N

Letter

N (lower case n)

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

Symbol

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)

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of N:

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Letter

N

1. The eighteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See Also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe N)

1. The letter N

Letter

N upper case (lower case n)

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

Alternative forms

• n

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Numeral

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 N ci³ dou¹ mou⁵ jan⁴ zip³ din⁶ waa^6-2 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 N bù měijù, yīngyǔ hái chāo làn... [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)

Further reading

• Chinese Language Stack Exchange - When did the usage of “N” to indicate some unspecified quantity come up?

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

N (capital, lowercase n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of noord; north

See also

• Previous letter: M
• Next letter: O

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

Abbreviation

N

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

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

Abbreviation

N

1. non sine laude approbatur

Pronunciation

• (letter): IPA^(key): /ɛn/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛn

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of nord.

Letter

N

1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. norte (north)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛn/

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

1. The fourteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of Nord; north

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

N (lower case n)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

N m, f (invariable, lower case n)

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

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, Πî, 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

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

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛn]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

N

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

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

Noun

N m (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of norte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ne/, /en/

Letter

N (lowercase n)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/, /nʼ/

Letter

N

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

N (lower case n)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

Letter

N (capital, lowercase n)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /nʉn/

Letter

N upper case (lower case n)

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

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

1. The 14th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Abbreviation

N

1. Abbreviation of norte; north

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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

Pronunciation

• (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

Letter

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.

Letter

N (upper case, lower case n)

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