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N

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"
LetterN.svg
N U+004E, N
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
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[U+004D] 		Basic Latin O →
[U+004F]
Ｎ U+FF2E, Ｎ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
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[U+FF2D] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｏ →
[U+FF2F]

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TranslingualEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

LetterEdit

N (lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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SymbolEdit

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)

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles

  • Capital and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type

  • Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

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Other representations of N:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

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.
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NumberEdit

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 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

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AbbreviationEdit

N

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

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

N

  1. The eighteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

  (transliteration needed) (Stokoe N)

  1. The letter N

AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

N upper case (lower case n)

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

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ChineseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

N

  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 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: [1]
    zhuīle ēn bù měijù, yīngyǔ hái chāo làn... [Pinyin]
    You've binged countless American TV dramas, but your English still sucks…

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

N (capital, lowercase n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

AbbreviationEdit

N

  1. Abbreviation of noord; north

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: M
  • Next letter: O

EsperantoEdit

LetterEdit

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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AbbreviationEdit

N

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

FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

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 alsoEdit

AbbreviationEdit

N

  1. non sine laude approbatur

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

AbbreviationEdit

N

  1. Abbreviation of nord.

LetterEdit

N

  1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet.

GalicianEdit

AbbreviationEdit

N

  1. norte (north)

AntonymsEdit

  • (north): S

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet.

AbbreviationEdit

N

  1. Abbreviation of Nord; north

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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N (lower case n)

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

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ItalianEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

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

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N m or f (invariable, lower case n)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Italian alphabet, called enne and written in the Latin script.

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LatvianEdit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
N

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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MalayEdit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

PronunciationEdit

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N

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

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PortugueseEdit

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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NounEdit

N m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of norte.

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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N (lowercase n)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /n/. Preceded by M and followed by O.

SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

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N

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

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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N (lower case n)

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

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SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

PronunciationEdit

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N (capital, lowercase n)

  1. The 15th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by M and followed by O.

SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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N upper case (lower case n)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called nun and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by M and followed by W.

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

AbbreviationEdit

N

  1. Abbreviation of norte; north

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [ʔɛn˧˧ nəː˨˩], [nəː˨˩ tʰəp̚˧˦], [nəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˦˩], [ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəː˦˩], [nəː˦˩ tʰəp̚˦˧˥], [nəː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [nəː˨˩ tʰəp̚˦˥], [nəː˨˩]
  • Phonetic: e nờ, en nờ, nờ thấp, nờ

LetterEdit

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.

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ZuluEdit

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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