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4 9.9
A width in printing equal to half an em
  • noun
  • /ɛn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : en
  • But it's kind of this, and then a kitchenette, an en suite, and then I've got a fold out couch bed, but it's too small for me to actually fold it out.
  • mise en
  • en bloc

Examples

  • The adjacent small room where he slept did not have a bathroom en suite.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Yeah, we took the double room with the en suite.

  • I booked an en suite double with a view of the bay.

  • Oh, that bathroom's mine, the en suite.

  • I believe Bernie has a spare room with an en suite bathroom.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The hotel room features a comfortable double bed and a private en suite bathroom.

  • Each cabin comes with its own en suite, ensuring guests have private facilities.

  • For a more luxurious stay, consider booking a suite with an en suite attached.

Synonyms

nut
vsen
  • Specialized
5 9.9

A small space used in printing and page design

is the measurement term in typography for that same half-em width

Idioms

144 3.7

While traveling to a place

24 5.6

All people in a group do the same thing at the same time

en garde
  • Jargon
6 9.4

A position in fencing where you are ready to attack or defend yourself

1 8.3

All together as one group without dividing

9.9

In plain, clear words that anyone can understand

9.9

A person who is partly dressed, often wearing a loose robe at home

en famille
  • Informal
9.9

At home with only your close family

To say something quickly as a side remark, not as the main point

Compounds

mise en place
  • Jargon
1 6.9

The preparation and tidy arrangement of ingredients and tools before cooking

An egg cooked in a small dish with cream or butter

en dash
  • Specialized
7.4

A short horizontal line used between numbers to show a range, or between words to show a connection

en passant
  • Specialized
9.9

A chess move where a pawn captures an opponent's pawn as if it had moved only one square

A piece of beef cooked rare, covered in mushroom paste and wrapped in pastry

levy en masse
  • Archaic
9.9

To call many people who are not soldiers into the army during an emergency

mise en scene
  • Specialized
8.8

The way things like the background, objects, and lights are arranged in a film or play to create a mood

How Wide

em
  • Specialized
1 9.9
en
  • Specialized
4 9.9
hair space
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

en singular
ens plural

Etymology

The word en comes from the letter n, because early printers used the width of that letter as a small measure. It is half an em, so an en dash or an en space is about the width of an n.