M

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

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Translingual

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M

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Letter

M (lower case m)

The thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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)

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

Etymology 3

Symbol

M

Abbreviation of mega-.
(astronomy) Abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers.
(biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC.
(chemistry) Abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solute).
(mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
(group theory) monster group
(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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛm/

Audio (UK):

(file)

Rhymes: -ɛm

Letter

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

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

Number

M (upper case, lower case m)

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)

Initialism of mother.
Initialism of male.
Initialism of mature.
Abbreviation of nautical mile.
(entomology) Initialism of media.
(size) Initialism of medium.
(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.
(cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
(cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled

Coordinate terms

(gender): F, X

Noun

M (plural Messrs)

Monsieur

Alternative forms

M.

Proper noun

M

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

Afar

Letter

M

The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe M)

The letter M

Azerbaijani

Letter

M upper case (lower case m)

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

Chinese

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		月經, 月信, 月事, 潮信 euphemistic
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	月經, 例假
	Taiwan	月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽
	Singapore	月經, 大姨媽
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	月經, 例假
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	經脈兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	月經, 身上
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	例假
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	好事
	Dagudi (Maliba)	月經, 姊妹
	Reshuitang (Longling)	大姨媽
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	月經, 大姨媽
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	月經
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假
Cantonese	Hong Kong	月經, 大姨媽, M
Gan	Lichuan	身上
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	月期
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	月期
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	月期
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	月期
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	月期
Jin	Taiyuan	月經
Southern Min	Xiamen	月經
	Quanzhou	月經
	Zhangzhou	月經
	Kaohsiung	月經
	Yilan	月經
	Changhua (Lukang)	月經
	Taichung	月事
	Taichung (Wuqi)	月經
	Tainan	mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個
	Taitung	月經
	Hsinchu	月經
	Penghu (Magong)	月經
	Singapore (Hokkien)	月經
	Manila (Hokkien)	月經
	Jieyang	老馬
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

Verb

M

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/
Audio: (file)

Letter

M (capital, lowercase m)

The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Esperanto

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

The sixteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called mo and written in the Latin script.

Pronoun

M

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

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

M

Wikipedia ^et

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Finnish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Noun

M

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

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛm/
Audio (Paris): (file)

Letter

M (lowercase m)

The thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, preceded by L and followed by N.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔɛm/
Audio: (file)

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (lower case m)

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

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

M

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

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

Letter

M m or f (invariable, lower case m)

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

Symbol

M

down with

Antonyms

W (up with)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

M

Wikipedia ^ja

Etymology 1

from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English medium

Noun

M(エム) • (emu)

medium size

Synonyms

中(ちゅう) (chū)

Related terms

L (L)
S (S)

Etymology 2

from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English masochism

Noun

M(エム) • (emu)

(sexuality, euphemistic) masochism, masochist
(colloquial) submissive personality

Antonyms

S (S)

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

M

Wikipedia ^lv

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]

Audio:

(file)

Letter

M

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

M

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

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Letter

M

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

Portuguese

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me/, /em/

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by L and followed by N.

Saanich

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m/, /mʼ/

Letter

M

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (lower case m)

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

M

Wikipedia ^sl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛm/

Letter

M (capital, lowercase m)

The 14th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by L and followed by N.

Somali

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /miːm/

Letter

M upper case (lower case m)

The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called miim and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by L and followed by N.

Spanish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

The sixteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called me and written in the Latin script.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˦˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˦˩], [məː˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ məː˨˩], [ʔɛm˧˧ məː˨˩], [məː˨˩]
Phonetic spelling: e mờ, em mờ, mờ

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Zulu

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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