n.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "n"

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nervus (“nerve”).

Noun

n. (plural nn.)

  1. (anatomy) nerve

English

Noun

n.

  1. Abbreviation of note.
  2. (law) Abbreviation of footnote.
  3. (grammar) Abbreviation of noun.
  4. Abbreviation of north.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of "note"/"footnote" as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Subdivisions", Table T16, p. 472-73.

Adjective

n. (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of neuter.
  2. Abbreviation of northern.

Esperanto

Abbreviation

n.

  1. Abbreviation of naskiĝinta (“born”).

Finnish

Abbreviation

n.

  1. Short form of noin (approx.).

Spanish

Noun

n. m (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of nombre.
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