n

See also: ո, ռ, ⁿ, and Appendix:Variations of "n"

n U+006E, n
LATIN SMALL LETTER N
← m
[U+006D] 		Basic Latin o →
[U+006F]
ｎ U+FF4E, ｎ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER N
← ｍ
[U+FF4D] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｏ →
[U+FF4F]

Translingual

Etymology

From the old Latin N, from the Greek Ν (nu), from an archaic reversed Greek N, from the Phoenician symbol 𐤍; possibly from an earlier Egyptian hieroglyph of a resting Egyptian cobra,
D
(𓆓).

Letter

n (upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  2. 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)

Further reading

Pronunciation

  • IPA(file)

Symbol

n

  1. (IPA) alveolar nasal.
  2. (statistics) Sample size.
  3. (physics) neutron
  4. (mathematics) An arbitrary natural number.

See also

Other representations of N:

Further reading

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
Audio (UK)(file)

Letter

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

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

Number

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • n. (noun, neuter (gender), north):
  • N (north):

Noun

n

  1. north
  2. (grammar) noun
  3. (grammar) neuter gender
  4. (organic chemistry) normal
  5. Neutral
  6. No
  7. Shortening of and, used in set phrases like rock-n-roll.
Translations

Aromanian

Preposition

n

  1. Alternative form of ãn

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/

Letter

n lower case (upper case N)

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

See also

Chinese

Pronunciation

Numeral

n

  1. Alternative spelling of N

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛn/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: m
  • Next letter: o

See also

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Hebrew לְ־‎ (lə-, “to, for, of”), Arabic لِـ‎ (li-, “to, for, belonging to”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Preposition

n

  1. to, for (dative)
  2. in the direction of, towards
  3. (of time) for, until
  4. because of
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

Adjective

n

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Pronoun

n
Z2

 pl 1. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. 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 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
Middle Egyptian personal pronouns
number first person second person third person
masculine feminine masculine feminine
suffix pronouns singular ∅, .j
 .k, .kj1
 .ṯ, .t
 .f, .fj1
 .s, .sj1
dual2 .nj
 .ṯnj, .tnj
 .snj
plural .n
 .ṯn, .tn
 .sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns singular wj, w
 ṯw, tw
 ṯn, tn
 sw, st
 sj, s, st
plural n
 ṯn, tn
 sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns singular jnk
 ntk, ṯwt2
 ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2
 ntf, swt2
 nts, swt2
plural jnn3
 ntṯn, nttn
 ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings singular .kw
 .tj, .t, .tw3
 ∅, .w
 .tj, .t, .tw3
plural .wn, .wjn
 .tjwn, .tjwnj
 ∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3 singular tw.j
 tw.k
 tw.t
 sw
 sj, st
plural tw.n
 tw.tn
 st
  1. Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.
  2. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.
  3. Only in postclassical texts.
Alternative forms

References

  • Allen, James (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, revised second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  • Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
  1. ↑ Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
  2. ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

See also

French

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛn/

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.
      With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and tortured himself to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Usage notes

See also

German

Article

n

  1. Nonstandard form of 'n.
    • 1984, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Ein Unglücksfall: Roman, page 172:
      „Hat uns vorhin so n Mensch von der Dingsbums gebracht.“ „Von der Kultusgemeinde.“ Avrom hebt zwinkernd die Augen vom Buch; er lächelt. Muß ne anrührende Stelle gewesen sein, was er da grade liest. „Was heißt ‚so n Mensch‘.“
    • 1999, Regula Schmidlin, Wie Deutschschweizer Kinder schreiben und erzählen lernen:
      […] also die Geschichte hab ich genannt (äh) die Froschsuche weil da war so n Junge und mit em Hund und die haben dauernd ihren Frosch immer angeguckt im Wasser und dann einmal in der Nacht is er weggehüpft […]
    • 2012, Gustav Falke, Die Kinder Aus Ohlsens Gang, page 92:
      »Wenn ick de jungen Lüd nich harr und de Kinner – so n Mann, Herr Lehrer, so n Mann! aber ick hev en nu. He schall mi mol Muck seggn. Rut smiet ick em.« »Das lassen Sie nur lieber nach, Frau Krahnstöver. […] «
    • 2014, Manuel Mayer, Schwule Akten: Fußballstar und Tennisprofi geoutet (Himmelstürmer Verlag), page 58:
      Und da Sex Sponsoren anzieht, würde so n Kerl ein so großes Medienecho hervorrufen, sodass wir noch Jahrhunderte davon hören würden ...

Haruai

Pronoun

n

  1. I

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

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

See also

Italian

Noun

n m, f (invariable)

  1. See under N

Japanese

Romanization

n

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ン

Ladin

Article

n

  1. a (+ masculine noun)

See also

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

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Letter

N

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

See also

Malay

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

n

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ń.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ň.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǹ.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

n

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Audio (BR)(file)

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Adverb

n

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of não (“not”).

Noun

n m (plural n)

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

Interjection

n

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne/, /en/

Letter

n (lowercase, capital N)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /n/. Preceded by m and followed by o.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/

Letter

n (Cyrillic spelling н)

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/
  • (letter) IPA(key): /ˈene/
    • Audio (Spain)(file)

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Turkish

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/

Letter

n (upper case N)

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

See also

Zulu

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

See also

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