ir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- en noun A printing and typography unit of measurement equal to half the width of an em, roughly the width of the letter "n" in a given typeface.
Senses
ir is used for these senses in English:
- en When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".
en — full definition
- noun A printing and typography unit of measurement equal to half the width of an em, roughly the width of the letter "n" in a given typeface.
- noun The name of the letter N in the Latin alphabet.