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N

N = én print

nâdír

naìve innocent can be written naïve - *nŷêve, cf. nâve church

naìvity *nà-ìvity - or with French accent naïveté, *nî-yeevitây

nâked -íd

Náncy person, cf. Nàncy France

Nâomi

narcissístic

nárrative

narrâtor

NÁSA space = BrE Násser person

nâscent *nâysənt

Násh person = gnásh teeth

nāstiness

nāsty

Nâthan

nátional *náshnəl, cf. nâtion

nâtionwîde one word

nátural *nátchrəl

nåught nothing *nåwt = nŏught zero: thèy wíll stóp at nåught; hòw many nŏughts dòes a quadríllion hàve?

nåughty *nåwty

nåusea BrE *nåuzìa, AmE *nåusha

nåuseous -shəss

nâval navy = nâvel body

nâve church = knâve cad, cf. naìve, which can be written naïve innocent

nâvel stomach = nâval navy

nây see nèigh

Nàzi -tsì

Nàzísm *Nàtsízm; not *Nàtsìyízm

neánderthal - nê-

nêar bŷ two words

nécessary

necéssity

nêed require = knêad dough = knêed knee

negôtiate -ôshì-

negotiâtions -ôshì- or -ôsì-

nèigh horse = nây no = nè, which can be written before a man's birth name = nèe, which can be written before a woman's birth name

nèighbour *nâber, rhymes with lâbour, sâbre, tâbor, câber and Fâber (AmE nèighbor)

Nêil = Nêill = Nêal = Nêale = Knêale persons = knêel down, cf. níl zero

neîther BrE; AmE nêither

némesis

nêô-

neólogism nê-

nét catch = nétt deductions

neûter

Nevāda

néver mînd is two words

Neŵ Ŏrleans is the local pronunciation

neŵbŏrn or neŵ-born adjective, noun one word

newfángled one word

neŵ-fòund

Neŵfoundland BrE *Neŵfəndlənd

neŵly new = Neŵley person

neŵspaper -eŵss-; one word

neŵswörthy -eŵz-; one word

néxt doôr two words

Ngaîo *Nŷô Màrsh

Nicarágua -gûə has given way to -gwə

nîce good cf. Nìce France, NYSE New York

nìche *nêesh

níck steal = Níck person = kníck -nack

níckname one word

Nicosìa

niêce nephew = Nìce France

Nîgel *Nîjəl

Nîger delta *Nîjə(r), cf. Nîgel

Nigér country *Nízhãiə(r), French style

Nigêria Nîj-

nîgh *nŷ

nîght dark *nîte; = kníght Sir, chess

nîghtmãre

nìhílíst - h can be as 'y'

níl - one l

nìrvàna

nít creature, fool = knít wool

nítpick one word

nítwit one word

nô negative cf. nº number

nób rich = knób handle

Nôbél prize - either syllable stressed

nôble birth, elevated

noblésse

nóctürne cf. türn

nô-gô ãrea

nôhow one word

noir BrE *nwà, AmE *nwàr

nóm de plûme *nómdəplûme

nón- not, not a word in its own right except in persôna nón gràtis

nónchalant nónsh-

nòne zero = nún God, cf. knôwn knew, nô-one nobody

nònesuch

nonplússed no hyphen

nónsense

nonsénsical

nón séquitùr - or nôn; or -tə(r)

noòk cf. knóck *nóck

noôn midday = Noône person, cf. nô-òne nobody

noôse cf. nòus

nô-òne nobody *nôwún, cf. no hyphen when òne does not mean person but is a numeral, as in nô òne síngle rêason

Nŏrfolk -fək

Nórwich traditionally rhymes with pórridge but these days some devoice the ch as in Ípswich

nŏrthern voiced th, unlike nŏrth

nôse face = knôws know

nôsey or nôsy

nôtewörthy one word

nòthing

nôtice -íss

nôticeable

notorîety

notŏrious

nŏught zero *nåwt = nåught nothing

noúrish

nòus rhymes with hòuse, cf. noôse

noûveau rìche *nûvô-rêesh

Nôva Scôtia *Nôvə Scôshə

nóvelist

novélla

nôwhere one word, cf. nô plâce

nth *énth

nûisance nyûss-

númb -m

númber 123

númber numb *númmer

nûmerous

nún God = nòne nought

nútcase one word

nutrítion nû-

nyctophôbia

nýmph *nímf