Translingual - Etymology 1

Modification of capital letter M, from Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, “Mu”).

Letter

m lower case (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
• (other scripts) μ (m, “mu”), м (m, “em”)
• Turned: ɯ

Translingual - Etymology 2

Various abbreviations.

Pronunciation

Symbol

Wikipedia

m

1. meter (metre), the unit of length in the International System of Units
2. milli-
3. (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the bilabial nasal (IPA^(key): /m/), including Cyrillic м (m, “em”), the beginning of various kana including ま (ma), and Korean jamo ㅁ (m, “mieum”).
4. mass
5. month or months

Translingual - 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) cardinal number one thousand (1000)

Synonyms

• CIƆ

Translingual - See Also

Other representations of M:

• Letter styles

English - Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛm/

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.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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.

English - Etymology 2

Abbreviation

m

1. metre
2. (grammar) masculine
3. mile
4. milli
5. million
6. 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.

7. (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

• M

Azeri - Letter

m lower case (upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Dutch - Pronunciation

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

Dutch - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Dutch - See Also

• 'm

Egyptian - Pronunciation

• (Reconstructed) IPA^(key): /ma/

Egyptian - Preposition

1. in,
2. (of time) in, for, during
3. (with verbs of motion) into, out of
4. (of material) made of
5. by means of
6. in the state of, as, is

Usage notes

This preposition is often used, with the sixth definition here to indicate temporary identity, so for example s m 3hw (the man is a poor man), implies that this a temporary, rather than an eternal state. Egyptian generally has an expansive view of what counts as a temporary identity, compared to English.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings:

Inflection

Egyptian - References

Allen, Middle Egyptian
Faulkner, Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian

1. ^ 2007, Gábor Takács, Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, ISBN 9789004164123

Esperanto - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called mo and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Etulo - Pronoun

ḿ

1. I, first-person singular pronoun

   ḿ wēnî — I drink water

   ḿ wēnī — I drank water

Etulo - References

• Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

Faroese - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Faroese - Letter

m (upper case M)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

French - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

   • The dawn of the day was beginning to break when Don Quixote left the inn, so content, so glorious, so full of ravishment of seeing himself armed a knight, that his joy made him tremble all the way to the girths of his horse.

Haitian Creole - Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

Haitian Creole - Pronoun

m

1. Contraction of mwen.

Italian - Noun

m m, f (invariable)

1. See under M

Latin - Letter

m

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

Latin - Abbreviation

m

1. Marcus

Latvian - Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Latvian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m]

Latvian - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The twentieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

Livonian - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Livonian - Letter

m (upper case M)

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

Livonian - See Also

• (Latin script letters) kēratēḑ; Aa, Āā, Ää, Ǟǟ, Bb, Dd, Ḑḑ, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Ōō, Ȯȯ, Ȱȱ, Õõ, Ȭȭ, Pp, Rr, Ŗŗ, Ss, Šš, Tt, Țț, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž,

Malay - Letter

m

1. The thirteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Mandarin - Romanization

m

1. Nonstandard spelling of ḿ.
2. Nonstandard spelling of m̀.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mandinka - Pronoun

m

1. I, me (personal pronoun)

   a m busa — he/she struck me.

See also

Norwegian - Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /armː/, /ɛmː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Norwegian - Letter

m

1. The thirteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Portuguese - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called mê or eme and written in the Latin script.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 375:

     Confiem em mim. Sei o que estou fazendo...

     Trust me. I know what I'm doing...

Romanian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/, /arm/

Romanian - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by l and followed by n.

Serbo-Croatian - Alternative Forms

• (uppercase): M

Serbo-Croatian - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Serbo-Croatian - Letter

m (Cyrillic spelling м)

1. The 18th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet, preceded by lj and followed by n.

Serbo-Croatian - Abbreviation

m (Cyrillic spelling м)

1. (grammar) masculine gender
2. meter (unit of length)

Skolt Sami - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Skolt Sami - Letter

m (upper case M)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Skolt Sami - See Also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

Spanish - Abbreviation

m

1. Used in SMS for me

Spanish - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Spanish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Swedish - Abbreviation

m

1. w/, with; Abbreviation of med.
2. Moderate Party; Abbreviation of Moderaterna.

See also

• m.a.o.
• m.fl.
• m.m.
• mvh

Turkish - Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called me and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

Turkmen - Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Turkmen - Letter

m (upper case M)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

Turkmen - See Also

• (Latin script letters) harp; Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz,

ǃKung - Verb

m

1. eat

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