en

Meanings

Noun

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

Pronoun

  • him
  • it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)

Origin

  • Abbreviation.
  • The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.
  • From French.
  • From Old English hine

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