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]

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TranslingualEdit

Etymology 1Edit

LetterEdit

M (lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (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

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

• m, DD, dd, ↀ, Ī, ī, I̅, ⅭⅠↃ

NumeralEdit

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

1. (Roman numerals) Thousand (1000)
2. (ordinal) 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 solute).
6. (analysis) A generic manifold.
7. (group theory) monster group

Usage notesEdit

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

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital 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:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛm/

Audio (UK)

(file)

• Rhymes: -ɛm

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

• (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

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.

NounEdit

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

1. Monsieur
2. male
3. Mother
4. mature
5. nautical mile
6. (entomology) media
7. (size) Medium
8. (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
9. (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled

Coordinate termsEdit

• (gender): F, X

Proper nounEdit

M

1. Monday
2. (US, roadway) Michigan. Usage note: this designation is usually used only within Michigan.

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AfarEdit

LetterEdit

M

1. The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See alsoEdit

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

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe M)

1. The letter M

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AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

M upper case (lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (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

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

M (capital, lowercase m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• Previous letter: L
• Next letter: N

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EsperantoEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

AbbreviationEdit

M

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of mi (“me, I”).

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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.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; 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, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

AbbreviationEdit

M

1. magna cum laude approbatur

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛm/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

LetterEdit

M (lowercase m)

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

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛm/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /m/

LetterEdit

M (lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; 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

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛmme/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

LetterEdit

M m, f (invariable, lower case m)

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

SymbolEdit

M

1. down with

AntonymsEdit

• W (up with)

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), 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, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

from English medium

NounEdit

M (katakana エム, rōmaji emu)

1. medium size

SynonymsEdit

• 中 (ちゅう) (chū)

Related termsEdit

• L
• S

Etymology 2Edit

from English masochism

NounEdit

M (katakana エム, rōmaji emu)

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

AntonymsEdit

• S

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LatvianEdit

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

• IPA^(key): [m]

(file)

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

• 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

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛm]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [m]

LetterEdit

M

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) 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

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /me/, /em/

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by L and followed by N.

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SaanichEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /m/, /mʼ/

LetterEdit

M

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

LetterEdit

M (lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛm/

LetterEdit

M (capital, lowercase m)

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

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/

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

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, 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

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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.

See alsoEdit

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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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

• (Latin-script letters) 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