N

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+004E
M ← Basic Latin → O

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

N upper case (lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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

Symbol

N

1. (chemistry) Symbol for nitrogen.
2. (metrology) Symbol for newton, the SI unit of force.
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for aspargine
4. (physics) electron number
5. (music) Neapolitan chord (usually in first inversion, therefore followed by a superscript six)

See also

Other representations of N:

NATO phonetic: November Morse code: –· Braille: ⠝ ASL Manual: N

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

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English

Etymology 1

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n, plural Ns or N's)

1. The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Number

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/
• Rhymes: -ɛn

Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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Abbreviation

N

1. (military) Navy
2. north (see also n)
3. (chess) knight

Translations

Navy

north

• French: N (fr) m
• German: N (de) m
• Greek: Β (el) ‎(V)

• Hungarian: É (hu)

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American Sign Language

Letter

‎(Stokoe N)

1. The letter N

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Azeri

Letter

N upper case (lower case n)

1. The twentieth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Chinese

Etymology

Likely from the mathematical usage of n to denote an arbitrary number.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: en¹
    • Yale: ēn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

N

1. countless, several

   點解我打咗N次都冇人接電話嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]

   点解我打咗N次都冇人接电话嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Dim² gaai² ngo⁵ daa² zo² N ci³ dou¹ mou⁵ jan⁴ zip³ din⁶ waa^6-2 ge²? [Jyutping]

   How come I called several times but no one picked up the phone?

   追了N部美剧，英语还超烂…

External links

• Chinese Language Stack Exchange - When did the usage of “N” to indicate some unspecified quantity come up?

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• Audio

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Letter

N ‎(capital, lowercase n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of noord; north

See also

• Previous letter: M
• Next letter: O

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Esperanto

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called no or en and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of nordo ‎(“north”).
2. (text messaging) Abbreviation of ni ‎(“we”).

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Finnish

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called än or en and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, Öö

Abbreviation

N

1. non sine laude approbatur

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French

Pronunciation

• (letter): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of nord.

Letter

N

1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet.

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Galician

Abbreviation

N

1. norte (north)

Antonyms

• (north): S

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛn/

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of Nord; north

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

N ‎(lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnne/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

N m, f ‎(invariable, lower case n)

1. The twelfth letter of the Italian alphabet, called enne and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, (Jj), (Kk), Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, (Ww), (Xx), (Yy), Zz
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n]

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Letter

N

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛn]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

N

1. The fourteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Portuguese

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letra; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Noun

N m (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of norte.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/, /en/

Letter

N (capital, lowercase n)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /n/. Preceded by M and followed by O.

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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/, /nʼ/

Letter

N

1. The twenty-first letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ/K̵/₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

N ‎(lower case N)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

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Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

Letter

N ‎(capital, lowercase n)

1. The 15th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by M and followed by O.

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /nʉn/

Letter

N upper case (lower case n)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called nun and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The nineteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by M and followed by W.

See also

• (Latin script letters) ', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, Khkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, Shsh, Dhdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu

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Spanish

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of norte; north

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Turkish

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ne and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəːɰ˨˩/, /ʔɛn˧˧ nəːɰ˨˩/, /nəːɰ˨˩ tʰɜʔp̚˧ˀ˦/, /nəːɰ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəːɰ˧˧/, /ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəːɰ˧˧/, /nəːɰ˧˧ tʰɜʔp̚˦˥/, /nəːɰ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˥ nəːɰ˨˩/, /ʔɛŋ˧˥ nəːɰ˨˩/, /nəːɰ˨˩ tʰɜʔp̚˦ˀ˥/, /nəːɰ˨˩]
• Phonetic: e nờ, en nờ, nờ thấp, nờ

Letter

N ‎(upper case, lower case n)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-nờ, en-nờ, nờ thấp or nờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, (Ch ch), Dd, Đđ, Ee, Êê, Gg, (Gh gh, Gi gi), Hh, Ii, Kk, (Kh kh), Ll, Mm, Nn, (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), Oo, Ôô, Ơơ, Pp, (Ph ph), Qq, (Ququ), Rr, Ss, Tt, (Th th, Tr tr), Uu, Ưư, Vv, Xx, Yy