em

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

The typographic em is named after the metal type for the capital M in early printing, whose body was square (the printed letter M is almost never one em in width).

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[edit] Noun

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Singular
em

Plural
ems

em (plural ems)

  1. The name of the letter M, m. Found in compounds such as emcee.
    The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
  2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

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[edit] Kurdish

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em

  1. we; us (first person plural personal pronoun)

[edit] Portuguese

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/ẽj̃/, /ĩ/

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Latin in

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em

  1. in

[edit] Usage notes

When followed by an article, a demonstrative pronoun, or a dem. adjective, em is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

Em + article Combined form
em + o no
em + a na
em + os nos
em + as nas
em + um num
em + uma numa
em + uns nuns
em + umas numas
Em + dem. pronoun Combined form
em + isso nisso
em + isto nisto
Em + dem. adjective Combined form
em + esse nesse
em + essa nessa
em + esses nesses
em + essas nessas
em + este neste
em + esta nesta
em + estes nestes
em + estas nestas

[edit] Scots

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em

  1. (South Scots) Emphatic first person singular simple present form of ti be

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[edit] Tok Pisin

[edit] Pronoun

em

  1. The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

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Compare Tok Pisin ol, Bislama olgeta, Kriol olabat.

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ol

  1. they, them (more than three; indefinite)

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[edit] Vietnamese

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[edit] Pronoun

em

  1. Familial - to family members. you, when addressed to a younger sibling or to a wife.

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em

  1. younger sibling
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