n

See also: ո, ռ, ⁿ, and Appendix:Variations of "n"

n U+006E, n LATIN SMALL LETTER N ← m [U+006D] Basic Latin o → [U+006F]

Character variations

ⁿ U+207F, ⁿ SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N ← ⁾ [U+207E] Superscripts and Subscripts ₀ → [U+2080]

ｎ U+FF4E, ｎ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER N ← ｍ [U+FF4D] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｏ → [U+FF4F]

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Translingual • English

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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, (𓆓).

Letter

n (upper case N)

2. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
3. 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)

Related terms

• Ŋ (eng)
• Ν (nu)
• Н (en)

Further reading

• n on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA [nːɑː, ɑnnɑː] with the sound [n]:

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Symbol

n

2. (IPA) voiced alveolar nasal.

   (superscript ⟨ⁿ⟩) nasal release (of any articulation), prenasalization, [n]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [n] – see also ⁿ.

4. (statistics) Sample size.
6. (physics) neutron.

   Coordinate terms: p, e

8. (mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.

Gallery

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

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
• Preceded by apostrophe: 'n
• Hiragana: ん
• な (na), に (ni), ぬ (nu), ね (ne), の (no)

Other representations of N:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Further reading

• Alveolar nasal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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  • Rhymes: -ɛn
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

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

• (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 (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.

Derived terms

• n-adic
• n-ary
• n-body problem
• n-bomb
• n-butane
• n-dimensional
• n-firm concentration ratio
• n-gram
• n-heptane
• n-hexane
• n-iamond
• n-octane
• n-omino
• n-pentane
• n-plex
• n-propanol
• n-simplex
• n-space
• n space
• n-sphere
• n-tier
• n-tuple
• n-type
• n-word
• p-n junction

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

n

1. Abbreviation of north.

   Alternative forms: n., N

2. (grammar) Abbreviation of noun.

   Alternative form: n.

3. (organic chemistry) normal
4. Neutral
5. No

Translations

north — see also north

Hungarian: É (hu) Russian: С (ru) m (S)

noun — see also noun

Hungarian: fn. Russian: сущ. (ru) n (sušč.)

neutral — see also neutral

no — see also no

Adjective

n

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of neuter (gender).

   Alternative form: n.

Translations

neuter — see also neuter

Hungarian: sn. Russian: ср. (ru) m (sr.), ср. род m (sr. rod)

Conjunction

n

1. Contraction of and; chiefly used in set phrases.

   Alternative form: 'n'

   rock n roll

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

n

1. (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛn/.
2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of in.
3. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of no, inflections none, nor, not, neither, and homophone know.

Aromanian

Preposition

n

1. Alternative form of ãn

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n lower case (upper 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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

n

1. Abbreviation of iyun (“June”).

Usage notes

Used to prevent the mishearing of iyun (“June”) as iyul (“July”); see also l.

Bambara

Pronoun

n

1. I

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ene/, [e̞.ne̞]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ene 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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ne], [ˈen]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ena, ene, or en and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Chinese

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

n

1. Alternative spelling of N

Czech

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

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

See also

• 'n