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HS
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Appendix:Variations of "hs"
Translingual
Alternative forms
Ꟊ, ꟉꟉ, £. An ASCII substitute is HS.
Etymology
From mul la sēstertius two-and-a-half, from la sēmis half + la tertius third, in which “third” refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full en as currency asses and half of a third. The symbol is derived from the Roman numeral mul mul II followed by an S for la semis, the whole written with a strikethrough IIS (a common substitution being HS).
Symbol
sestertius; a substitute for IIS
See also
Category:Currency symbols
English
Noun
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en high school.
en H. S.
en ES JHS MS
en health system.
en ski jumping en hill size.
en pathology dermatology en hidradenitis suppurativa.
en handstand.
Adverb
-
en medicine pharmacology en half strength.
en medicine pharmacology en hora somni literally, hour of sleep; at bedtime. From en la hora somni
Adjective
-
en high speed.
en HST HSF HSC HSV
Proper noun
en fandom en w:Homestuck.
Anagrams
en hs S&H SH sh
Finnish
Pronunciation
hoo-äs hoo-es dated
Proper noun
fi Helsingin Sanomat the leading newspaper in Finland
fi Hesari
Declension
HS ä
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-HS.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Adjective
1
fr hors-service
fr w:Bastien Vivès Une sœur 2017 Casterman Paris 978-2-203-14716-4 10 Le frigo est HS…
fr hors sujet (off-topic, irrelevant)
German
Noun
m,-,-
de internet slang texting de Hurensohn
Latin
Etymology
From a shortening of II S where II is 2 in Roman numerals and S stands for la sēmis half. This is because a sesterce was worth 2 and a half asses.
Symbol
la symbol
la 𐆘
References