en

Noun (1)

en (plural ens)

1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.
   • The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.1773 October, The Monthly Review Or Literary Journal Enlarged
   • I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170
2. A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
   • That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at the beginnings and ends of the lines not to be reckoned in the width.1808, C[aleb] Stower, “An Account of the Different Advances in Journeymen’s Wages, from the Year 1785 to 1805, with the Present Regulations and Scale of Prices”, in The Compositor’s and Pressman’s...

Preposition

IPA[ɑ̃]

en

1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

Pronoun

IPA/ən/

en

1. (Newfoundland, dialectal) Him.
   • Such a strappen fine gentleman as he was, too. Yes, I rather like en sometimes.1895, Thomas Hardy, A Pair of Blue Eyes, page 236
2. (Newfoundland, dialectal) It (when the thing being referred to is masculine).

Noun (2)

en (plural ens)

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.

Proper noun capitalized: EN

EN

1. The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.

Noun (3) capitalized: EN

EN (countable and uncountable, plural ENs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of erythema nodosum.
2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of enrolled nurse.
3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of empty net.

Noun (4) capitalized: En

En (plural Ens)

1. Alternative letter-case form of en.