ñ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"
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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
ñ (upper case Ñ)
Usage notesEdit
- For Indic scripts, it is usually used to transliterate ञ् (or equivalents) into ñ.
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BasqueEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ñ (lower case, upper case Ñ)
- The fifteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.
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Crimean TatarEdit
LetterEdit
ñ lower case (upper case Ñ)
- The eighteenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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LatinEdit
ParticleEdit
ñ
- (Medieval Latin) Scribal abbreviation of nōn (“not”).
- 1835, Rotuli Curiae Regis, &c, page 20:
- Rađ Nepos dix̃ qᵭ [teñ trā ||illā] ñ vult iñ respōđe sñ . . .
- 1889, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, Buchingehāscr̃ et Bedefordscr̃:
- .VIII. ᵭ. ñ sunt de firma Comitat9.
- 1835, Rotuli Curiae Regis, &c, page 20:
PortugueseEdit
AdverbEdit
ñ (not comparable)
- (Internet slang) Abbreviation of não.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From n with a nasal dash, which is a medieval shorthand for m or n (e.g. fõtẽ or fōtē for fontem). The sign ñ thus represents nn, the usual Old Spanish spelling for /ɲ/, generalised from words like año, where the sound goes back to Latin -nn-.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ñ (lower case, upper case Ñ)
- The fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.
InterjectionEdit
Used by Spanish speakers on the internet to insult non-spanish speakers