m

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER M
Codepoint	U+006D
l ← Basic Latin → n

See also Appendix:Variations of "m"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Modification of capital letter M, from Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, “Mu”).

Letter

m lower case (upper 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
• (other scripts) ‎μ ‎(m, “mu”)‎, ‎м ‎(m, “em”)‎
• Turned: ɯ

Etymology 2

Various abbreviations

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

Wikipedia

m

1. meter (metre), the unit of length in the International System of Units
2. milli-
3. (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the bilabial nasal (IPA: /m/), including Cyrillic м (m, “em”), the beginning of various kana including ま (ma), and Korean jamo ㅁ (m, “mieum”).
4. mass

Etymology 3

From upper case roman numeral M (1000), 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 forms

• M, ⅿ, Ⅿ

Numeral

m (lower case roman numeral, upper case M)

1. (Roman numerals) cardinal number one thousand (1000)

Synonyms

• CIƆ

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛm/, SAMPA: /Em/

Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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Letter

m lowercase (uppercase 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 lower case (upper case M)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

m

1. metre
2. (grammar) masculine
3. mile
4. milli
5. million

Translations

metre

Hungarian: méter (hu) Polish: metr (pl) n.

Russian: м (ru)

masculine

Hebrew: ז (z) Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Marathi: please add this translation if you can Russian: м (ru) (m)

mile

Hungarian: mérföld (hu)

milli

Russian: м (ru)

million

Russian: млн

See also

• M

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Azeri

Letter

m lower case (upper 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

• Rhymes: -ɛm
• (letter name): IPA: /ɛm/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: l
• Next letter: n

See also

• 'm

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

m lower case (upper 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]

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French

Letter

m lower case (upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter III:

     L’aube du jour commençait à poindre quand don Quichotte sortit de l’hôtellerie, si content, si glorieux, si plein de ravissement de se voir armé chevalier, que sa joie en faisait tressaillir jusqu’aux sangles de son cheval.

     The dawn of the day was beginning to break when Don Quixote left the inn, so content, so glorious, so full of ravishment of seeing himself armed a knight, that his joy made him tremble all the way to the girths of his horse.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen from French moi.

Pronoun

m

1. Contraction of mwen.

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Italian

Noun

m m. and f. inv.

1. See under M

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Verb

m

1. eat

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Latin

Letter

m

1. A letter from the Latin alphabet.

Abbreviation

m

1. Marcus

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Mandarin

Romanization

m

1. Nonstandard spelling of ḿ.
2. Nonstandard spelling of m̀.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

m lower case (upper case M)

1. The m letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called 14 or eme and written in the Latin script.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 375:

     Confiem em mim. Sei o que estou fazendo...

     Trust me. I know what I'm doing...

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /me/, /em/

Letter

m (lower case, upper 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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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): M

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /m/

Letter

m (Cyrillic spelling м)

1. The 18th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet, preceded by lj and followed by n.

Abbreviation

m (Cyrillic spelling м)

1. (grammar) masculine gender
2. meter (unit of length)

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Spanish

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Swahili

Noun class

m- (pl. differs per definition)

1. A noun class denoting a child. (pl. wa-)
2. A noun class denoting a plant. (pl. mi-)

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Swedish

Abbreviation

m

1. w/, with; Abbreviation of med.
2. Moderate Party; Abbreviation of Moderaterna.

See also

• m.a.o.
• m.fl.
• m.m.
• mvh

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Turkish

Letter

m lower case (upper 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]