Sue

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sue"

English

Alternative forms

• Su

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: sou, Su; sue (yod-dropping)

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.

Usage notes

• Universally pronounced /suː/, not */sjuː/, even in dialects without yod-dropping.

Derived terms

• Sueish
• Suella
• Suellen
• Suethor

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