en

noun

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

   “The word length, which contains only four sounds l e ng th, is usually spell'd thus, el ee en gee tee aitch.”

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

   “That the price of work, paid for by letters be advanced from fourpence to fourpence halfpenny per thousand, including English and brevier; and, in leaded matter, the ems and ens at the beginnings and ends of the lines not to be reckoned in the width.”

3. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of erythema nodosum.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of enrolled nurse.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of empty net.
7. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of en.

prep

1. Used in various phrases borrowed from French or formed as if borrowed from French (see "Derived terms" below).

pron

1. (Newfoundland, dialectal)Him.

   “Such a strappen fine gentleman as he was, too. Yes, I rather like en sometimes.”

2. (Newfoundland, dialectal)It (when the thing being referred to is masculine).

name

1. The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.