en
see also: EN, En
Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɛn/, /ˈiː.ɛn/
Noun
  1. Abbr of English
Etymology 2

The name of the letter comes from Latin en.

Pronunciation
  • (British, America) enPR: ĕn, IPA: /ˈɛn/
    • (pin-pen) IPA: /ɪn/
Noun
  1. The name of the Latin script letter N
    The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
    • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
      I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
  2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
Translations

see en/translations

Etymology 3

From French -.

Pronunciation
  • (imitating the French pronunciation) IPA: [ɑ̃], [õ]
  • (anglicised) IPA: /ɒn/, /ɑn/
Preposition
  1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).
Etymology 4

From Old English hine.

Pronunciation Pronoun
  1. (dialectal, Newfoundland) him
  2. (dialectal, Newfoundland) it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
Noun

en (plural ens)

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

EN
Etymology 1

The initials of either the Nicomachēa or the Νικομάχεια.

Proper noun
  1. (philosophy) The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.
Etymology 2

Initialisms.

Noun

en

  1. (disease) Initialism of erythema nodosum
  2. (medicine) Initialism of enrolled nurse
  3. (ice hockey, floorball) Initialism of empty net

En
Adjective
  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of eastern



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