M

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
Codepoint	U+004D
L ← Basic Latin → N

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

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

M upper case (lower 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  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter M):  Ḿḿ  Ṁṁ  Ṃṃ  ᵯ  ᶆ  Ɱɱ  ᴍ  Ｍｍ

Symbol

M

1. mega-
2. (astronomy): Messier number. Objects in Charles Messier's catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters in 1774 are numbered, and the letter M (for Messier) is prepended to these numbers, as in M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or M13 (the globular cluster in Hercules).
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for methionine

Number

M

1. The Roman numeral M (1,000)

See also

Other representations of M:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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

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  Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛm/, SAMPA: /Em/

Audio (UK)

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Letter

M uppercase (lowercase m)

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 ^[edit]

Number

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.

Initialism

M or M., an initialism of a word usually beginning with the letter M.

1. Monsieur
2. male
3. Monday
4. Mother
5. mature
6. nautical mile
7. (size) Medium
8. (US, roadway) Michigan. Usage note: this designation is usually used only within Michigan.
9. (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
10. (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe M)

1. The letter M

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Azeri

Letter

M upper case (lower 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 ^[edit]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛm/

Letter

M (capital, lowercase m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: L
• Next letter: N

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Esperanto

Letter

M upper case (lower 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 ^[edit]

Abbreviation

M

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

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Finnish

Abbreviation

M

1. magna cum laude approbatur

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French

Letter

M (lowercase m)

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔɛm/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA: /ˈɛmme/, SAMPA: /"Emme/
• (phoneme) IPA: /m/, SAMPA: /m/

Letter

M m. and f. inv. (lower case m)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; 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 ^[edit]
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /me/, /em/

Letter

M (capital, lowercase m)

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

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛm/

Letter

M (capital, lowercase m)

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

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Somali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

M upper case (lower case m)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) '', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, KHkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, SHsh, DHdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu ^[edit]

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Spanish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

M upper case (lower 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 ^[edit]