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en

/ɛn/ noun

In Latin: en Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about en at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Half the width of an em.

Origin

The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

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