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.

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
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of N, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase N in Fraktur

External links

• n on Wikipedia.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.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

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

• (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.

Etymology 2

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

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/

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

• '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

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	n	nt
Plural	nw	nt

Preposition

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

Usage notes

Before a noun it can be written

nj

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

Inflection

Adverbial forms	nj
	n(j)

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:

n

Inflection

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

References

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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/

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.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.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.

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 9027250146)
• Bernard Comrie, ‎Maria Polinsky, Causatives and Transitivity (1993, ISBN 9027230269), 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

• IPA^(key): /n/

Letter

n ‎(upper case N)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; 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

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)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [n]

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

• 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, EF, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ša, Tt, Uu, jk, Vv, Zz, Žž

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

• (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 ‎(lower case, upper case 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

Mandarin

Romanization

n (Zhuyin ㄋ˙)

1. Pinyin transcription of 唵
2. Pinyin transcription of 𧗈

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/, /ɳ/*, /ŋ/*

Letter

n

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

Usage notes

• /ɳ/ Retroflex, merge of rn.
• /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, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letra; 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

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/, /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

• (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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /n/, /ŋ/, /ɱ/, /n̪/, /n̟/, /n̪/, /nʲ/, /ɴ/
• (letter) IPA^(key): /'ene/

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/

Letter

n ‎(upper case N)

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

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,