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• n
  n

  neutron.
• 'n
  'n

  conjunction

  a shortened form of and: Look 'n listen.
• N
  N

  noun

  the 14th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• n-
  n-

  an abbreviated form of normal, used in the names of hydrocarbon compounds that have a normal or straight chain of carbon atoms.
• -n
  -n

  variant of -an after a vowel.
• n.
  n.

  abbreviation

  born.
• N.
  N.

  abbreviation

  Nationalist.

n

¹ American  

Symbol.

1. Physics. neutron.

2. Optics. index of refraction.

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'n ² American  

[uhn] / ən /

Or 'n'

conjunction

Informal.

1. a shortened form of and: Look 'n listen.

   Stop 'n save.

   Look 'n listen.

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N ³ American  

[en] / ɛn /

Or n

noun

N's, plural Ns, plural n's, plural ns plural

1. the 14th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter N or n, as in now, dinner, son, etc.

3. something having the shape of an N .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter N or n.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter N or n.

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N ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Physics. newton; newtons.

2. north.

3. northern.

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N ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the 14th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 90.

3. Chemistry.

   1. nitrogen.

   2. Avogadro's number.

4. Biochemistry. asparagine.

5. Mathematics. an indefinite, constant whole number, especially the degree of a quantic or an equation, or the order of a curve.

6. Chess. knight.

7. Printing. en.

8. Physics. neutron number.

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n- ⁶ American  

Chemistry.

1. an abbreviated form of normal, used in the names of hydrocarbon compounds that have a normal or straight chain of carbon atoms.

   n-3 fatty acid.

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-n ⁷ American  

1. variant of -an after a vowel.

   Virginian.

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n. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. born.

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n. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. name.

2. nephew.

3. Commerce. net.

4. neuter.

5. new.

6. nominative.

7. noon.

8. Chemistry. normal (strength solution).

9. north.

10. northern.

11. Finance. note.

12. noun.

13. number.

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N. ¹⁰ American  

abbreviation

1. Nationalist.

2. Navy.

3. New.

4. Noon.

5. Chemistry. normal (strength solution).

6. Norse.

7. north.

8. northern.

9. Finance. note.

10. November.

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N ¹ British  

symbol

1. Also: kt.  chess knight

2. neper

3. neutral

4. newton(s)

5. chem nitrogen

6. North

7. Avogadro's number

8. noun

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abbreviation

1. Norway (international car registration)

n. ² British  

abbreviation

1. natus

2. neuter

3. new

4. nominative

5. noun

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n ³ British  

symbol

1. neutron

2. optics index of refraction

3. nano-

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n ⁴ British  

/ ɛn /

noun

1. the 14th letter and 11th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually an alveolar nasal, as in nail

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n ⁵ British  

/ ɛn /

determiner

1. an indefinite number (of)

   there are n objects in a box

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n- ⁶ British  

prefix

1. chem short for normal

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• N's
  plural
• Ns
  plural
• n's
  plural
• ns
  plural

Etymology

Origin of 'n²

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of the word in continuous rapid speech

Origin of n.⁸

From the Latin word nātus

Example Sentences

Science minister and veteran seismologist, Renato Solidum, said many students n survived because they were attending the morning assembly, which happens every Monday.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The simplest version of the unit distance problem goes something like this: If you put n dots on a sheet of paper, how many pairs of dots can be exactly one unit apart?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

“There will be significant lags behind i n the effects these supply chain disruptions will have on growth and inflation,” the economists write.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Saying he was in "good spirits", he joked: "I am determined not to die before Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Ant' n 'Dec. That should keep me going for a while."

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

I’d worn my Chuck Taylors and my Ceci n 'estpas une pipe shirt, the exact outfit I’d been wearing two weeks before on the Late Afternoon of the Venn Diagram, and he wouldn’t see it.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green