Dictionary: n1   (ĕn)

1. The 14th letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter n.
3. The 14th in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter N.

(NanoSecond) See space/time.

The fourteenth letter of the modern English alphabet is represented by nin [Irish, ash] in the ogham alphabet of early Ireland.

Social security number. See social security.

Basic Latin alphabet
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

N is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled en (IPA: /ɛn/).^[1]

History of the form

The most common snake hieroglyphic was used in Egyptian writing to stand for a sound like English 'J', because the Egyptian word for "snake" was djet. It is speculated that Semitic people working in Egypt adapted hieroglyphics to create the first alphabet, and that they used the same snake symbol to represent N, because their word for "snake" may have begun with that sound. However, the name for the letter in the Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic alphabets is nun, which means "fish" in some of these languages. The sound value of the letter was /n/ - as in Greek, Etruscan, Latin and all modern languages.

Egyptian hieroglyph for 'J'	Proto-Semitic N	Phoenician N	Etruscan N	Greek Nu

Usage

N serves as a dental or alveolar nasal in virtually all languages that use the Latin alphabet. A common digraph with <n> is <ng>, which produces a velar nasal in a variety of languages, usually final in English. In languages like Italian and French, <gn> represents a palatal nasal (/ɲ/). The Portuguese spelling for this sound is <nh>. In English, n is silent when it is preceded by an m, in words like hymn (although it is pronounced in words such as damnation).

In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the lowercase [n] represents the alveolar nasal sound. A small capital [ɴ] represents the uvular nasal.

N is the second-most commonly used consonant in the English language (after T).

Codes for computing

Alternative representations of N

NATO phonetic		Morse code
November		–·
Signal flag	Semaphore	ASL Manual	Braille

Code type	Uppercase "N" code	Lowercase "n" code
Unicode	+0043	U+006E
ASCII	78	110
Binary	01001110	01101110
EBCDIC	213	149
Numeric character reference in HTML and XML	"N"	"n"

Meanings of N

See N (disambiguation).

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The ISO basic Latin alphabet
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
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - national, north(ern), new, navy, noun, det 14.bogstavet i alfabetet

2.
abbr. - neuter; neutrum, noon; middag, noun; navneord, number; nummer

Nederlands (Dutch)
noord, nummer, netto, nominatief, nieuw, normaal, Noors, november, naam, nano-, neef, middag, aantekening, (zelfstandig) naamwoord, onzijdig, neutron, stikstof, loper (bij schaken)

Français (French)
1.
n. - n (quatorzième lettre de l'alphabet), (Phon) nasale alvéolaire

2.
abbr. - (abrév) de né(e), neutre, nouveau, nominatif, midi, note, nom, nombre

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - n

2.
abbr. - Norden, nördlich, Neu, Kern-, Substantiv, Name, Neutrum, Mittag, Note

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - Βόρεια, Βόρειος, (σκάκι) ιππότης, πυρηνικός, όνομα, ουδέτερος, μεσημέρι, σημείωση, (μαθημ.) αόριστος αριθμός, η νιοστή δύναμη, (καθομ.) και
symb. - το δέκατο τρίτο γράμμα του αγγλικού αλφαβήτου, (τυπογρ.) μισό τετράγωνο, (χημεία) άζωτο

Italiano (Italian)
n, nord, sostantivo, azoto, all'ennesima potenza

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - nome, marinha de guerra, novo, norte, setentrional, neutro, nominativo, meio-dia, substantivo, número
symb. - Newton (Fís.), algarismo romano correspondente a 90, nitrogênio (Quím.), asparagina (Bioq.), número de Avogadro (Quím.), número de nêutrons (Fís.), índice de refração

Русский (Russian)
14-ая буква англ. алфавита, север, существительное, азот

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - decimocuarta letra del alfabeto inglés

2.
abbr. - norte, sustantivo, nitrógeno, enésimo, número o potencia indeterminada, nombre, nacido, neutro, sobrino, nuevo, nominativo, mediodía

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - National, north(ern), New, Navy, noun, noon, neuter, nominative, newton
symb. - kväve, Avogadros konstant (kem.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 字母n

2. 牛顿, 记录数目

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 字母n

2.
abbr. - 牛頓, 記錄數目

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 영어에서 14번째의 글자

2.
abbr. - neuter(중성) , nominative(주격의)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - エヌ, N字形のもの, 中性子

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحرف الرابع عشر من الابجديه الانجليزيه (اختصار) اختصار ل : north)ern( شمال او شمالي, لمظذ محايد, name او : noun اسم (علامه) النيتروجين ni- trogen :‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮האות N, בעל צורת N, חנקן (יסוד), מספר לא-מוגדר (מתמטיקה), מספר‬
abbr. - ‮אטומי, חדש, פרש (שחמט), צפון, שם-עצם, ניוטון (יחידת-כוח)‬

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