S, s definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
In some words of French origin, ⟨s⟩ is silent, as in ‘isle’ or ‘debris’. The ligature of ſs (or ſz) was retained; however, it gave rise to the Eszett ⟨ß⟩ in contemporary German orthography. In German orthography, long s was retained in Fraktur (Schwabacher) type as well as in standard cursive (Sütterlin) well into the […]
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