m

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m U+006D, m
LATIN SMALL LETTER M
l
[U+006C]
Basic Latin n
[U+006E]

Translingual

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Etymology 1

Greek Μ (M, “Mu”), from which Latin upper case and lower case m were derived Modification of capital letter M, from Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, Mu).

Letter

m (upper case M)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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Etymology 2

Various abbreviations.

Pronunciation

  • Pronunciation of IPA [mːɑː, ɑmmɑː] with the sound [m]:(file)

Symbol

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m

  1. (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced bilabial nasal (/m/), including Cyrillic м, the beginning of various kana including (ma), and Korean jamo (mieum).
  2. (superscript , IPA) light to full [m]-prenasalization, [m]-release or light post-nasalization, [m]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [m].
  3. metre, the basic unit of length in the International System of Units
  4. mass
  5. month
  6. million [from mid-20th century]
  7. thousand
    Synonym: k
    • 1798 Letter from William Short to Thomas Jefferson
      Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars—
  8. (music) minor
  9. (music) mezzo, as in mezzo piano and mezzo forte
  10. (chemistry) Of a tactic diad, having structural units in identical orientation.

Etymology 3

From upper case roman numeral M (1000), an alteration of , from , an alteration of , an alteration of , from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

Alternative forms

Numeral

m (lower case roman numeral, upper case M)

  1. (Roman numerals) The cardinal number one thousand (1000).
Synonyms

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Other representations of M:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M, plural ms or m's)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
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Number

m (lower case, upper case M)

  1. The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

  1. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of am.
  2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of him.
  3. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine.
  4. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of many.
  5. (Stenoscript) the prefix mis-.
  6. (Stenoscript) the prefix im-.

Adjective

m

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.

Noun

m (plural ms)

  1. Abbreviation of meter.
  2. Abbreviation of mile.
  3. Abbreviation of month.
  4. Abbreviation of minute.
    • 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83:
      Another instance: 2h28m p. m., 10 micra; 3h08m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3h09m p. m., 4 micra.
  5. Abbreviation of million.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
      The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club.
  6. Abbreviation of minim (unit of volume).
  7. (music) Abbreviation of measure.
  8. (obsolete) thousand
    • 1798 Letter from w:William Short (American ambassador) to Thomas Jefferson:
      Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars—

Verb

m

  1. (knitting) make
    • 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 232:
      Row 1 (RS): Kfb, knit to marker A, slip marker A, knit to marker B (there are no sts to knit between markers A and B in Row 1), m1, slip marker B, k1, slip marker B, m1, []
Translations

See also

Amal

Noun

m

  1. breast

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

m lower case (upper case M)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eme and written in the Latin script.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ema, eme, or em and written in the Latin script.

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Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

Letter

m (upper case M)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

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Czech

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
  • Previous letter: l
  • Next letter: n

Etymology 2

Pronoun

m

  1. (text messaging) Nonstandard form of 'm.

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