N

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

Translingual

Letter

N (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)

Gallery

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

See also

Other representations of N:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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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; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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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Noun

N

1. (military) navy
2. north (see also n)
3. (linguistics) noun
4. (chess) knight

Translations

Navy

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

north

• French: N (fr) m
• German: N (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Β (el) (V)
• Hungarian: É (hu)

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Afar

Letter

N

1. The eighteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe N)

1. The letter N

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Azerbaijani

Letter

N upper case (lower case n)

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

See also

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

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Chinese

Alternative forms

• n

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēn (en¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): en¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: en
    • Wade–Giles: ên¹
    • Yale: ēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: en
    • Palladius: энь (enʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: en¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: en¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːn⁵⁵/

Numeral

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 waa^6-2 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…

   • 你不用看了。我已經看過N次了。 [MSC, trad.]
     你不用看了。我已经看过N次了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1996, (deprecated template usage) 瓊瑤 (qióngyáo) and 林久愉, (deprecated template usage) 一簾幽夢 (TV drama), episode 1, 30:34

     Nǐ bùyòng kàn le. Wǒ yǐjīng kàn guò ēn cì le. [Pinyin]

     You don't need to look. I've already looked multiple times.

Further reading

• 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.

Noun

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; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Noun

N

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

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Estonian

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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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) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Noun

N

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

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French

Pronunciation

• (letter): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

N

1. Abbreviation of nord.

Letter

N

1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet.

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Galician

Noun

N

1. Abbreviation of norte (“north”).

Antonyms

• (north): S

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛn/

• Audio:

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Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Noun

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; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

N m or 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; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latvian

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]

Audio:

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛn]
• IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

N

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

See also

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

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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; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Noun

N m (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of norte.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/, /en/

Letter

N (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, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̱, X, X̱, 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; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

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) ʼ, B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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Spanish

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

1. The 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Noun

N m

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; 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, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [ʔɛn˧˧ nəː˨˩], [nəː˨˩ tʰəp̚˧˦], [nəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˦˩], [ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəː˦˩], [nəː˦˩ tʰəp̚˦˧˥], [nəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [nəː˨˩ tʰəp̚˦˥], [nəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: 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 cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Zulu

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

See also

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