In English, s represents a voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/. It also commonly represents a voiced alveolar sibilant /z/, as in 'rose' and 'bands'.

Learn to recognize the upper and lowercase letter S, how to write the letter S s and the sound that letter S makes. This series incorporates the modalities of visual, auditory and...

S, nineteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. It corresponds to the Semitic sin “tooth.” The Greek treatment of the sibilants that occur in the Semitic alphabet is somewhat complicated. The Semitic …

Dec 14, 2025 · S (upper case, lower case s, plural Ss or S's) The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.

" S " is the nineteenth letter in the English alphabet. It is a consonant. Consonants are the letters that are produced by stopping the letter from flowing easily.

-'s is the usual spoken form of 'has', especially where 'has' is an auxiliary verb. It is added to the end of the pronoun or noun which is the subject of the verb.

1. The 19th letter of the modern English alphabet. 2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter s. 3. The 19th in a series. 4. Something shaped like the letter S.

contraction of is: She's here. contraction of does: What's he do for a living now? contraction of has: He's just gone.

Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (s) of soap or (z) of rise.

Definition of S noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.