SS

See also: Ss, ss, ß, and Appendix:Variations of "ss"

Translingual

Symbol

SS

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for South Sudan since 2011.

   Synonym: SSD (alpha-3)

English

Noun

SS

1. Abbreviation of Saints.
2. Initialism of social security.
3. Initialism of secret service.
4. Initialism of spousal support.
5. (nautical) A shiptype
   1. Initialism of steam ship.

      Synonyms: S/S, S.S., S. S., S./S.

      Hyponyms: PS, TS

      Coordinate terms: SV, MV, MS

   2. Initialism of screw steamer. (a screw-driven steamship)

      Coordinate term: PS

   3. (US, Navy) Initialism of subsurface, a subsurface ship, a submarine

      Coordinate terms: SSN, SSK, SSB, SSG, SSKN, SSBN, SSGN, APSS, LPSS

      1. A conventionally-powered submarine

         Coordinate terms: SSK, SSB, SSG

      2. diesel-powered attack submarine

         Synonym: SSK

6. (military, astronautics) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missile systems developed by the Soviet Union
7. (baseball) Initialism of shortstop.
8. (computing) Initialism of screenshot.
9. (statistics) Initialism of sum of squares.
10. Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
11. (textiles) Initialism of side seam.
12. (fashion) Initialism of spring/summer; often followed by a year.

    SS23 collection

    Coordinate terms: AW (“autumn/winter”), FW (“fall/winter”)

Proper noun

SS

1. Initialism of Schutzstaffel.; from German SS
2. Initialism of Subsahara.
3. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield.

Adjective

SS (not comparable)

1. Initialism of Subsaharan.

Synonyms

Pokémon

• SwSh

 

See also

spousal support

• alimony

 

submarine

• DSRV
• DSV

 

NATO

• CSS

 

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌɛs.ˈʔɛs]
• Hyphenation: SS

• Audio:

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Symbol

SS (upper case SZ, occasionally ẞ, lower case ß or ss)

1. One of the official capital forms of ß (the other one is ẞ), or ss used in Swiss and Liechtenstein German, or once ſs (in Antiqua)

Noun

SS f

1. Abbreviation of Schutzstaffel.
2. Abbreviation of Schwangerschaft.

Alternative forms

(Schutzstaffel):

• SS.

Derived terms

(Schutzstaffel):

• Reichsführer SS, Reichsführer-SS (RFSS)
• SS-Angehöriger
  • ODESSA
• SSler
• SS-Mann
• SS-Offizier
• Waffen-SS

(Schwangerschaft):

• SS-Woche (Schwangerschaftswoche)

Noun

SS n

1. Abbreviation of Sommersemester.

Coordinate terms

• WS (Wintersemester)

See also

(Schutzstaffel):

• SA
• Dutch: SS'er

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa̠ido̞sɨto̞ːɾʲiː]

Noun

SS(サイドストーリー) • (saidosutōrī) 

1. Abbreviation of サイドストーリー.