m
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Translingual
Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter M, from Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, Mu).
Letter
m (upper case M)
- The thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Etymology 2
Various abbreviations.
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of IPA [mːɑː, ɑmmɑː] with the sound [m]: (file)
Symbol
m
- (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).
- (superscript ⟨ᵐ⟩, IPA) light to full [m]-prenasalization, [m]-release or light post-nasalization, [m]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [m].
- metre, the basic unit of length in the International System of Units
- mass
- month
- million [from mid-20th century]
- 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—
- (music) minor
- (music) mezzo, as in mezzo piano and mezzo forte
- (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
Numeral
m (lower case roman numeral, upper case M)
- (Roman numerals) The cardinal number one thousand (1000).
Synonyms
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:
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M, plural ms or m's)
- The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
See also
Number
m (lower case, upper case M)
- The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
- (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of am.
- (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of him.
- (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine.
- (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of many.
- (Stenoscript) the prefix mis-.
- (Stenoscript) the prefix im-.
Adjective
m
- (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.
Noun
m (plural ms)
- Abbreviation of meter.
- Abbreviation of mile.
- Abbreviation of month.
- 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.
- Abbreviation of million.
- Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
- (music) Abbreviation of measure.
- (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—
- 1798 Letter from w:William Short (American ambassador) to Thomas Jefferson:
Verb
m
- (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
masculine — see also masculine
mile — see also mile
See also
Amal
Noun
m
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)
- The nineteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Basque
Pronunciation
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
- The thirteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eme and written in the Latin script.
See also
Catalan
Pronunciation
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
- The thirteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ema, eme, or em and written in the Latin script.
See also
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
Letter
m (upper case M)
- 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)
- The twentieth letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Dutch
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
- The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
Etymology 2
Pronoun
m
- (text messaging) Nonstandard form of 'm.
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