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N

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

N U+004E, N
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
← M
[U+004D] 		Basic Latin O →
[U+004F]
Character variations
Ｎ U+FF2E, Ｎ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
← Ｍ
[U+FF2D] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｏ →
[U+FF2F]
𝕹 U+1D579, 𝕹
MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL N
← 𝕸
[U+1D578] 		Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝕺 →
[U+1D57A]
𜳣 U+1CCE3, 𜳣
OUTLINED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
← 𜳢
[U+1CCE2] 		Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement 𜳤 →
[U+1CCE4]
Languages (53)
Translingual • English
Afar • Afrikaans • Angami • Azerbaijani • Basque • Catalan • Central Franconian • Central Mazahua • Chinese • Dutch • Esperanto • Estonian • Finnish • French • Galician • German • Hawaiian • Hungarian • Icelandic • Ido • Indonesian • Irish • Isoko • Italian • Kankanaey • Kashubian • Korean • Latin • Latvian • Malay • Maltese • Navajo • Nupe • Polish • Portuguese • Romani • Romanian • Saanich • Scottish Gaelic • Silesian • Skolt Sami • Slovene • Somali • Spanish • Swedish • Tagalog • Turkish • Vietnamese • Welsh • Yoruba • Zulu
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Translingual

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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.

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N (lower case n)

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

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Symbol

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N

  2. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for nitrogen.
  3. (chemistry) nines, as a degree of purity. 5N is 99.999% pure.
  5. (metrology) newton, the SI unit of force
    Holonyms: kN < MN < GN < TN < PN < EN < ZN < YN
    Meronyms: pN < nN < μN < mN
    • 2000 October 9, Gérard P. Michon, “What is a slug, in the [engineering] weight measurement system?”, in Numericana.com‎[1] (in English):
      A mass of one hyl gets accelerated at a rate of one meter per square second by a force of one kilogram-force (namely, 9.80665 N).
    • 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.
  7. (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter symbol) asparagine
    Synonym: Asn
  9. (physics) electron number
  10. (music) Neapolitan chord (usually in first inversion, therefore followed by a superscript six)
  11. (linguistics) A wildcard for a nasal consonant (nasal stop)
  12. The symbol in bases higher than twenty-three for the number expressed as 23 in decimal.
  13. (license plate codes) Norway
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  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type
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    Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

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Other representations of N:

English

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Etymology 1

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

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

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

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

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Abbreviations.

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Audio (US):(file)
Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

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N

  2. (military) Abbreviation of navy.
  4. Abbreviation of north (see also n).
  6. (linguistics) Abbreviation of noun.
  8. (chess) Abbreviation of knight.
    • 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE‎[2], archived from the original on 16 March 2025, page 23:
      1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)
    • 2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving”, in Next Level Chess‎[3], archived from the original on 6 August 2025:
      The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+
      Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.
  10. Abbreviation of neutral (“gear selection”).
    Coordinate terms: P, R, N, D, 2, 1
  11. (South Africa, roadway) Abbreviation of national route.
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Afar

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛn/

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Noun

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N (plural N'e, diminutive N'etjie)

  1. N

Angami

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [n]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [neː], [nɯː]

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Basque

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Catalan

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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  • /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.

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  • IPA(key): /n/, (in ng, nk) /ŋ/

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (German-based), written in the Latin script.
  2. A letter of the Central Franconian alphabet (Dutch-based), written in the Latin script.

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Doubling of N
  • 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.

Central Mazahua

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Chinese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Likely from the mathematical usage of n to denote an arbitrary number. Compare Korean N (N) and Japanese n番煎じ.

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Numeral

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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 en1 ci3 dou1 mou5 jan4 zip3 din6 waa6-2 ge2? [Jyutping]
    How come I called several times but no one picked up the phone?
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation 1

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Note: Often realised as one syllable.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese, written in the Latin script.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fourteenth letter of Pinyin, written in the Latin script.
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  • 《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 pronunciations above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other contexts (such as English).

Dutch

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. the fourteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

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N

  1. abbreviation of noord; north

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  • Previous letter: M
  • Next letter: O

Esperanto

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See n.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Noun

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N

  1. abbreviation of nordo (“north”)

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Estonian

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Finnish

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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.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Noun

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N

  1. abbreviation of non sine laude approbatur
  2. abbreviation of nainen (“woman, female”)

French

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Noun

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N

  1. abbreviation of nord

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. the fourteenth letter of the French alphabet

Galician

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Noun

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N

  1. abbreviation of norte (“north”)

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  • (antonym(s) of “north”): S

German

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N n (upper case, lower case n)

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

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N

  1. abbreviation of Nord; north

Hawaiian

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Alternative forms

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  • (letter name) nū

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

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Hungarian

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

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called enn and written in the Latin script.

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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
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

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Icelandic

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Ido

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Indonesian

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Irish

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Isoko

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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  • E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
  • Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
  • Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

Italian

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

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

Noun

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N m

  1. abbreviation of nord; north

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Kankanaey

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Etymology

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

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ʔen/ [ʔen]
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /n/ [n]

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016), Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎[5] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Kashubian

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Etymology

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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.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Korean

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Etymology

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From the mathematical sense. Compare Chinese N.

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Romanizations
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.

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N • (en)

  1. an arbitrary or unspecified number of some size, normally greater than three
    N수생
    ensusaeng
    someone preparing the university entrance exam for more than three years
    돈은 N분의 1로 내자.
    Don-eun enbun-ui il-lo nae-ja.
    Let's split the bill.
    (literally, “Let's [each] pay one out of n.”)

Latin

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. A letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /n/.

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Latvian

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Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Maltese

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Nupe

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Polish

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Etymology

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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.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Portuguese

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N m (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Noun

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N m (uncountable)

  1. abbreviation of norte

Romani

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. (International Standard) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The nineteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Saanich

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Scottish Gaelic

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by M and followed by O; traditionally named nuin (“ash”).

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Silesian

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Etymology

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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.

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Skolt Sami

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The twenty-first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  3. The sixteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Somali

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called nun and written in the Latin script; preceded by M and followed by W.

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Spanish

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

Noun

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N m

  1. abbreviation of norte; north

Swedish

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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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.

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔen/ [ˈʔɛn̪] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈna/ [ˈn̪a] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
      • Rhymes: -a
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔene/ [ˈʔɛː.n̪ɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA(key): /n/ [n̪] (phoneme)

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. the fourteenth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script
  2. the eleventh letter of the Abakada alphabet, called na and written in the Latin script
  3. (historical) the sixteenth letter of the Abecedario, called ene and written in the Latin script

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Further reading

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  • “N”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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Vietnamese

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [ʔɛn˧˧ nəː˨˩], [nəː˨˩ tʰəp̚˧˦], [nəː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˦˩], [ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəː˦˩], [nəː˦˩ tʰəp̚˦˧˥], [nəː˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [ʔɛŋ˧˧ nəː˨˩], [nəː˨˩ tʰəp̚˦˥], [nəː˨˩]
  • Phonetic spelling: e nờ, en nờ, nờ thấp, nờ

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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.

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Welsh

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N (upper case, lower case n)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by M and followed by O.

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Mutation

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  • N cannot mutate in Welsh.

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  • 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

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Etymology 1

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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N̄ or N

  1. alternative letter-case form of n (“I”)

Zulu

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N (upper case, lower case n)

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

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