ñ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

ñ U+00F1, ñ LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE Composition: n [U+006E] + ◌̃ [U+0303] ← ð [U+00F0] Latin-1 Supplement ò → [U+00F2]

Translingual

Letter

ñ (upper case Ñ)

1. The letter n with a tilde.

Usage notes

• For Indic scripts, it is usually used to transliterate ञ् (or equivalents) into ñ.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter N):  Ńń  Ǹǹ  Ňň  Ññ  Ṅṅ  Ņņ  Ṇṇ  Ṋṋ  Ṉṉ  N̈n̈  Ɲɲ  Ƞƞ  ᵰ  ᶇ  ɳ  ȵ  ɴ  Ｎｎ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  NJNjnj
• (Letters using tilde sign or middle tilde sign):  Ãã  Ẵẵ  Ẫẫ  ᵬ  ᵭ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ĩĩ  Ññ  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ỡỡ  Ṏṏ  P̃p̃  Ũũ  Ữữ  Ṽṽ  Ỹỹ

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲe/, [e̞.ɲe̞]

Letter

ñ (lower case, upper case Ñ)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Crimean Tatar

Letter

ñ lower case (upper case Ñ)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) arif; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, Ö ö, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Latin

Particle

ñ

1. (Medieval Latin) Scribal abbreviation of nōn (“not”).
   • 1835, Rotuli Curiae Regis, &c, page 20:

     Rađ Nepos dix̃ qᵭ [teñ trā ||illā] ñ vult iñ respōđe sñ . . .

   • 1889, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, Buchingehāscr̃ et Bedefordscr̃:

     .VIII. ᵭ. ñ sunt de firma Comitat⁹.

Portuguese

Adverb

ñ (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of não.

Spanish

Etymology

From n with a nasal dash, which is a medieval shorthand for m or n (e.g. fõtẽ or fōtē for fontem). The sign ñ thus represents nn, the usual Old Spanish spelling for /ɲ/, generalised from words like año, where the sound goes back to Latin -nn-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɲe/ [ˈe.ɲe]

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• Rhymes: -eɲe

Letter

ñ (lower case, upper case Ñ)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.

Interjection

Used by Spanish speakers on the internet to insult non-spanish speakers

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z