"VN" meaning in English

See VN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-au-VN.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} VN
  1. (online gaming) Initialism of very nice (complimenting a play). Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: very nice (extra: complimenting a play) Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-VN-en-adj-4QMhrw1W Topics: games, gaming
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: V.N., V. N.

Noun

Audio: en-au-VN.ogg Forms: VNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} VN (plural VNs)
  1. (veterinary, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) Initialism of veterinary nurse. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: veterinary nurse
  2. (medicine) Initialism of vocational nurse. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: vocational nurse Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-VN-en-noun-9T1xxTIT Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (software) Initialism of visual novel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: visual novel Categories (topical): Software
    Sense id: en-VN-en-noun-SomnzPUE Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 2 10 2 30 17 1 18 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 10 1 33 15 0 19 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 22 4 68 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: V.N., V. N. Derived forms: LVN Coordinate_terms: DVM, VMD, LPN, NP, PN, RN

Inflected forms

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