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Zs is a digraph of the Latin alphabet, used in Hungarian.
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Linguistics & Pronunciation
Zs is the last (forty-fourth) letter of the Hungarian alphabet. Its name is "zsé" and represents /ʒ/, a voiced postalveolar fricative. Its sound is similar to J in Jaques and z in azure.
Usage
It is only used this way in Hungarian. In Hungarian, even if two characters are put together to make a different sound, they are considered one letter, and acronyms keep the letter intact.
Examples
- These examples are Hungarian words that use the letter zs, with the English translation following.
- rózsa = rose
- zseb = pocket
- zsír = fat
- zsoké = jockey
- zsűri = jury
See also
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