Symbol
N
( chemistry ) Symbol for nitrogen .
( metrology ) Symbol for newton , the SI unit of force .
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( biochemistry ) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for aspargine
( physics ) electron number
( music ) Neapolitan chord (usually in first inversion , therefore followed by a superscript six)
( linguistics ) A wildcard for a nasal consonant (nasal stop)
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Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The fourteenth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet , 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
Noun
N (plural N'e , diminutive N'etjie )
N
Letter
N upper case ( lower case n )
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
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
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
Etymology 1
Likely from the mathematical usage of n to denote an arbitrary number. Compare Korean N ( N ) and Japanese n番煎じ .
Numeral
N
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: 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 , 瓊瑤 ( qióngyáo ) and 林久愉 , 一簾幽夢 (TV drama), episode 1, 30:34Nǐ bùyòng kàn le. Wǒ yǐjīng kàn guò ēn cì le. [ Pinyin] You don't need to look. I've already looked multiple times.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation 1
Note : Often realised as one syllable.
Letter
N
The fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
Letter
N
The fourteenth letter used in Pinyin .
Usage notes
《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).
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
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
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
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 )
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , and N for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
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
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet.
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The twenty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet , called enn and written in the Latin script .
Declension
More information Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony), singular ...
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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
Close
See also
( Latin-script letters) betű ; A a , Á á , B b , C c , Cs cs , D d , Dz dz , Dzs dzs , E e , É é , F f , G g , Gy gy , H h , I i , Í í , J j , K k , L l , Ly ly , M m , N n , Ny ny , O o , Ó ó , Ö ö , Ő ő , P p , R r , S s , Sz sz , T t , Ty ty , U u , Ú ú , Ü ü , Ű ű , V v , Z z , Zs zs . Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y . Commonly used: ch . Also defined: à ë . In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ .
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The fourteenth letter of the Indonesian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) huruf ; 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
Pronunciation
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ˈɛn.ne/
( phonemic realization ) IPA (key ) : /n/
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 , Î î , 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
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and N for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The nineteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , Ã ã , B b , C c , D d , E e , É é , Ë ë , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , O o , Ò ò , Ó ó , Ô ô , P p , R r , S s , T t , U u , Ù ù , W w , Y y , Z z , Ż ż
Etymology
From the mathematical sense. Compare Chinese N .
Pronunciation
More information Romanizations, Revised Romanization? ...
Romanizations Revised Romanization? en Revised Romanization (translit.)? en McCune–Reischauer? en Yale Romanization? eyn
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South Gyeongsang (Busan ) pitch accent : N 의 / N 에 / N 까 지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.
Numeral
N • (en )
an arbitrary or unspecified number of some size , normally greater than three
N 수생en susaengsomeone preparing the university entrance exam for more than three years
돈 은 N 분 의 1 로 내 자 .Don-eun en bun-ui il-lo nae-ja. Let's split the bill. (literally, “Let's [each] pay one out of n . ”)
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 .
Letter
N
N (upper case , lower case n )
The twenty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet , called en and written in the Latin script .
See also
Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
burti : A a , Ā ā , B b , C c , Č č , D d , E e , Ē ē , F f , G g , Ģ ģ , H h , I i , Ī ī , J j , K k , Ķ ķ , L l , Ļ ļ , M m , N n , Ņ ņ , O o , P p , R r , S s , Š š , T t , U u , Ū ū , V v , Z z , Ž ž
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The seventeenth letter of the Nupe alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) banki ; A a (Á á , À à ), B b , C c , D d , Dz dz , E e (É é , È è ), F f , G g , Gb gb , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì ), J j , K k , Kp kp , L l , M m (Ḿ ḿ , M̀ m̀ , M̄ m̄ ), N n (Ń ń , Ǹ ǹ , N̄ n̄ ), O o (Ó ó , Ò ò ), P p , R r , S s , Sh sh , T t , Ts ts , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù ), V v , W w , Y y , Z z , Zh zh
Etymology
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.
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The eighteenth letter of the Polish alphabet , called en and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ą ą , B b , C c , Ć ć , D d , E e , Ę ę , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ó ó , P p (Q q ), R r , S s , Ś ś , T t , U u (V v ), W w (X x ), Y y , Z z , Ź ź , Ż ż
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
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 â , Ã ã ), 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
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
( International Standard ) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet , written in the Latin script .
( Pan-Vlax ) The nineteenth letter of the Romani 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 , X x , I i , J j , K k , Kh kh , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Ph ph , R r , S s , T t , Th th , U u , V v , Z z International Standard: (À à , Ä ä , Ǎ ǎ ), Ć ć , Ćh ćh , (È è , Ë ë , Ě ě ), (Ì ì , Ï ï , Ǐ ǐ ), (Ò ò , Ö ö , Ǒ ǒ ), Rr rr , Ś ś , (Ù ù , Ü ü , Ǔ ǔ ), Ź ź , Ʒ ʒ , Q q , Ç ç , ϴ θ . Pan-Vlax: Č č , Čh čh , Dž dž , (Dź dź ), Ř ř , Š š , (Ś ś ), Ž ž , (Ź ź ).
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet , called en , ne , or nî and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ă ă , Â â , B b , C c , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , Î î , J j , K k , L l , M m , N n , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , Ș ș , T t , Ț ț , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The twelfth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet , written in the Latin script . It is preceded by m and followed by o . Its traditional name is nuin ( “ ash ” ) .
See also
( Latin-script letters) litir ; A a (À à ), B b (Bh bh ), C c (Ch ch ), D d (Dh dh ), E e (È è ), F f (Fh fh ), G g (Gh gh ), H h , I i (Ì ì ), L l , M m (Mh mh ), N n , O o (Ò ò ), P p (Ph ph ), R r , S s (Sh sh ), T t (Th th ), U u (Ù ù )
( diacritics ) ◌̀
( obsolete vowels ) Á á É é Ó ó
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and N for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The seventeenth letter of the Silesian alphabet , written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) A a , Ã ã , B b , C c , Ć ć , D d , E e , F f , G g , H h , I i , J j , K k , L l , Ł ł , M m , N n , Ń ń , O o , Ŏ ŏ , Ō ō , Ô ô , Õ õ , P p , R r , S s , Ś ś , T t , U u , W w , Y y , Z z , Ź ź , Ż ż
Letter
N upper case ( lower case n )
The nineteenth letter of the Somali alphabet , called nun and written in the Latin script .
Usage notes
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
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
the 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet
Etymology
Borrowed 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 ( na ) .
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish N .
Pronunciation
( Standard Tagalog )
IPA (key ) : /ˈʔen/ [ˈʔɛn̪] ( letter name, Filipino alphabet )
IPA (key ) : /ˈna/ [ˈn̪a] ( letter name, Abakada alphabet )
IPA (key ) : /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛː.n̪ɛ] ( letter name, Abecedario )
IPA (key ) : /n/ [n̪] ( phoneme )
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n , Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ )
The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet ), called en and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) titik ; 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 , Ñ ñ , Ng ng , O o , P p , Q q , R r , S s , T t , U u , V v , W w , X x , Y y , Z z
Further reading
“N ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
The seventeenth letter of the Turkish alphabet , called ne and written in the Latin script .
See also
( Latin-script letters) harf ; A a (Â â ), B b , C c , Ç ç , D d , E e , F f , G g , Ğ ğ , H h , I ı , İ i (Î î ), 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 (Û û ), Ü ü , V v , Y y , Z z
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 )
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 , Ã ã , Á á , Ạ ạ ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ , Ẳ ẳ , Ẵ ẵ , Ắ ắ , Ặ ặ ), Â 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 )
Mutation
N cannot mutate in Welsh.
See also
( Latin-script letters) llythyren ; A a (Á á , À à , Â â , Ä ä ), B b , C c , Ch ch , D d , Dd dd , E e (É é , È è , Ê ê , Ë ë ), F f , Ff ff , G g , Ng ng , H h , I i (Í í , Ì ì , Î î , Ï ï ), J j , L l , Ll ll , M m , N n , O o (Ó ó , Ò ò , Ô ô , Ö ö ), P p , Ph ph , R r , Rh rh , S s , T t , Th th , U u (Ú ú , Ù ù , Û û , Ü ü ), W w (Ẃ ẃ , Ẁ ẁ , Ŵ ŵ , Ẅ ẅ ), Y y (Ý ý , Ỳ ỳ , Ŷ ŷ , Ÿ ÿ )
Further reading
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
Letter
N (upper case , lower case n )
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