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Added 10 October 2026

n

/ɛn/ letter

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The fourteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
in Romanization: of the Hebrew נ \ ן (“nun”, “nūn”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes of the Hebrew נּ (“nun”, “nūn ḥāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme
of the Hebrew נ \ ן (“nun”, “nūn”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes

symbol

voiced alveolar nasal.
nasal release (of any articulation), prenasalization, [n]-coloring or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [n] – see also ⁿ.
Sample size.
neutron.

letter

The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

noun

Abbreviation of north.
Abbreviation of noun.

Origin

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