su

See also Appendix:Variations of "su", and Appendix:ISO 639-1 language codes

Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic	су‍
Roman	su‍
Perso-Arabic	‍سو‍

Pronunciation

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Noun

su definite accusative suyu plural sular

1. water

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Basque

Noun

su

1. fire

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Finnish

Etymology

Abbreviation of sunnuntai.

Abbreviation

su

1. sunnuntai (Sunday)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sy/, SAMPA: /sy/
• Homophones: sue, suent, sues, sus, sut, sût
• Rhymes: -y

Verb

su m. (f sue, m plural sus, f plural sues)

1. Past participle of savoir known

   J'ai su qu'elle mentait. - “I knew that she was lying.”

Usage notes

Usually translated into English using the past tense (e.g. “I knew”) rather than the perfect tense (e.g. *“I have known”).

Related terms

• insu

Anagrams

• us

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Guaraní

Number

su

1. thousand

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Interlingua

Determiner

su

1. (possessive) his
2. (possessive) her
3. (possessive) its

Usage notes

• Does not decline on the basis of gender or number.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin sūsum, which is a variant of sūrsum. Cognate to French sus.

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Adverb

su

1. up, upstairs

Derived terms

• in su
• più su
• su di giri
• su e giù
• su per giù
• lassù

Interjection

su!

1. come on!

Preposition

su

1. on, upon, onto, on top

   Lezione d'inglese numero 1: Il libro è sulla tavola - English lesson number 1: The book is on the table.

2. over

   L'orologio sul polsino della camicia era il marchio di fabbrica di Gianni Agnelli - The watch over the shirt cuff was Gianni Agnelli's trademark.

3. about, on

   Gli italiani non sono d'accordo su molte cose sul come cucinare la pasta e soprattutto sul condimento - Italians don't agree on many things about how to cook pasta and especially on the sauce.

4. above

   La Paz, che sorge a circa 3600 metri sul livello del mare, è la più alta capitale del mondo. - La Paz, which lies about 3600 metres above sea level, is the world's highest capital city.

5. in, out of

   Un europeo su cinque avrà più di 65 anni entro il 2025 - One in five Europeans will be more than 65 years old by year 2025.

Derived terms

• su due piedi
• su misura
• su richiesta

Usage notes

When followed by a definite article, su is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

Su + article	Combined form
su + il	sul
su + lo	sullo
su + l'	sull'
su + i	sui
su + gli	sugli
su + la	sulla
su + le	sulle

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Japanese

Syllable

su

1. The hiragana syllable す (su) or the katakana syllable ス (su) in Hepburn romanization.

Noun

su (hiragana す)

1. 酢: vinegar
2. す: hiragana letter su
3. ス: katakana letter su

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [sʊ]

Preposition

sù (with instrumental)

1. with

Antonyms

• be

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Lojban

Cmavo

su

1. (metalinguistic eraser) deletes everything the speaker has said

Usage notes

If su occurs in a dialog, it deletes only what the speaker has said, unless he has said only su, in which case the whole discussion is deleted. It follows that the repetition susu always deletes the whole discussion.

Related terms

• si
• sa

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Mandarin

Romanization

su

1. Nonstandard spelling of sū.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sú.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sù.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHs. Germanic cognates: Old Saxon sū, Old High German sū (German Sau), Old Norse sýr (Swedish so)
Other European cognates: Ancient Greek ὗς (hus), Latin sus, Common Slavic svinja.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /suː/

Noun

sū f.

1. a sow

See also

• sugu

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /su/

Adjective

su (third person possessive of singular, of plural sus)

1. (before the noun) apocopic form of suyo His, her, its, one's, their.

   Vino con su amigo.

   He came with his friend.

   Habló a sus hijas.

   He spoke to his daughters.

2. (before the noun, formal) apocopic form of suyo Your.

Usage notes

The forms su and sus are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of suyo is used instead:

Son sus libros. — “[They] are his books.”

Son los libros suyos. — “[They] are his books.” (“...the books of him.”)

Son los suyos. — "[They] are his."

Related terms

    Spanish possessive adjectives

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
				masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Adverb

su

1. About, approximately.

   pesa sus dos kilogramos = it weighs about two kilograms.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic suv, from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: su

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Noun

su (definite accusative suyu, plural sular)

1. water

Declension

declension of su

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	su	sular
definite accusative (belirtme)	suyu	suları
dative (yönelme)	suya	sulara
locative (bulunma)	suda	sularda
ablative (çıkma)	sudan	sulardan
genitive (tamlayan)	suyun	suların

    possessive forms of su

	singular	plural
benim (my)	suyum	sularım
senin (your)	suyun	suların
onun (his/her/its)	suyu	suları
bizim (our)	suyumuz	sularımız
sizin (your)	suyunuz	sularınız
onların (their)	suyu / suları	suları