ñ

ñ (upper case Ñ)

1. The letter n with a tilde.

• For Indic scripts, it is usually used to transliterate ञ् (or equivalents) into ñ.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter N):  Ńń  Ǹǹ  Ňň  Ññ  Ṅṅ  Ņņ  Ṇṇ  Ṋṋ  Ṉṉ  N̈n̈  Ɲɲ  Ƞƞ  ᵰ  ᶇ  ɳ  ȵ  ɴ  Ｎｎ  Ŋŋ  NJNjnj  NJNjnj
• (Letters using tilde sign or middle tilde sign):  Ãã  Ẵẵ  Ẫẫ  ᵬ  ᵭ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ĩĩ  Ññ  Õõ  Ṍṍ  Ỡỡ  Ṏṏ  P̃p̃  Ũũ  Ữữ  Ṽṽ  Ỹỹ

• IPA^(key): /eɲe/, [e̞.ɲe̞]

ñ (lower case, upper case Ñ)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

ñ lower case (upper case Ñ)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) arif; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, Ö ö, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

ñ

1. (Medieval Latin) Scribal abbreviation of nōn (“not”).
   • 1835, Rotuli Curiae Regis, &c, page 20:

     Rađ Nepos dix̃ qᵭ [teñ trā ||illā] ñ vult iñ respōđe sñ . . .

   • 1889, The Great Roll of the Pipe for the thirteenth year of the reign of King Henry the Second, Buchingehāscr̃ et Bedefordscr̃:

     .VIII. ᵭ. ñ sunt de firma Comitat⁹.

ñ (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of não.

From n with a nasal dash, which is a medieval shorthand for m or n (e.g. fõtẽ or fōtē for fontem). The sign ñ thus represents nn, the usual Old Spanish spelling for /ɲ/, generalised from words like año, where the sound goes back to Latin -nn-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɲe/ [ˈe.ɲe]

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• Rhymes: -eɲe

ñ (lower case, upper case Ñ)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called eñe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z