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s | anne |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun anne is

year.

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 ----

    anne

    English

    Etymology 1

    The French spelling of (Ann), used interchangeably since the Middle Ages. From Vulgate (etyl) (m), from (etyl) , from the (etyl) female name {{m, he, ???, ??????, tr=Hannah), meaning 'grace; gracious'. Compare with (John).

    Proper noun

    (Annes)
  • .
  • * 1380s-1390s , :
    • Immortal God, that savedest Susanne / From false blame; and thou merciful maid, / Mary I mean, the daughter to Saint Anne , /Before whose child the angels sing Osanne,
  • * 1860 Mrs Henry Wood (Ellen Wood): East Lynne . Kessinger Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0192804626 page 29:
    • "What do you think they are going to name the baby? Anne ; after her and her mamma. So very ugly a name!"
    "I don't think so," said Mr Carlyle. "It is simple and unpretending. I like it much. Look at the long, pretentious names in our family - Archibald! Cornelia! And yours, too - Barbara! What a mouthful they all are!"
  • * 1908 Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne of the Green Gables
    • "But if you call me Anne' please call me ' Anne spelled with an e."
    "What difference does it make how it's spelled?" asked Marilla with another rusty smile as she picked up the teapot.
    "Oh, it makes such'' a difference. It ''looks so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can, and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished."
    Usage notes
    * The popularity of the name originates in the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.

    Etymology 2

    A shortened form of any of various Germanic masculine names which began with arn'' (''eagle ), such as Arnold.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies ----