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N

1
or n

[ en ]

noun

, plural N's or Ns, n's or ns.
  1. the 14th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter N or n, as in now, dinner, son, etc.
  3. something having the shape of an N .
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter N or n.
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter N or n.

n.

2

abbreviation for

  1. born.

N

3

abbreviation for

  1. Physics. newton ( def ); newtons.
  2. north.
  3. northern.

n.

4

abbreviation for

  1. name.
  2. nephew.
  3. Commerce. net.
  4. neuter.
  5. new.
  6. nominative.
  7. noon.
  8. Chemistry. normal (strength solution).
  9. north.
  10. northern.
  11. Finance. note.
  12. noun.
  13. number.

N

5
Symbol.
  1. the 14th in order or in a series.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 90. Compare Roman numerals.
  3. Chemistry.
  4. Biochemistry. asparagine ( def ).
  5. Mathematics. an indefinite, constant whole number, especially the degree of a quantic or an equation, or the order of a curve.
  6. Chess. knight.
  7. Printing. en.

n

6
Symbol.
  1. Physics. neutron.

'n

7
or 'n'

[ uhn ]

conjunction

, Informal.
  1. a shortened form of and: Look 'n listen.

    Stop 'n save.

    Look 'n listen.

n-

8
Chemistry.
  1. an abbreviated form of normal, used in the names of hydrocarbon compounds that have a normal or straight chain of carbon atoms:

    n-3 fatty acid.

-n

9
  1. variant of -an after a vowel:

    Virginian.

N.

10

abbreviation for

  1. Nationalist.
  2. Navy.
  3. New.
  4. Noon.
  5. Chemistry. normal (strength solution).
  6. Norse.
  7. north.
  8. northern.
  9. Finance. note.
  10. November.

n

1

symbol for

  1. neutron
  2. optics index of refraction
  3. nano-

n-

2

prefix

  1. See normal
    chem short for normal

n

3

/ ɛn /

noun

  1. the 14th letter and 11th consonant of the modern English alphabet
  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually an alveolar nasal, as in nail

N

4

symbol for

  1. Alsokt chess knight
  2. neper
  3. neutral
  4. newton(s)
  5. chem nitrogen
  6. North
  7. Avogadro's number
  8. noun

abbreviation for

  1. Norway (international car registration)

n.

5

abbreviation for

  1. natus
  2. neuter
  3. new
  4. nominative
  5. noun

n

6

/ ɛn /

determiner

  1. an indefinite number (of)

    there are n objects in a box

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Word History and Origins

Origin of N1

From the Latin word nātus

Origin of N2

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of the word in continuous rapid speech

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Word History and Origins

Origin of N1

(for sense 1) Latin: born

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Example Sentences

Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and Bobby landed a major record deal.

Despite all the gun talk in “Hot N—,” everyone wanted a piece of him and his magic.

And people were going crazy until the movie hit and it was ‘n---a’ 110 times on Christmas.

I harbor a rock ‘n’ roll fantasy, just like anybody, and I welcomed the challenge.

The show, Bell Hooks argued in Black Looks: Race and Representation, “represents wom[e]n as the object of a phallocentric gaze.”

M was a Miser, and hoarded up gold; N was a Nobleman, gallant and bold.

Il n'y eut celuy de nous qui ne jugeast tel metheore prodigieux.

The right reading is They ne sholde have (They ne being read as They n').

Both the others pass through N, and show money circulating twice out of bank.

Et cert diu inter hos populos tant auctoritatis Sagamus n fuit.

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