# SP
## English
### Noun

SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)
* (horse racing) Starting price.
** 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157:He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.
** 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196:It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.
* Selling price
* (US, military, navy) Shore patrol
* (law enforcement) state police
* Slow play
* (computing) service pack
* (video games, mostly role-playing games) synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements. Common examples of meanings of the abbreviation include but are not limited to: skill point, special point, spirit point, and spell point.
* (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
* (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
* (biochemistry) substance P
* (firearms) Abbreviation of soft point.
* State Park
* (highways) Spur
* (ice skating) Short Program
* (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.

#### Alternative forms

* S.P., S. P.

#### Synonyms

* (law enforcement): supt.

#### Coordinate terms

* (firearms): JHP, JSP, FMJ

#### Derived terms

* (law enforcement): CSP, SSP

#### Related terms

* (law enforcement): DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt

### Proper noun

SP
* Initialism of São Paulo, A state of Brazil.

### See also

* EP
* LP
* SLP
* single
* record
* album
* 33
* 45
* 78

### Anagrams

* %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Socialistische Partij.

### Proper noun

SP f
* Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands

## French
### Noun

SP m (plural SP)
* Initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”).

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

SP f (proper noun, genitive SP)
* (Swiss politics) Initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”).
    Coordinate terms: SVP, FDP, GPS, GLP, EVP, EDU

#### Declension
## Indonesian
### Noun

SP
* abbreviation of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”).
* abbreviation of surat peringatan (“warning”).
* abbreviation of satuan permukiman (“settlement unit”).

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from special +‎ police.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) エスピー [èsúpíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [e̞sɨpʲiː]

#### Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī)
* bodyguard

### Etymology 2

Derived from English simulated patient.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [e̞sɨpʲiː]

#### Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī)
* (medicine) simulated patient

##### Synonyms

* 模擬(もぎ)患者(かんじゃ) (mogi kanja)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [e̞sɨpʲiː]

#### Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī)
* (business) Initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”).

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

SP
* Initialism of São Paulo, a Brazilian state

## Turkish
### Proper noun

SP
* (politics) Initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).