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Webster 1913 Edition

N

N

(ĕn)
,
the fourteenth letter of English alphabet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing, bring, etc. This is a simple but related sound, and is called the gutturo-nasal consonent. See
Guide to Pronunciation
, §§ 243-246.
The letter N came into English through the Latin and Greek from the Phoenician, which probably derived it from the Egyptian as the ultimate origin. It is etymologically most closely related to M. See
M
.

N

,
Noun.
(Print.)
A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.

Webster 1828 Edition

N

N

is the fourteenth letter of the English Alphabet, and an articulation formed by placing the end of the tongue against the root of the upper teeth. It is an imperfect mute or semi-vowel, and a nasal letter; the articulation being accompanied with a sound through the nose. It has one sound only, and after m is silent or nearly so, as in hymn and condemn. N, among the ancients, was a numeral letter signifying 900, and with a stroke over it, 9000. Among the lawyers, N. L. stood for non liquet, the case is not clear. In commerce, No. Is an abbreviation of the French nombre, and stands for number. N.S. stands for New Style.

Definition 2024

Ņ

Ņ

Ņ U+0145, Ņ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH CEDILLA
Composition: N [U+004E] + ̧ [U+0327]
← ń
[U+0144] 		Latin Extended-A ņ →
[U+0146]

Translingual

Letter

Ņ upper case (lower case ņ)

  1. The letter N with a cedilla.

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

  • IPA(key): [ɲ]

Letter

Ņ

Ņ ‎(upper case, lower case ņ)

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

See also

ņ

ņ

ņ U+0146, ņ
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH CEDILLA
Composition: n [U+006E] + ̧ [U+0327]
← Ņ
[U+0145] 		Latin Extended-A Ň →
[U+0147]

Translingual

Letter

ņ lower case (upper case Ņ)

  1. The letter n with a cedilla.

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

  • IPA(key): [ɲ]

Letter

Ņ

ņ ‎(lower case, upper case Ņ)

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

See also

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɲ/

Letter

ņ ‎(upper case Ņ)

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

See also

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