Em
See also: Appendix:Variations of "em"
Translingual
Symbol
Em
- (metrology) Symbol for exameter (exametre), an SI unit of length equal to 1018 meters (metres).
- (chemical symbol, dated) emanation
- (music) Symbol for E minor.
English
Proper noun
Em
- A diminutive of the female given names Emily and Emma.
- 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 24, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
- And oh, Aunt Em! I'm so glad to be at home again!
- 2008 Anne Enright, Yesterday's Weather, Vintage (2009), →ISBN, page 4:
- Mind you, he never calls me anything back. Isn't that the way of it? What do men call their wives. 'Em...' Like every woman in the planet was christened Emily. 'Em...is that shirt clean?'
- Short for Eminem.
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Em
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