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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

Ñ

Ñ

Ñ U+00D1, Ñ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
Composition: N [U+004E] + ̃ [U+0303]
← Ð
[U+00D0] 		Latin-1 Supplement Ò →
[U+00D2]

Translingual

Letter

Ñ upper case (lower case ñ)

  1. The letter N with a tilde.

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Spanish

Letter

Ñ ‎(upper case, lower case ñ)

  1. The 15th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

ñ

ñ

ñ U+00F1, ñ
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
Composition: n [U+006E] + ̃ [U+0303]
← ð
[U+00F0] 		Latin-1 Supplement ò →
[U+00F2]
See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

Translingual

Letter

ñ lower case (upper case Ñ)

  1. The letter n with a tilde.

See also

Crimean Tatar

Letter

ñ ‎(upper case Ñ)

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

See also

Latin

Abbreviation

ñ

  1. Alternative form of n̄ Abbreviation of nōn ‎(“not”).
    • 1835, Rotuli Curiae Regis, &c, page 20:
      Rađ Nepos dix̃ qᵭ [teñ trā ||illā] ñ vult iñ respōđe sñ . . .
    • 1889, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, Buchingehāscr̃ et Bedefordscr̃ :
      .VIII. ᵭ. ñ sunt de firma Comitat9.

Portuguese

Adverb

ñ (not comparable)

  1. Shorthand for não.

Spanish

Etymology

From a doubled letter N in Spanish words of Latin origin. In cursive writing, the n on top developed into the tilde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɲe/

Letter

ñ ‎(lower case, upper case Ñ)

  1. The 15th letter of the Spanish and Filipino alphabet.

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