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Translingual

Etymology

From the old Latin N, from the Greek Ν (nu), from an archaic reversed Greek N, from the Phoenician symbol 𐤍; possibly from an earlier Egyptian hieroglyph of a resting Egyptian cobra,
D
(𓆓).

Letter

n (upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  2. in Romanization:
    1. of the Hebrew נ \ ן (“nun”, “nūn”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes
    2. of the Hebrew נּ (“nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme

Synonyms

  • (Romanization of נּ, “nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”): nn (in the Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006) and ISO 259 transliteration schemes)

Further reading

Pronunciation

  • IPA:(file)

Symbol

n

  1. (IPA) alveolar nasal.
  2. (statistics) Sample size.
  3. (physics) neutron
  4. (mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.
  • Letter styles
  • Capital and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
    Capital and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

See also

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Further reading

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Audio (UK):(file)

Letter

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n (lower case, upper 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

Number

n (lower case, upper 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

Alternative forms

  • n. (noun, neuter (gender), north):
  • N (north):

Noun

n

  1. north
  2. (grammar) noun
  3. (grammar) neuter gender
  4. (organic chemistry) normal
  5. Neutral
  6. No
  7. Shortening of and, used in set phrases like rock-n-roll.
Translations

Aromanian

Preposition

n

  1. Alternative form of ãn

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

n lower case (upper case N)

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

See also

Chinese

Pronunciation

Numeral

Template:zh-num

  1. Alternative spelling of N

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: m
  • Next letter: o

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight n (“of”), Hebrew לְ־ (lə-, “to, for, of”), Arabic لِـ (li-, “to, for, belonging to”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Preposition

n
  1. to, for (dative)
  2. in the direction of, towards
  3. (of time) for, until
  4. because of
  5. used idiomatically with certain verbs
Inflection
Adverbial forms of n  
n
Z4
n
nj n
Alternative forms

Before a noun it can be written thus:

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of n  
D35
nj

This should not be confused with the negative particle, which is written identically.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

n
  1. Abbreviation of nj (“of, belonging to (genitival adjective)”).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

n
Z2

 pl 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. we, us (see usage notes)
Usage notes

This form of pronoun is an enclitic that must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context:

  • When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb.
  • In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence.
  • When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
  • When it follows an imperative, it indicates the subject or the object of the verb.
  • When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
  • When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
Inflection
Old Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .ṯn
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual .nj
 .ṯnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn
 .sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular w, wj, wy
 kw, k, ṯw, ṯ
 ṯm, ṯn
 sw, s
 s
dual —
 ṯnj
 snj
plural n
 ṯn
 sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ṯwt
 ṯmt
 swt
 stt
dual —
 —
 ntsnj
plural —
 ntṯn
 ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kj, .k
 .tj, .t
 ∅, .j
 .tj, .t
dual — .tjwn
 .wy, .wj
 .ty
plural .wn, .nw
 ∅, .w, .y, .wy
 .tj, .t
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .t
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual2 .nj
 .ṯnj, .tnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn, .tn
 .sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular wj, w
 ṯw, tw
 ṯn, tn
 sw, st
 sj, s, st
plural n
 ṯn, tn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ntk, ṯwt2
 ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
 ntf, swt2
 nts, swt2
plural jnn3
 ntṯn, nttn
 ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw
 .tj, .t, .tw3
 ∅, .w
 .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn
 .tjwn, .tjwnj
 ∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 sj, st
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
  2. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
  3. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.
Late Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kw
 .t
 .f, .fj
 .s, .st, .sw
plural .n
 .tn, .twn
 .w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1 singular wj
 tw, tj
 sw, st
plural n, wn
 twn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 mntk, mtwk
 mntt, mtwy
 mntf
 mntst, mntjst
plural jnn
 mnttn
 mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1 singular .kw, .k
 .tj, .tw
 ∅, .w, .y
 .tj, .tw
plural .nw
 .tn
 ∅, .w, .y
unmarked (later) ∅, .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 st, sw
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st, sw, swt
  1. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of n  
n
n

References

  1. ^ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
  2. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

n (upper case N)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

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French

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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German

Pronunciation

Article

n

  1. Nonstandard form of 'n.
    • 1984, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Ein Unglücksfall: Roman, page 172:
      „Hat uns vorhin so n Mensch von der Dingsbums gebracht.“ „Von der Kultusgemeinde.“ Avrom hebt zwinkernd die Augen vom Buch; er lächelt. Muß ne anrührende Stelle gewesen sein, was er da grade liest. „Was heißt ‚so n Mensch‘.“
    • 1999, Regula Schmidlin, Wie Deutschschweizer Kinder schreiben und erzählen lernen:
      […] also die Geschichte hab ich genannt (äh) die Froschsuche weil da war so n Junge und mit em Hund und die haben dauernd ihren Frosch immer angeguckt im Wasser und dann einmal in der Nacht is er weggehüpft […]
    • 2012, Gustav Falke, Die Kinder Aus Ohlsens Gang, page 92:
      »Wenn ick de jungen Lüd nich harr und de Kinner – so n Mann, Herr Lehrer, so n Mann! aber ick hev en nu. He schall mi mol Muck seggn. Rut smiet ick em.« »Das lassen Sie nur lieber nach, Frau Krahnstöver. […] «
    • 2014, Manuel Mayer, Schwule Akten: Fußballstar und Tennisprofi geoutet (Himmelstürmer Verlag), page 58:
      Und da Sex Sponsoren anzieht, würde so n Kerl ein so großes Medienecho hervorrufen, sodass wir noch Jahrhunderte davon hören würden ...

Gothic

Romanization

n

  1. Romanization of 𐌽

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Cognates with Kabuverdianu n.

Pronoun

n

  1. I(first person singular)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of nou, from French nous.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

n

  1. Contraction of nou.

Haruai

Pronoun

n

  1. I

References

  • Jef Verschueren, Pragmatics at Issue: Selected Papers (1991, →ISBN
  • Bernard Comrie, ‎Maria Polinsky, Causatives and Transitivity (1993, →ISBN, page 317: Haruai has a serial verb construction, in which all verbs but the last take no inflections whatsoever (the only instance in Haruai where a verb can appear inflectionless), as in (3): n dw röbö p-n-a I go water get-FUT(-1SG)-DEC

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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Letter

n (upper case N)

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

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Ido

Pronunciation

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Letter

n (upper case N)

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

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Italian

Noun

n m or f (invariable)

  1. See under N

Japanese

Romanization

n

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ン

Kabuverdianu

Pronoun

n

  1. I

Ladin

Article

n

  1. a (+ masculine noun)

See also

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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

Audio:(file)

Letter

N

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

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Livonian

Pronunciation

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

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Malay

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

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Mandarin

Romanization

n

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ń.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ň.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǹ.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /enː/, /ɛnː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/, (in rn) /ɳ/, (in ng and nk) /ŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

n

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adverb

n

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“not”).

Noun

n m (invariable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“no”).

Interjection

n

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“no”).

Romanian

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lowercase, capital N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /n/. Preceded by m and followed by o.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Letter

n (Cyrillic spelling н)

  1. The 19th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet, preceded by m and followed by nj.

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Turkish

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

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Turkmen

Pronunciation

Letter

n (upper case N)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

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