SP

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sp"

English

Noun

SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)

1. (horse racing) Initialism of starting price.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157:

     He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.

   • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196:

     It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.

2. Initialism of selling price.
3. (US, military, navy) Initialism of shore patrol.
4. (law enforcement) Initialism of state police.

   Synonym: supt.

5. Initialism of slow play.
6. (computing) Initialism of service pack.
7. (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
8. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
9. (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
10. (biochemistry) Initialism of substance P.
11. (firearms) Initialism of soft point.

    Coordinate terms: JHP, JSP, FMJ

12. Initialism of state park.
13. (highways) Abbreviation of spur.
14. (ice skating) Initialism of short program.
15. (Philippines, government) Initialism of senate president.
16. (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.
17. (music industry) Abbreviation of sub-publishing.

    Coordinate term: OP

19. (manifestation community) Initialism of specific person; someone who is the focus of manifestation.
    • 2022 August 26, @liltaurusfairy, Twitter‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 13 October 2026:

      not an aff but i got texts from all my sps today everything is working out perfectly omg

Alternative forms

• S.P., S. P.

Derived terms

• (law enforcement): CSP, SSP

Related terms

• (law enforcement): DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt

Proper noun

SP

1. Initialism of São Paulo: a state of Brazil.

See also

• EP
• LP
• SLP
• single
• record
• album
• 33
• 45
• 78

Anagrams

• %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs

Dutch

Etymology

From Socialistische Partij.

Proper noun

SP f

1. initialism of Socialistische Partij; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands

French

Noun

SP m (invariable)

1. initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

SP f (proper noun, genitive SP)

1. (Swiss politics) initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”)

   Coordinate terms: SVP, FDP, GPS, GLP, EVP, EDU

Declension

Declension of SP [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	SP
genitive	einer	der	SP
dative	einer	der	SP
accusative	eine	die	SP

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛs.pe/, [ˈɛs.pe]

Noun

SP

1. initialism of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”)
2. initialism of surat peringatan (“warning”)
3. initialism of satuan permukiman (“settlement unit”)
4. initialism of English sponge emulsifier (“cake emulsifier”)
5. initialism of surat pernyataan (“statement letter; affidavit”)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from security +‎ police.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]
• (Tokyo) エスピー [èsúpíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. bodyguard

Etymology 2

Derived from English simulated patient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]

Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (medicine) simulated patient

Synonyms

• 模擬(もぎ)患者(かんじゃ) (mogi kanja)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]

Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (business) initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.siˈpe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.sɨˈpe/

Proper noun

SP

1. initialism of São Paulo: a state of Brazil

Further reading

• “SP”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “SP”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Turkish

Proper noun

SP

1. (politics) initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).