English spellings/Catalogs/N

N = én ''print

'''Nabôkov

'''nâdír

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

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

nâked -íd

Náncy person, cf. Nàncy France

'''Nâomi

'''Napôleon

'''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 bad *nåwty, cf. nŏughties ''2000-2009

nåusea BrE *nåuzìa, AmE *nåusha

nåuseous -shəss

Návajo *Návaho

nâval navy = nâvel body

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

nâvel stomach = nâval navy

'''návigate

Navratilôva - though the Czech pronunciation is very different

nây no = nèigh horse = nè, nèe ''born

Nàzi -tsì, cf. nàsty, same vowels around reverse order of consonants

Nàzísm *Nàtsízm; some say Nàzìísm *Nàtsìyízm

nè, which can be written before a man's birth name = nèe, which can be written before a woman's birth name (French for 'born', they can both have French accents: né and née) = nèigh horse = nây no

neánderthal - nê-á

nearbŷ one word

'''nécessary

'''necéssity

nêed require = knêad dough = knêed knee

negôtiate -ôshì-

negotiâtions -ôshì- or -ôsì-

nèigh horse = nây no = nè, nèe ''born

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-

néphew -f- or -v-

nét catch = nétt deductions

'''neûter

'''Nevāda

néver mînd is two words

Nêvis Caribbean cf. Bén Névis ''Scotland

neŵ young = nû ''Greek

Neŵ Ŏrleans is the local pronunciation (often -línz); also Neŵ Orlêans, with optional a as schwa sounded

neŵbŏrn or neŵ-born adjective, noun one word

neŵcòmer one word

newfángled one word

'''neŵ-fòund

Neŵfoundland BrE *Neŵfəndlənd

neŵly new = Neŵley person

neŵs -z, singular noun

neŵspaper -eŵss-; one word

neŵswörthy -eŵz-; one word

néxt doôr two words

Ngaîo *Nŷô '''Màrsh

Niágara *Nî-ágra

Nicarágua -gûə has given way to -gwə

nîce good cf. Nìce France (= niêce), NYSE New York

nìche *nêesh

Nícholas *Níck(ə)ləs, cf. following, and Jáck Nícklàùs (*Nícklòuse, but often called 'Níckləs')

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

'''nîghtie

nîghtly = '''Knîghtley

'''nîghtmãre

nìhílíst - h can be as 'y'

níl: one l

'''nìrvàna

nít creature, fool = knít ''wool

nîte for nîght is strictly commercial and unsuitable in other contexts

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

'''noménclature

nón- not, followed by a hyphen: not a word in its own right except in  Latin phrases, e.g. persôna nón gràta

nónchalant nónsh-

nóndescript no hyphen

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

'''nònesuch

nonplússed no hyphen

'''nónsense

'''nonsénsical

nón séquitur may be hyphenated

noòk cf. knóck *nóck

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

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

noôse cf. '''nòus Nŏrfolk -fək

nŏrth unvoiced th; compound forms may be one word or hyphenated, but not two words: nŏrthêast or nŏrth-êast, nŏrthwést or nŏrth-wést

nŏrthern voiced th, unlike '''nŏrth

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

nôse face = knôws know

nôsey or '''nôsy

nôtewörthy one word

'''nòthing

nôtice -íss

'''nôticeable

'''notorîety

'''notŏrious

nŏught zero *nåwt = nåught ''nothing

nŏughties, Nŏughties 2000-2009, sounding like a plural of nåughty bad

'''noúrish

nòus rhymes with hòuse, cf. noôse

noûveau rìche *nûvô-rêesh

Nôva Scôtia *Nôvə Scôshə

'''nóvelist

'''novélla

nòwadays one word, no hyphens

nôwhere one word, cf. '''nô plâce

nth *énth

nûisance nyoôss-

númb -m

númber 123

númber numb *númmer

'''nûmerous

nún God = nòne nought

'''Nûremberg

nút = '''Nútt

nútcase one word

nutrítion nû-

'''nyctophôbia

nýmph *nímf