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2. ß - Wikipedia

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   In the thirteenth century, the phonetic difference between z and s was lost at the beginning and end of words in all dialects except for Gottscheerish. [27] Word-internally, Old and Middle High German s came to be pronounced [z] (the voiced alveolar sibilant), while Old and Middle High German z continued to be pronounced [s].

3. List of English words of French origin (S–Z) - Wikipedia

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   This is because the English word was not borrowed directly from French or Old French, but from some of the northern langue d'oïl dialects such as Picard and Norman, where the original "w" sound was preserved (the majority of these words are words of Germanic origin, and stem mainly from either the Frankish language, or other ancient Germanic ...

4. List of Greek and Latin roots in English/Z - Wikipedia

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   Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples ze-[1]boil: Greek: ζεῖν (zeîn), ζεστός (zestós), ζέσις, ζέμα, ζέματος (zéma, zématos)

5. Traditional English pronunciation of Latin - Wikipedia

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   /z/ miser, Cæsar, Jesus: between a vowel and a voiced consonant: plasma, presbyter: after a voiced consonant at the end of a word: lens, Mars /ks/ x: initially /z/ Xanthippe: in the prefix ex-before a vowel or (silent) h in a stressed syllable /ɡz/ exemplar, exhibitor

6. Ezh - Wikipedia

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   For example, the pronunciation of "si" in vision / ˈ v ɪ ʒ ən / and precision / p r ɪ ˈ s ɪ ʒ ən /, or the s in treasure / ˈ t r ɛ ʒ ər /. See also the letter Ž as used in many Slavic languages , the letter Ż as used in Kashubian , the Persian alphabet letter ژ , the Cyrillic letter Ж , the Devanagari letter ( झ़ ) and the ...

7. S - Wikipedia

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   S, or for lowercase, s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ess [ a ] (pronounced / ˈ ɛ s / ), plural esses .

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9. English orthography - Wikipedia

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   The spelling indicates the insertion of /ᵻ/ before the /z/ in the spelling - es , but does not indicate the devoiced /s/ distinctly from the unaffected /z/ in the spelling - s . The abstract representation of words as indicated by the orthography can be considered advantageous since it makes etymological relationships more apparent to English ...