Sue

See also: sue, sué, su'e, and sü

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Proper noun

Sue (plural Sues)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.
   • 2009 April 25, “Meet Number 16 Bus Shelter”, in Austin Daily Herald‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 July 2025:

     For the last decade at least, the trend seems to be that more untraditional names are being chosen over the Bobs, the Toms, the Sues and the Marys.

Translations

diminutive of female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇 / 苏 (zh) (Sū)

• Esperanto: Sunjo
• Japanese: スー (Sū)
• Korean: 수 (ko) (Su)
• Russian: Сью (ru) f (Sʹju)
• Welsh: Siw f

Noun

Sue (plural Sues)

1. (informal) Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”).

Anagrams

• ESU, EUS, SEU, UEs, ues, use

Italian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

Sue f pl

1. (possessive) feminine plural of Suo (“your (formal or polite)”)

Pronoun

Sue f pl

1. (possessive) feminine plural of Suo (“yours (formal or polite)”)

Anagrams

• use