Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
name of the letter N, n:

Examples

38 sentences
  1. People came en masse.

    deDie Leute kamen in großer Zahl. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Paramedics are en route.

  3. En passant is a special type of pawn move in chess.

    Взяття на проході - особливий хід пішкою у шахах. — deniko

Meaning

3 senses
  1. The name of the Latin script letter N/n.

    энen

  2. A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).

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

More definitions
  • half the width of an em

Origin

The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

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Forms

plural: ens
Singularen
Pluralens

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • half the width of an em:nut

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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