"Sue" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /suː/ Forms: Sues [plural], Su [alternative]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Sue (plural Sues)
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name. Derived forms: Sueish, Suella, Suellen, Suethor Translations (diminutive of female given name): 蘇 /苏 (Sū) (Chinese Mandarin), Sunjo (Esperanto), スー (Sū) (Japanese), (Su) (Korean), Сью (Sʹju) [feminine] (Russian), Siw [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Sue-en-name-qldjZ72N Categories (other): English diminutives of female given names, English female given names, English given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 22 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 24 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 63 37

Noun

IPA: /suː/ Forms: Sues [plural], Su [alternative]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Clipping. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en}} Clipping Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sue (plural Sues)
  1. (informal) Synonym of Mary Sue (“type of character in fiction”). Tags: informal Synonyms: Mary Sue [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Sue-en-noun-S00ObliT

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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