# š

| š | U+0161, &#353; LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON |
| Composition: | s [U+0073] + ◌̌ [U+030C] |
| ← Š [U+0160] | Latin Extended-A | Ţ → [U+0162] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## Cheyenne
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* A letter of the Cheyenne alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Czech
### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* The thirtieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Egyptian
### Pronunciation

* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /ʃɛ/
** Conventional anglicization: she

### Noun

m
* lake
* garden with a pool

#### Derived terms

* mdw n š

### References

* 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.

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃɑː/

### Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)
* The twentieth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called šaa and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* Used only in loanwords.

#### See also

* (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)

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)
* A letter of the Finnish alphabet, called hattu-s or suhu-s and written in the Latin script.

#### Usage notes

* 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).

#### See also

* (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

## Lakota
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* A letter of the Lakota alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (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

## Latvian
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʃ]
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### Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)
* The twenty-seventh letter of the Latvian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* 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

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From the first letter of šūdas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.
* Euphemistic form of šūdas.

#### See also

* (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

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* The thirty-second letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (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

## Lower Sorbian
### Alternative forms

* ẜch (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* The twenty-sixth letter of the Lower Sorbian alphabet, called eš and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (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

## Lushootseed
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š
* The thirty-sixth letter of the Lushootseed alphabet.

## Northern Sotho
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

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

## Romani
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (lower case, upper case Š)
* (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-sixth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    Synonym: (International Standard) ś

#### See also

* (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).

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* Š (uppercase)

### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (Cyrillic spelling ш)
* The 25th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by s and followed by t.

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* The twenty-ninth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (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

### Further reading

* “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

## Tswana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

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

## Tuareg
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ/

### Letter

š (upper case Š)
* A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.