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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The name of the Latin script letter N/n.
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noun
A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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noun
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.
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noun
Initialism of erythema nodosum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
Initialism of enrolled nurse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of empty net.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of en.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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pron
Him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland, dialectal
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pron
It (when the thing being referred to is masculine).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Newfoundland, dialectal
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noun
half the width of an em
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nut
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Broader terms: linear unit, linear measure
History
The initials of either the Latin Ēthica Nicomachēa or the Ancient Greek Ἠθικὰ (Ēthikà) Νικομάχεια (Nikomákheia).
The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.
Initialisms.
From French en.
Inherited from Old English hine.
Across languages
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
