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Translingual
Etymology
From the Etruscan letter 𐌍 (n, en), from the Ancient Greek letter Ν (N, nu), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤍 (n, nun), possibly from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓆓.
See also
Symbol
N
- (chemistry) Symbol for nitrogen.
- (metrology) Symbol for newton, the SI unit of force.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Outlaws: Adhi Codex entry:
- When attacking, adhi drive opponents out of secure positions to make them vulnerable to gunfire or a concerted attack by the rest of the pack. Their jaw strength has been measured in excess of 1900 N, dangerous even when wearing a hardsuit.
- (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)
Gallery
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur
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English
Letter
See also
Number
N (upper case, lower case n)
- The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /ɛn/
- Rhymes: -ɛn
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file)
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
N
- (stenoscript) the prefix or word-initial sequence inter-, enter-, intr- or entr-.
- (stenoscript) the sound sequence /(V)ntr/.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of north.
See also
Afar
Letter
N
- The eighteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
Angami
See also
- (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h
Azerbaijani
Letter
N upper case (lower case n)
Central Franconian
Etymology
- /n/ is from West Germanic *n.
- /ŋ/ is from West Germanic *ng; in most of Ripuarian from *n after long high vowels and from *nd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n/, (in ng, nk) /ŋ/
Letter
N
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, n is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, n is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Chinese
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Likely from the mathematical usage of n to denote an arbitrary number. Compare Korean N and Japanese n番煎じ.
Pronunciation
Further reading
- Chinese Language Stack Exchange - When did the usage of “N” to indicate some unspecified quantity come up?
Pronunciation 1
Letter
N
- The fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
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).
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛn/
Audio (file)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /no/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/
Audio (file)
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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Estonian
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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.
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
See also
French
Pronunciation
- (letter): IPA(key): /ɛn/
Audio (Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn
Letter
N
- the fourteenth letter of the French alphabet
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛn/
Audio (file)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈn]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛnː]
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | N | N-ek |
accusative | N-et | N-eket |
dative | N-nek | N-eknek |
instrumental | N-nel | N-ekkel |
causal-final | N-ért | N-ekért |
translative | N-né | N-ekké |
terminative | N-ig | N-ekig |
essive-formal | N-ként | N-ekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | N-ben | N-ekben |
superessive | N-en | N-eken |
adessive | N-nél | N-eknél |
illative | N-be | N-ekbe |
sublative | N-re | N-ekre |
allative | N-hez | N-ekhez |
elative | N-ből | N-ekből |
delative | N-ről | N-ekről |
ablative | N-től | N-ektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
N-é | N-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
N-éi | N-ekéi |
Possessive forms of N | ||
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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 |
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.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n/
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛn/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /n/
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
Italian
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.ne/
- Rhymes: -ɛnne
- (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /n/
Letter
N f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case n)
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 (upper case, lower case n)
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [e̞n]
- Phonetic hangul: [엔]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | en |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | en |
McCune–Reischauer? | en |
Yale Romanization? | eyn |
South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: N의 / N에 / N까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.
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]
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Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɛn]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [n]
Nupe
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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): /n/
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n/
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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).
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n/, /nʼ/
Scottish Gaelic
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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 (upper case, lower case n)
Slovene
Letter
N (capital, lowercase n)
- The 15th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by M and followed by O.
Spanish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔen/ [ˈʔɛn] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -en
- IPA(key): /ˈna/ [ˈna] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛ.nɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -ene
- IPA(key): /n/ [n] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔen/ [ˈʔɛn] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
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
Letter
N (upper case, lower 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 (upper case, lower case n, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈᜒ)
- (historical) The sixteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ene and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- “N”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩]
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Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ɛn/
- (informal) IPA(key): /n/
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
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
Yoruba
Pronunciation
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ̄/
Zulu
Letter
N (upper case, lower case n)