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M

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m", М, Μ, Ϻ, and ϻ

M U+004D, M
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
← L
[U+004C] 		Basic Latin N →
[U+004E]

Ⅿ U+216F, Ⅿ
ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND
← Ⅾ
[U+216E] 		Number Forms ⅰ →
[U+2170]
Ｍ U+FF2D, Ｍ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
← Ｌ
[U+FF2C] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｎ →
[U+FF2E]

TranslingualEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From the Etruscan letter 𐌌 (m, “em”), from the Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, “my”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖.

Alternative formsEdit

  • ꟿ (in ancient inscriptions)

LetterEdit

M (lower case m)

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

Etymology 2Edit

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 formsEdit

NumeralEdit

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

  1. (Roman numerals) Thousand (1000)
  2. The thousandth (1,000th).

Etymology 3Edit

SymbolEdit

M

  1. Abbreviation of mega-.
  3. (astronomy) Abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers.
  4. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC.
  5. (chemistry) Abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solvent).
  6. (mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
  7. (group theory) monster group
  8. (music) major
  9. (linguistics) mid tone
  10. (astronomy) mass of a reference body as a unit of measure: M☉ solar mass, M🜨 terrestrial mass, MJ or M♃ jovian mass, ML or M☾ lunar mass
  11. (usually clothing) medium (the manufactured size)
Usage notesEdit

Because of the potential for confusion, the abbreviation for unit "molar" is usually written in italics (M) or in small caps (ᴍ). M for reference mass is usually written in italics.

GalleryEdit

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

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    Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of M:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

Audio (UK)(file)

LetterEdit

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

  1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NumberEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviation.

NounEdit

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

  1. Initialism of mother.
  2. Initialism of male.
  3. Initialism of men. (sign on toilet door)
    Coordinate term: W
    • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
      From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.
  4. Initialism of Monday.
  5. Abbreviation of nautical mile.
  6. Initialism of million.
  7. (entomology) Initialism of media.
  8. (usually clothing, singular only) Initialism of medium (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
  9. (US, film) A film with the content rating M.
  10. (slang) Initialism of morphine.
    • 1952, Woman's Home Companion (volume 79, page 141)
      [Doctors] always carry narcotic prescription blanks and some M with them. M is morphine.
    • 1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:
      “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
      That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.
    • 2009, Larry Harrison, Glimpses of a Floating World (page 142)
      'You were going to get me some M,' she whispered in his ear. […] His friend uses morphine, too.
  11. (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
  12. (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
  13. (India, Islam, Internet slang) Initialism of Muslim.
Usage notesEdit

The sense "Muslim" is mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.

Coordinate termsEdit
  • (gender): F, X
  • (Indian politics, online slang): H (used by Indian Muslim netizens directed towards Hindus, especially Hindu nationalists)

NounEdit

M (plural Messrs or MM)

  1. Monsieur
    • 1928 May, Paul Morand, “Paris Letter”, in The Dial, volume LXXXIV, number 6, published June 1928, page 508:
      I also advise reading the Merlin of M Jean Prévost, published by the N. R. F., a swift audacious picture of post-war love, treated with the grace of a Crébillon or of a Restif de la Bretonne. I could not recommend too highly the Petite Histoire des Juifs which MM Jean and Jérôme Tharaud have just published with Plon.
Usage notesEdit

The current standard form in French is M., with MM. as the plural.

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

M

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of month.

Proper nounEdit

M

  1. (Michigan, roadway) Michigan.

AdjectiveEdit

M (not comparable)

  1. (usually clothing) Initialism of medium (of the manufactured size).
  2. Initialism of mature.

AfarEdit

LetterEdit

M

  1. The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

M (plural M'e, diminutive M'etjie)

  1. M

AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

M upper case (lower case m)

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

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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Central FranconianEdit

EtymologyEdit

  • /m/ is from West Germanic *m.

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notesEdit

Doubling of M
  • In the German-based spelling, m is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, m is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English menstruation or menstrual cycle.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstruation
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstrual cycle
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menses; menstrual blood
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 月經, 月信, 月事
Mandarin Beijing 月經, 例假
Taiwan 月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
Yantai (Muping) 經脈兒
Jinan 月經, 例假
Wanrong 月經, 身上
Xining 例假
Wuhan 好事
Singapore 月經, 大姨媽
Dagudi (Maliba) 月經, 姊妹
Reshuitang (Longling) 大姨媽
Mae Salong (Lancang) 月經, 大姨媽
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 月經
Cantonese Guangzhou 大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
Hong Kong 月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan Lichuan 身上
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 月期
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 月期
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 月期
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 月期
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 月期
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 月期
Jin Taiyuan 月經
Min Nan Xiamen 月經
Quanzhou 月經
Zhangzhou 月經
Kaohsiung 月經
Yilan 月經
Changhua (Lukang) 月經
Taichung 月事
Taichung (Wuqi) 月經
Tainan mè-sù, 月經
Taitung 月經
Hsinchu 月經
Penghu (Magong) 月經
Manila (Hokkien) 月經
Jieyang 老馬
Wu Shanghai 月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
Ningbo 大尿, 月家
Wenzhou 身上來
Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to menstruate; to have a period

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to steal; to take without asking

Etymology 3Edit

From English M, meg (“megabyte”).

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

M

  1. (computing, informal) megabyte
Related termsEdit
  • G (“gigabyte”)

Etymology 4Edit

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: Often realised as one syllable..
LetterEdit

M

  1. The third letter of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation 2Edit

LetterEdit

M

  1. The thirteenth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notesEdit
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
  • The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄇ (ê̄m), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: L
  • Next letter: N

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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EstonianEdit

 
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LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äm or em and written in the Latin script.

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NounEdit

M

  1. Abbreviation of magna cum laude approbatur.
  2. Abbreviation of mies. ("man, male")

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (lowercase m)

  1. the thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, preceded by L and followed by N

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

NounEdit

M f (genitive M, no plural)

  1. (historical, East Germany) Abbreviation of Mark der DDR.
    Coordinate term: DM

DeclensionEdit

Declension of M [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die M
genitive einer der M
dative einer der M
accusative eine die M

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈm]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛmː]

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative M M-ek
accusative M-et M-eket
dative M-nek M-eknek
instrumental M-mel M-ekkel
causal-final M-ért M-ekért
translative M-mé M-ekké
terminative M-ig M-ekig
essive-formal M-ként M-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive M-ben M-ekben
superessive M-en M-eken
adessive M-nél M-eknél
illative M-be M-ekbe
sublative M-re M-ekre
allative M-hez M-ekhez
elative M-ből M-ekből
delative M-ről M-ekről
ablative M-től M-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		M-é M-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		M-éi M-ekéi
Possessive forms of M
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. M-em M-eim
2nd person sing. M-ed M-eid
3rd person sing. M-e M-ei
1st person plural M-ünk M-eink
2nd person plural M-etek M-eitek
3rd person plural M-ük M-eik

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (lower case m)

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

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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ItalianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case m)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called emme and written in the Latin script.

SymbolEdit

M

  1. down with
    Antonym: W (“up with”)

See alsoEdit

JapaneseEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From the initial letter of English medium.

NounEdit

M(エム) • (emu) 

  1. medium size
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From the initial letter of English masochism; compare English S&M.

NounEdit

M(エム) • (emu) 

  1. (sexuality, euphemistic) masochism, masochist
  2. (colloquial) submissive personality
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
M

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

MalayEdit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M

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

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NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • M in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • M in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. (International Standard) The seventeenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The eighteenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called em, me, or mî and written in the Latin script.

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M

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

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

SloveneEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. The 14th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by L and followed by N.

SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M upper case (lower case m)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called miim and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by L and followed by N.

See alsoEdit

SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. the 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˦˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˦˩], [məː˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
  • Phonetic: e mờ, em mờ, mờ

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-mờ, em-mờ, or mờ and written in the Latin script.

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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ll and followed by N.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
merch ferch unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), chapter M, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called mí and written in the Latin script.

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

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