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s | illegitimate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective illegitimate is

illegal; against the law.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    illegitimate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Illegal; against the law.
  • Born to unmarried parents.
    • an illegitimate child
  • Illogical; incorrectly deduced.
    • an illegitimate inference
  • Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious.
    • an illegitimate word
  • (botany) Involving the fertilization of pistils by stamens not of their own length, in heterogonously dimorphic and trimorphic flowers.
    • illegitimate''' union; '''illegitimate fertilization
    (Darwin)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * legitimate * (against the law) legal * (illogical) logical * (not genuine) authentic, genuine, official

    External links

    * (wikipedia "illegitimate")