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English Online Dictionary. What means n‎? What does n mean?

Translingual

Etymology

Letter

n (upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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)

Pronunciation

Symbol

(IPA) voiced alveolar nasal.
(superscript ⟨ⁿ⟩) nasal release (of any articulation), prenasalization, [n]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [n] – see also ⁿ.
(statistics) Sample size.
(physics) neutron.
Coordinate terms: p, e
(mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.

Gallery

Letter styles

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N, plural ns or n's)

The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

Number

n (lower case, upper case N)

The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

Abbreviation of north.
Alternative forms: n., N
(grammar) Abbreviation of noun.
Alternative form: n.
(organic chemistry) normal
Neutral
No

Translations

Adjective

(grammar) Abbreviation of neuter (gender).
Alternative form: n.

Translations

Conjunction

Contraction of and; chiefly used in set phrases.
Alternative form: 'n'

Etymology 3

Abbreviations.

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

Aromanian

Preposition

Alternative form of ãn

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n lower case (upper case N)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

Abbreviation of iyun (“June”).

Usage notes

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

Bambara

Pronoun

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ene/, [e̞.ne̞]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called ene and written in the Latin script.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

Chinese

Pronunciation

Numeral

Alternative spelling of N

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵏ (n, “of”) and Proto-Semitic *lV-, whence Hebrew לְ־ (lə-, “to, for, of”) and Arabic لِـ (li-, “to, for, belonging to”).

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en

Preposition

to, for (dative)
in the direction of, towards
(of time) for, until
because of
used idiomatically with certain verbs

Inflection

Alternative forms

Before a noun it can be written thus:

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en

Adjective

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: en

Pronoun

pl 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

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

Alternative forms

References

James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 43, 51, 86–87, 90–91, 117–118, 127.
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 124
Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 77

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /no/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈenː/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Finnish

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæn/, [ˈæn] (letter name)
IPA^(key): /ˈen/, [ˈe̞n] (letter name, dated)
Rhymes: -æn

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Noun

Abbreviation of naiset (“ladies”) (used to mark toilets and similar installations to be for women only)
Synonyms: naiset, (rare) rouvat

Antonyms: m, miehet, (rare) herrat

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

German

Pronunciation

Article

Nonstandard form of 'n.

Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐌽

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From African origin. Cognate with Kabuverdianu n.

Pronoun

I (first person singular)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of nou, from French nous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Pronoun

Contraction of nou.

Haruai

Pronoun

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

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

(letter name) nū

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː/
(phoneme) /n/

Letter

The tenth letter of the Hawaiian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈn]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛnː]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The twenty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.
character as a unit of measurement (one of the basic elements making up a text file or string)
Synonyms: karakter, leütés, betűhely

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛnː/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Ido

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n/
(letter name) IPA^(key): /ne/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n/
(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Etymology 2

From English n (“shortening of and”).

Conjunction

(text messaging, slang) Abbreviation of dan.

Synonyms

Irish

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The twelfth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Italian

Letter

n f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case N)

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

Japanese

Romanization

Rōmaji transcription of ん
Rōmaji transcription of ン

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From African origin.

Pronoun

I (first person singular)

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *n, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Central Atlas Tamazight ⵏ (n), see there for more.

Preposition

of, genitive preposition
used between a numeral and a noun
used before a year

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog n. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English n.

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ʔen/ [ʔen]
- Rhymes: -en
(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/ [n]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The fourteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

References

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

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 (lower case, upper case N)

The nineteenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Korean

Numeral

n • (en)

Alternative spelling of N (en).

Ladin

Article

a (+ masculine noun)

Lashi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/, [n̩˧]

Interjection

References

Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 11

Latin

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /n/

Latvian

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

IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Malay

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/
IPA^(key): /m/ (by assimilation to a following labial)
IPA^(key): /n/, [ŋ] (by assimilation to a following velar)

Letter

n (upper case N)

The eighteenth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Mandarin

Romanization

Nonstandard spelling of ń.
Nonstandard spelling of ň.
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.

Navajo

Letter

n (upper case N)

A letter of the Navajo alphabet, written in the Latin script.

North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [n], (in ng, nk) [ŋ], (syllabic) [n̩], [ŋ̍], [m̩]

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

As in German, the unstressed syllable ⟨en⟩ usually becomes syllabic [n̩], which further assimilates to preceding stop consonants as [kŋ̍], [ɡŋ̍], [pm̩], [bm̩].

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/, IPA^(key): /ŋ/, IPA^(key): / ̃/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Polish

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛn/

Letter

n (upper case N, lower case)

The eighteenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

nn, ñ

Adverb

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“not”).
eu n sei ― I don't know.

Noun

n m (invariable)

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

Interjection

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

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (lower case, upper 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.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called en, ne, or nî and written in the Latin script.

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

n', 'n

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/
Hyphenation: n

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

unstressed form of aan, een; a, an

Usage notes

When followed by an adjective and modifying a feminine noun, the form ne may be used.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

unstressed form of dän

References

Marron C. Fort (2015) Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN, page 779

Scottish Gaelic

Letter

n (lower case, upper 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”).

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (Cyrillic spelling н)

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

Silesian

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 (lower case, upper case N)

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (phoneme) /n/
IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈene/ [ˈe.ne]
- Rhymes: -ene

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Swedish

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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)
  - Rhymes: -en
- IPA^(key): /ˈna/ [ˈn̪a] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -a
- IPA^(key): /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛː.n̪ɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
  - Rhymes: -ene
- IPA^(key): /n/ [n̪] (phoneme)

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔)

The fourteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called en and written in the Latin script.

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N, Baybayin spelling ᜈ)

The eleventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called na and written in the Latin script.

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒ) (historical)

The sixteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ene and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

From the Abakada alphabet letter n being pronounced as na.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /na/ [n̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -a

Adverb

n (Baybayin spelling ᜈ) (text messaging)

Abbreviation of na.

Tarifit

Preposition

n (Tifinagh spelling ⵏ)

genitive marker
1. indicates possession: of, -'s
2. indicates the relationship of a noun and their place of origin
3. indicates a relationship between family members: son of, daughter of
4. expresses quantity

Usage notes

Nouns following the preposition n are placed in the construct state.

Inflection

Tlingit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

A letter of the Tlingit alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Turkish

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /ɛn/
- (informal) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The eighteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èn and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by m and followed by o.

Mutation

n cannot mutate in Welsh.

Xhosa

n (lower case,upper case N)

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

Yele

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɳ /, /ⁿ/

Letter

n (upper case N)

A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

The digraph ⟨nd⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿʈ/ [ɳɖ]
The digraph ⟨ng⟩ transcribes /ŋ/
The trigraph ⟨ngm⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ŋ͡m/
The digraph ⟨nj⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿt̪ʲ/ [n̪d̪͡ʑ]
The digraph ⟨nk⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿk/ [ŋɡ]
The digraph ⟨nm⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ɳ͡m/
The digraph ⟨nt⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿt̪/ [n̪d̪]

Palatalized consonants are written ⟨ndy, nmy, ny⟩ (the last being /ɳʲ/), labialized consonants as ⟨ngw, nkw⟩.

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/, IPA^(key): /ŋ/, IPA^(key): / ̃/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /nĩ́/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

The fifteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called ní and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

ín, í (Èkìtì)
mí (Ìjẹ̀ṣà, Ìjẹ̀bú)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ŋ́/

Particle

Marks the imperfective aspect, for actions that are not completed.

Derived terms

máa ń (“habitual tense marker”)

Etymology 3

Compare with Igbo m

Alternative forms

ng (archaic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ŋ̄/

Pronoun

n̄ or n

Alternative form of mo (“I”) (used in negative or future sentences, or with kí)

Zulu

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

n

n

Translingual

Etymology

Letter

Synonyms

Related terms

Further reading

Pronunciation

Symbol

Gallery

See also

Further reading

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Number

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Translations

Adjective

Translations

Conjunction

Etymology 3

Aromanian

Preposition

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Bambara

Pronoun

Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

Chinese

Pronunciation

Numeral

Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

See also

See also

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Preposition

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Inflection

Alternative forms

References

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

See also