M

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

M U+004D, M LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M ← L [U+004C] Basic Latin N → [U+004E]

Ⅿ U+216F, Ⅿ ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND ← Ⅾ [U+216E] Number Forms ⅰ → [U+2170]

Ｍ U+FF2D, Ｍ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M ← Ｌ [U+FF2C] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｎ → [U+FF2E]

Translingual

Etymology 1

From the Etruscan letter 𐌌 (m, “em”), from the Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, “my”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌‎ (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖.

Alternative forms

• ꟿ (in ancient inscriptions)

Letter

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

Etymology 2

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, DD, dd, ↀ, Ī, ī, I̅, ⅭⅠↃ

Numeral

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

1. (Roman numerals) Thousand (1000)
2. The thousandth (1,000th).

Etymology 3

Symbol

M

1. Abbreviation of mega-.
3. (astronomy) Abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers.
4. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC.
5. (chemistry) Abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solute).
6. (mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
7. (group theory) monster group
8. (music) major

Usage notes

Because of the potential for confusion, the abbreviation for unit "molar" is usually written in italics (M) or in small caps (ᴍ).

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of M, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of M:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛm/

Audio (UK)

(file)

• Rhymes: -ɛm

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m, plural Ms or M's)

1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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.

Noun

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

1. Initialism of mother.
2. Initialism of male.
3. Initialism of mature.
4. Abbreviation of nautical mile.
5. Abbreviation of million.
6. (entomology) Initialism of media.
7. (size) Initialism of medium.
8. (slang) Initialism of morphine.
   • 1952, Woman's Home Companion (volume 79, page 141)

     [Doctors] always carry narcotic prescription blanks and some M with them. M is morphine.

   • 2009, Larry Harrison, Glimpses of a Floating World (page 142)

     'You were going to get me some M,' she whispered in his ear. […] His friend uses morphine, too.

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

Coordinate terms

• (gender): F, X

Noun

M (plural Messrs)

1. Monsieur

Alternative forms

• M.

Proper noun

M

1. Monday
2. (US, roadway) Michigan. Usage note: this designation is usually used only within Michigan.

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Afar

Letter

M

1. The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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Azerbaijani

Letter

M upper case (lower case m)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.me/

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eme and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Chinese

Etymology

From English menstruation or menstrual cycle.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): em¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: em¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: em¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːm⁵⁵/

Noun

M

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstruation
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstrual cycle
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menses; menstrual blood

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事
Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Jinan	月經, 例假
	Muping	經脈兒
	Wanrong	月經, 身上
	Wuhan	好事
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽
	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	月期
	Dongshi (Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Min Nan	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Kaohsiung	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經
	Taichung	月事
	Wuqi	月經
	Hsinchu	月經
	Taitung	月經
	Lukang	月經
	Yilan	月經
	Magong	月經
Wu	Shanghai	月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
	Ningbo	大尿, 月家
	Wenzhou	身上來

Derived terms

• M到

• M痛

Verb

M

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to menstruate; to have a period

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/

• Audio

  (file)

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; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

Pronoun

M

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (text messaging) Abbreviation of mi (“me, I”).

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Estonian

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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Finnish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äm or em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Noun

M

1. Abbreviation of magna cum laude approbatur.
2. Abbreviation of mies. ("man, male")

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛm/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

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^(key): /ʔɛm/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ ˈm]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ ˈɛmː]

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	M	M-ek
accusative	M-et	M-eket
dative	M-nek	M-eknek
instrumental	M-mel	M-ekkel
causal-final	M-ért	M-ekért
translative	M-mé	M-ekké
terminative	M-ig	M-ekig
essive-formal	M-ként	M-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	M-ben	M-ekben
superessive	M-en	M-eken
adessive	M-nél	M-eknél
illative	M-be	M-ekbe
sublative	M-re	M-ekre
allative	M-hez	M-ekhez
elative	M-ből	M-ekből
delative	M-ről	M-ekről
ablative	M-től	M-ektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	M-é	M-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	M-éi	M-ekéi

Possessive forms of M
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	M-em	M-eim
2nd person sing.	M-ed	M-eid
3rd person sing.	M-e	M-ei
1st person plural	M-ünk	M-eink
2nd person plural	M-etek	M-eitek
3rd person plural	M-ük	M-eik

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛmme/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M m or f (invariable, lower case m)

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

Symbol

M

1. down with

Antonyms

• W (up with)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Japanese

Etymology 1

From the initial letter of English medium.

Noun

M(エム) • (emu) 

1. medium size

Synonyms

• 中(ちゅう) (chū)

Related terms

• L
• S

Etymology 2

From the initial letter of English masochism; compare English S&M.

Noun

M(エム) • (emu) 

1. (sexuality, euphemistic) masochism, masochist
2. (colloquial) submissive personality

Antonyms

• S

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Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m]

(file)

Letter

M

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The twentieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛm]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [m]

Letter

M

1. The thirteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Portuguese

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called em, me, or mî and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Saanich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/, /mʼ/

Letter

M

1. The twentieth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ, Ꝃ, ₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s, ,

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (lower case m)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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^(key): /m/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /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) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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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; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˦˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˦˩], [məː˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
• Phonetic: e mờ, em mờ, mờ

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-mờ, em-mờ, or mờ and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛm/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ll and followed by N.

Mutation

• M at the beginning of words mutates to F in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word merch (“girl, daughter”):

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
merch	ferch	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , chapter M, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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Zulu

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z