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s | onomastics |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun onomastics is

the branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.

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 ----

    onomastics

    English

    (wikipedia onomastics)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.

    • Synonyms

    * onomatology

    Related terms

    * onomastic * onomastician * onomasticon

    Hypernyms

    * lexicology * etymology

    Hyponyms

    * anthroponymy * toponymy

    Derived terms

    * anthroponomastics * toponomastics

    References