en
IPA: ˈɛn
noun
- The name of the Latin-script letter N.
- (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half an em (half the height of the type in use).
- The name of the Cyrillic script letter Н / н.
- (philosophy) The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's best-known work on ethics.
- Abbreviation of English. [(in the plural) The people of England, Englishmen and Englishwomen.]
- (pathology) Initialism of erythema nodosum. [(pathology) An inflammatory condition characterised by inflammation of the fat cells under the skin, resulting in tender red nodules that are usually seen on both shins.]
- (medicine) Initialism of enrolled nurse.
- (ice hockey, floorball) Initialism of empty net.
adjective
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of eastern. [Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.]
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Examples of "en" in Sentences
- Entonces pensé en mi mujer y en mi hija, ¡en ti y en tu madre, hija mía!
- She was his, as the French say, "_en droit, mais pas encore en jouissance! _"
- I understood the currency question --- Calais en gros, and Calais _en dtail, _ forgive one who has deeply wronged you.
- [7] I thus attempt to convey the emphasis of the words _ouk en sarki pepoithotes_, which is not precisely as if he had written _en sarki_.
- [177] I have found a notice of a similar case in France, during the sixteenth century, in Montaigne's _Journal du Voyage en Italie en_ 1850
- Though she denies the liaison, she says of him that there was not "_en ce siècle-là de son sexe et de sa qualité rien de semblable en valeur, reputation, grace, et esprit_."
- Imagino que en época de clases estas búsquedas pueden deberse a algunos estudiantes que están investigando, pero ¿en pleno verano cómo pueden convencerme de que es gente que lo hace por obligación?
- La idea es muy buena y original, pero las fechas no concuerdan muy bien y ademas no creo que los tamaños en los distintos años de los imperios se correspondan con su poder. ¿en funcion de que estan hechos los tamaños?
- Antonio de Almaraz bedel puso en la posesion del dicho salario al dicho padre mº. fray Luis de Leon en la catedra questá en el general mayor de theologia de escuelas mayores, el qual la tomó é apprehendió sin contradicion ninguna, y _en lugar de posesion leyó un poco_.
- Fifteen years have passed away, and these old people, no doubt, have joined their ancestors; but I can see them still sitting in that _salle à manger_; the _buffets en vieux chêne_; the opulent candelabra _en style d'empire_; the waiter lighting the gas in the pale Parisian evening.
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