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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
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