N

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N U+004E, N
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
← M
[U+004D] 		Basic Latin O →
[U+004F]
Ｎ U+FF2E, Ｎ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
← Ｍ
[U+FF2D] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｏ →
[U+FF2F]
𝕹 U+1D579, 𝕹
MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL N
← 𝕸
[U+1D578] 		Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝕺 →
[U+1D57A]

Translingual[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From the Etruscan letter 𐌍 (n, “en”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ν (N, “ny”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤍 (n, “nun”), possibly from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓆓.

Letter[edit]

N (lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

Symbol[edit]

N

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for nitrogen.
  2. (metrology) Symbol for newton, the SI unit of force.
    • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Outlaws: Adhi Codex entry:
      When attacking, adhi drive opponents out of secure positions to make them vulnerable to gunfire or a concerted attack by the rest of the pack. Their jaw strength has been measured in excess of 1900 N, dangerous even when wearing a hardsuit.
  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)
  6. (linguistics) A wildcard for a nasal consonant (nasal stop)

Gallery[edit]

  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type

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

  • Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

    Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

See also[edit]

Other representations of N:

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Number[edit]

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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (US)(file)
Audio (UK)(file)

Noun[edit]

N

  1. (military) navy
  2. north (see also n)
  3. (linguistics) noun
  4. (chess) knight
Translations[edit]
Navy — See also translations at navy
north — See also translations at north

Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviations.

N

  1. (stenoscript) the prefix or word-initial sequence inter-, enter-, intr- or entr-.
  2. (stenoscript) the sound sequence /(V)ntr/.
  3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of north.

Afar[edit]

Letter[edit]

N

  1. The eighteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛn/

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

N (plural N'e, diminutive N'etjie)

  1. N

Angami[edit]

Letter[edit]

N

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Azerbaijani[edit]

Letter[edit]

N upper case (lower case n)

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

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Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ene and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • /n/ is from West Germanic *n.
  • /ŋ/ is from West Germanic *ng; in most of Ripuarian from *n after long high vowels and from *nd.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /n/, (in ng, nk) /ŋ/

Letter[edit]

N

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes[edit]

Doubling of N
  • In the German-based spelling, n is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, n is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

Chinese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Likely from the mathematical usage of n to denote an arbitrary number. Compare Korean N and Japanese n番煎じ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

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 en1 ci3 dou1 mou5 jan4 zip3 din6 waa6-2 ge2? [Jyutping]
    How come I called several times but no one picked up the phone?
    追了N部美劇，英語還超爛… [MSC, trad.]
    追了N部美剧，英语还超烂… [MSC, simp.]
    From: [1]
    zhuīle ēn bù měijù, yīngyǔ hái chāo làn... [Pinyin]
    You've binged countless American TV dramas, but your English still sucks…
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Note: Often realised as one syllable with a /n/ final.

Letter[edit]

N

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Letter[edit]

N

  1. The fourteenth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes[edit]
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (capital, lowercase n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Noun[edit]

N

  1. Abbreviation of noord; north

See also[edit]

  • Previous letter: M
  • Next letter: O

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

N

  1. Abbreviation of nordo (“north”).

Estonian[edit]

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on Swedish, German and Latin. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and N for development of the glyph itself.

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

N

  1. Abbreviation of non sine laude approbatur.
  2. Abbreviation of nainen. ("woman, female")

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

N

  1. Abbreviation of nord.

Letter[edit]

N

  1. the fourteenth letter of the French alphabet

Galician[edit]

Noun[edit]

N

  1. Abbreviation of norte (“north”).

Antonyms[edit]

  • (north): S

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Noun[edit]

N

  1. Abbreviation of Nord; north

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈn]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛnː]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative N N-ek
accusative N-et N-eket
dative N-nek N-eknek
instrumental N-nel N-ekkel
causal-final N-ért N-ekért
translative N-né N-ekké
terminative N-ig N-ekig
essive-formal N-ként N-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive N-ben N-ekben
superessive N-en N-eken
adessive N-nél N-eknél
illative N-be N-ekbe
sublative N-re N-ekre
allative N-hez N-ekhez
elative N-ből N-ekből
delative N-ről N-ekről
ablative N-től N-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		N-é N-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		N-éi N-ekéi
Possessive forms of N
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. N-em N-jeim
2nd person sing. N-ed N-jeid
3rd person sing. N-je N-jei
1st person plural N-ünk N-jeink
2nd person plural N-etek N-jeitek
3rd person plural N-jük N-jeik

See also[edit]

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (lower case n)

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

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Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case n)

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

Noun[edit]

N m

  1. Abbreviation of nord; north

See also[edit]

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the mathematical sense. Compare Chinese N.

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?en
Revised Romanization (translit.)?en
McCune–Reischauer?en
Yale Romanization?eyn

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: N의 / N에 / N까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Numeral[edit]

N • (en)

  1. an arbitrary or unspecified number of some size, normally greater than three
    N수생
    ensusaeng
    someone preparing the university entrance exam for more than three years
    돈은 N분의 1로 내자.
    Don-eun enbun-ui il-lo nae-ja.
    Let's split the bill.
    (literally, “Let's [each] pay one out of n.”)

Latvian[edit]

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Malay[edit]

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N

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

See also[edit]

Nupe[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and N for development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

Noun[edit]

N m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of norte.

Romani[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. (International Standard) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The nineteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called en, ne, or nî and written in the Latin script.

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Saanich[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N

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

See also[edit]

Skolt Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

Slovene[edit]

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Letter[edit]

N (capital, lowercase n)

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

Somali[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N upper case (lower case n)

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

Usage notes[edit]

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

See also[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet

Noun[edit]

N m

  1. Abbreviation of norte; north

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish N. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English N.
  • Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜈ.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish N.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: N
  • (letter name, Filipino alphabet): IPA(key): /ʔen/, [ʔɛn]
  • (letter name, Abakada alphabet): IPA(key): /ˈna/, [ˈnɐ]
  • (letter name, Abecedario): IPA(key): /ˈʔene/, [ˈʔɛ.nɛ]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, [n]
  • Rhymes: -en, -a, -ene

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called en and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n, Baybayin spelling ᜈ)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abakada alphabet), called na and written in the Latin script.

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒ)

  1. (historical) The sixteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called ene and written in the Latin script.

Further reading[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

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[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by M and followed by O.

Mutation[edit]

  • N cannot mutate in Welsh.

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “N”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ní and written in the Latin script.

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

N̄ or N

  1. Alternative letter-case form of n (“I”)

Zulu[edit]

Letter[edit]

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also[edit]

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