n
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letter/ɛn/phoneme/n/
n letter: the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script. Also the abbreviation of north.
Letter (1)
Numeral (1)
Noun (1)
n
- normal
- Neutral
- No
Letter (2) capitalized: N
Numeral (2) capitalized: N
Noun (2) capitalized: N
N
- Abbreviation of navy.
- Abbreviation of north (see also n).
- Abbreviation of noun.
- Abbreviation of knight.
- 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2025, page 23
- The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+
Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving”, in Next Level Chess, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2025
- Abbreviation of neutral (“gear selection”).
- Abbreviation of national route.
Also used as
n is also the abbreviation of north.
n is also the abbreviation of noun.
n is also the abbreviation of neuter.
n is also the contraction of and.
Forms of n
| Letter | |
|---|---|
| uppercase | N |
| plural | ns |
| plural | n's |
| lowercase | n |
| plural | Ns |
| plural | N's |
| Numeral | |
| uppercase | N |
| plural | ns |
| plural | n's |
| lowercase | n |
| plural | Ns |
| plural | N's |
Origin of n
Abbreviations.
Words formed from n
Words that rhyme with n
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Questions about n
- What does n mean?
- N means the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
- What part of speech is n?
- N can be a letter, a numeral or a noun.
- How do you pronounce n?
- N is pronounced /ɛn/ (letter).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: n (page history and authors); N (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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