m

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

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

Character variations

ᵐ U+1D50, ᵐ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL M ← ᵏ [U+1D4F] Phonetic Extensions ᵑ → [U+1D51]

ⅿ U+217F, ⅿ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND ← ⅾ [U+217E] Number Forms ↀ → [U+2180]

ｍ U+FF4D, ｍ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER M ← ｌ [U+FF4C] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｎ → [U+FF4E]

𝆐 U+1D190, 𝆐 MUSICAL SYMBOL MEZZO ← 𝆏 [U+1D18F] Musical Symbols 𝆑 → [U+1D191]

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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:

m

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter M):  Ḿḿ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  ᵯ  ᶆ  Ɱɱ  ᴍ  Ｍｍ M̄m̄
• (other scripts) μ (mu), м (em)
• Turned: ɯ

Etymology 2

Various abbreviations.

Pronunciation

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

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Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Voiced bilabial nasal

Wikipedia

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 ま (ma), and Korean jamo ㅁ (mieum).
2. (superscript ⟨ᵐ⟩, 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 ↀ, an alteration of Ⓧ, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

Alternative forms

• M, ⅿ, Ⅿ

Numeral

m (lower case roman numeral, upper case M)

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

Synonyms

• ⅭⅠↃ

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions of M, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of M:

NATO phonetic: Mike Morse code: –– Braille: ⠍ ASL Manual: M

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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  • Rhymes: -ɛm
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

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

• m-ary
• m-spec
• m-word
• m-xylene

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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: 2^h28^m p. m., 10 micra; 3^h08^m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3^h09^m 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

metre — see also metre

Hungarian: m (hu) Ingrian: m Khmer: ម. (mɔ) Polish: metr (pl) n Russian: м (ru) (m)

masculine — see also masculine

Hebrew: ז (he) (z) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: hn. Marathi: पुलिंग (puliṅga) Russian: м (ru) (m)

mile — see also mile

milli- — see also milli-

Russian: м (ru) (m)

million — see also million

Russian: млн (ru) (mln)

See also

• M

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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m lower case (upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eme/, [e̞.me̞]

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.me], [ˈem]

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.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (upper case M)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Czech

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛm
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/

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.