ß, Ꞩ ẜ, Ẃ ẃ, Ẇ ẇ, Ż ż

• IPA^(key): /ʃ/

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

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

1. 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʃ/

Š (lower 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 (lower 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, 2003–2024

Š (capital, lowercase š)

1. The twentieth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The twenty-seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The twenty-first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.