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fn

fn is the abbreviation of footnote.

fn is the abbreviation of function.

fn is the abbreviation of Fortnite.

Meaning of footnote

Noun

footnote (plural footnotes)

  1. A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
    • consult the footnotes for more details
  2. (broadly) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
    • a mere footnote in history
    Synonyms:
    asterisk
  3. A qualification to the import of something.

See all 4 meanings of footnote

Meaning of function

Noun

function (plural functions)

  1. What something does or is used for.
    • Although they serve the same function across the plant, animal and fungal kingdoms, sperm and eggs vary wildly in their structure and biochemistry, even among closely related species. […] Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat...2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2013
    Synonyms:
    aim, intention, purpose, role, use
  2. A professional or official position.
    Synonyms:
    occupation, office, part, role
  3. An official or social occasion.
    • Our hotel is hosting a function for all the warehouse workers on the night of April 18.
    1. (slang) A party.
  4. Something which is dependent on or stems from another thing; a result or concomitant.
    • Though most of the cases here cover European encounters with non-Europeans, it is not the intention of the book to give the impression that genocide is a function of European colonialism and imperialism alone.2008 June 1, A. Dirk Moses, “Preface”, in Empire, Colony, Genocide: Conquest, Occupation, and Subaltern Resistance in World History, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page x
  5. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance.

See all 13 meanings of function

Noun (1) capitalized: FN

FN (plural FNs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of footnote.

Noun (2) capitalized: FN

FN (plural FNs)

  1. (diminutive) Diminutive of FN-FAL (the NATO standard rifle)
  2. (diminutive) Diminutive of FN Five-seven (the pistol derivative of the FN-FAL)
    • I know your purse say D and G, holdin' my FN2020, Moneybagg Yo, Match My Fly
    Synonyms:
    FN-FAL, FAL

Proper noun capitalized: FN

FN

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.

Noun (3) capitalized: FN

FN (countable and uncountable, plural FNs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of fibronectin.

Noun (4) capitalized: FN

FN (plural FNs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of false negative.
    • A FN diagnosis, on the other hand, can give a patient the illusion of good health (and the patient will not get the necessary treatment).2015 July 24, Krzysztof J. Cios, Dat T. Nguyen, “Data mining and data visualization”, in Susan J Henly, editor, Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research...
    • From the optics of fairness, we care more about FPs than FNs because it's more unfair to put an innocent person in prison than it is to leave a guilty person in the streets.2021 March 26, Serg Masís, Interpretable Machine Learning with Python: Learn to build interpretable high-performance models with hands-on real-world examples, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...

Noun (5) capitalized: FN

FN (plural FNs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of falling number.

Noun (6) capitalized: Fn

Fn

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of fn (“function”).

Synonyms of fn

Forms of fn

pluralfns
pluralFNs

Origin of fn

Initialism of Fabrique Nationale.

Phrases with fn

Questions about fn

What is fn the abbreviation of?
Fn is the abbreviation of footnote.
What part of speech is fn?
Fn can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fn?
The plural of fn is fns.

Words near fn in the dictionary

  1. FMV
  2. FMVs
  3. FMVSS
  4. FMX
  5. fmz
  6. fn
  7. FN FAL
  8. FN FALs
  9. FN-FAL
  10. FN-FALs
  11. fn.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fn (page history and authors); FN (page history and authors); Fn (page history and authors); footnote (page history and authors); function (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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