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Dictionary: en   (ĕn) pronunciation
n.
  1. The letter n.
  2. Printing. A space equal to half the width of an em.

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The symbol for ethylene diamine (1,2-diaminoethane) functioning as a bidentate ligand, used in formulae.



In typography, a unit of measure equal to the width of the capital letter N in a particular font. An "en dash" is a dash one en wide and is typically used to separate ranges of numbers, months and names. See em.

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One half the width of an em.

paper and printing A measure for type body size, = 6 points = ½ em.

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EN, En or en can mean:

Script

  • En or N, the fourteenth letter of the Roman alphabet
  • EN (cuneiform), the mark in Sumerian cuneiform script for "lord" or "lord priest"
  • En (Cyrillic) (Н, н), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to the Roman letter "n"
  • En (digraph), "en" used as a phoneme
  • En (typography), a unit of width in typography, equivalent to half the height of a given font

Languages

Science and technology

Places

Culture

Organisations

  • Eastern National, a US non-profit organization providing support to the National Parks Service
  • English Nature, former UK government agency responsible for nature conservation in England
  • Envirolink Northwest, an environmental organisation in north-west England

Companies

Other

  • En, direct transliteration from Japanese of Yen, the unit of Japanese currency
  • Enrolled Nurse, an Australian term for a licensed practical nurse

Translations: En
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - måleenhed i trykning; en halv em

idioms:

  • en bloc    en bloc, samlet
  • en famille    i familien, hjemme
  • en masse    samlet, i en klump
  • en passant    i forbigående
  • en route    undervejs
  • en suite    i forlængelse, med eget bad

Français (French)
n. - (Imprim) unité de mesure = 1/2 cadratin, (Typ) lettre moyenne

idioms:

  • en bloc    en bloc
  • en famille    en famille
  • en masse    en masse
  • en passant    en passant
  • en route    en route
  • en suite    suivi de

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Druckw.) Halbgeviert (0,5 em), Einheit zur Berechnung eines Textumfangs

idioms:

  • en bloc    in einem Block zusammen
  • en famille    im Familienkreis, wie zu Hause
  • en masse    alle zusammen, in Massen
  • en passant    ganz nebenbei
  • en route    unterwegs
  • en suite    sich anschließend an

Ελληνική (Greek)
pref. - εν-, εμ-

idioms:

  • en bloc    συλλήβδην, συνολικά
  • en famille    οικογενειακά, ανεπίσημα
  • en masse    συλλήβδην, μαζικά
  • en passant    παρεμπιπτόντως, παρενθετικώς
  • en route    καθ' οδόν, οδεύων
  • en suite    (οικοδ.) (για λουτρό κ.λπ.) συνεχόμενος (με κρεβατοκάμαρα κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

  • en bloc    in blocco
  • en masse    in massa
  • en passant    en passant
  • en route    in marcia
  • en suite    en suite

Português (Portuguese)
pref. - movimento para dentro

idioms:

  • en bloc    por inteiro
  • en famille    em família
  • en masse    em massa
  • en passant    de passagem
  • en route    a caminho
  • en suite    suíte

Русский (Russian)
idioms:

  • en bloc    целиком
  • en famille    семья, в семейном круге
  • en masse    массово
  • en passant    мимоходом
  • en route    по пути
  • en suite    рядом со спальней

Español (Spanish)
n. - letra ene

idioms:

  • en bloc    en bloque
  • en famille    en familia
  • en masse    en masa
  • en passant    de paso, al paso (ajedrez), de pasada
  • en route    en o durante el camino
  • en suite    en serie o conjunto

Svenska (Swedish)
pref. - in (i)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
N字, 半方

idioms:

  • en bloc    全体, 总括
  • en famille    在家里, 和家人在一起
  • en masse    全体, 一齐
  • en passant    顺便地, 吃过路兵, 附带地
  • en route    在途中
  • en suite    成套地, 接连地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - N字, 半方

idioms:

  • en bloc    全體, 總括
  • en famille    在家裡, 和家人在一起
  • en masse    全體, 一齊
  • en passant    順便地, 吃過路兵, 附帶地
  • en route    在途中
  • en suite    成套地, 接連地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - N자, 반각

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 半角
prep. - …に

idioms:

  • en bloc    ひとまとめにして
  • en famille    家族そろって, くつろいで
  • en masse    一緒に, 群れをなして, ひとまとめに
  • en passant    ついでに, 通過捕獲で
  • en route    途中で
  • en suite    続いて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(بادئه الكلم- ه) يجعله كذا, يزود ب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יחידת-מידה של אורך שורה ברוחב האות N‬


 
 
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