M
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| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M |
|---|---|
| Basic Latin | U+004D |
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Letter
M upper case (lower case m)
- The thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
[edit] 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
[edit] Symbol
M
- mega-
- (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).
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for methionine
[edit] Number
M
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Other representations of M:
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Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
M (uppercase, lowercase m)
- The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, preceded by L and followed by N.
[edit] Abbreviation
M or M.
- Monsieur
- male
- Monday
- Mother
- (size) Medium
- (US, roadway) Michigan; Usage note: This designation is used within Michigan.
- mature
- (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
- (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
[edit] Noun
- The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant.
[edit] Proper noun
M
- fictional character from the James Bond stories and films
- 2002, London Review of Books, 8 Aug 2002
- Stewart Menzies, head of SIS (the model for James Bond's M)
- 2002, London Review of Books, 8 Aug 2002
[edit] Usage notes
- The proper designation for the head of the SIS is, actually, "C".
[edit] American Sign Language
[edit] Letter
(Stokoe M)
- The letter M
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ɛm/
[edit] Letter
M (capital, lowercase m)
- The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
M
[edit] French
[edit] Letter
M (uppercase, lowercase m)
- The thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, preceded by L and followed by N.
[edit] Abbreviation
M m. (plural Ms)
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
M m. and f. inv.
- The eleventh letter of the Italian alphabet
- The thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /me/, /em/
[edit] Letter
M (capital, lowercase m)
- The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by L and followed by N.
[edit] Slovene
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
M (capital, lowercase m)
- The 14th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by L and followed by N.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
M (upper case, lower case m)
- The 15th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
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