Translingual - Etymology

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

Translingual - Letter

n lower case (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)

Related terms

• Ŋ (eng)
• Ν (nu)
• Н (en)

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter N):  Ńń  Ǹǹ  Ňň  Ññ  Ṅṅ  Ņņ  Ṇṇ  Ṋṋ  Ṉṉ  N̈n̈  Ɲɲ  Ƞƞ  ᵰ  ᶇ  ɳ  ȵ  ɴ  Ｎｎ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  NJNjnj
• Preceded by apostrophe: 'n
• Hiragana: ん
• な (na), に (ni), ぬ (nu), ね (ne), の (no)

Other representations of N:

• Letter styles

External links

• N on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Symbol

n

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

External links

• Alveolar nasal on Wikipedia.en.Wikipedia:Alveolar nasal

English - Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

Letter

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

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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.

English - Etymology 2

Noun

n

1. north
2. (grammar) noun
3. (grammar) neuter gender
4. (organic chemistry) normal
5. Neutral
6. No

Translations

Azeri - Letter

n lower case (upper case N)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Dutch - Pronunciation

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

Dutch - Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

Dutch - See Also

• 'n

Egyptian - Adjective

1. of

Usage notes

This genitival adjective is used to express the indirect genitive. It indicates that the noun preceding it (with which it agrees in gender and number), is possessed by the noun which follows it.

Inflection

Egyptian - Preposition

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

Usage notes

Before a noun it can be written

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

Inflection

Egyptian - Pronoun

Dependent pronoun: first person plural

1. we, us (see usage notes)

Usage notes

This form of pronoun is an enclitic, which 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 sentance
• When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, and jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (Usually only in the first person singular and third person neuter)
• When it follows an imperative, it indicates the object of the verb.
• When it follows a particle like mj.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
• When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition

This pronoun has a variant hieroglyphic writing:

Inflection

Dependent pronouns inflect for gender and number. The "neuter" third person form is used for inanimate objects. See individual pages for variant writings.

Egyptian - References

Allen, Middle Egyptian
Faulkner, A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian

Esperanto - 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

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Faroese - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n/

Faroese - Letter

n (upper case N)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

French - Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

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

   • 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.

German - Alternative Forms

• 'n

German - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ən/, /n/

German - Article

n

1. (colloquial) Contraction of ein (“a, an”).
2. (colloquial) Contraction of einen (“a, an”).

Italian - Noun

n m, f (invariable)

1. See under N

Japanese - Romanization

n

1. rōmaji reading of ん
2. rōmaji reading of ン

Ladin - Article

n

1. a (+ masculine noun)

Ladin - See Also

• na
• 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.

Latvian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n]

Latvian - Letter

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

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Livonian - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Livonian - Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Livonian - See Also

• (Latin script letters) kēratēḑ; Aa, Āā, Ää, Ǟǟ, Bb, Dd, Ḑḑ, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Ōō, Ȯȯ, Ȱȱ, Õõ, Ȭȭ, Pp, Rr, Ŗŗ, Ss, Šš, Tt, Țț, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž,

Malay - Letter

n

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Norwegian - Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /arnː/, /ɛnː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /n/, /ɳ/*, /ŋ/*

Norwegian - Letter

n

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

Usage notes

• IPA^(key): /ɳ/ Retroflex, merge of rn.
• IPA^(key): /ŋ/ Velar nasal, merge of ng, and when n comes before k, like in the English think.

Portuguese - Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

n (lower case, upper case N)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called ene and written in the Latin script.
   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 246:

     Então continuaram a estudar enquanto o céu lá fora se tornava gradualmente mais escuro.

     Then they continued to study while the sky outside was becoming gradually darker.

Portuguese - Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• nn

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/, /arn/

Romanian - 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/

Serbo-Croatian - 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/

Skolt Sami - Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Skolt Sami - See Also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

Spanish - 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

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Turkmen - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/

Turkmen - Letter

n (upper case N)

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

Turkmen - See Also

• (Latin script letters) harp; Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz,

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