PM

See also: ㏘, p. m., p.m., pm, .pm, P. M., P.M., and Pm

Translingual

Symbol

PM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

   Synonym: SPM (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

• p.m., p. m. (for "post meridiem" and "post mortem")
• P.M.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiː ˈɛm/

Noun

PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs)

1. Initialism of post meridiem. (The second half of the day, from noon (12:00:00) to (just before) midnight (23:59:59))

   Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM

   The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM

2. Initialism of post mortem.
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 321:

     ‘We ought to have a P.M. report by ten o'clock, preliminary anyway.’

3. Initialism of prime minister.
4. Initialism of private message.
5. Initialism of personal message.
6. Initialism of price match.
7. Initialism of project management.
8. Initialism of project manager.
9. Initialism of performance management.
10. Initialism of perfect match.
11. Initialism of product manager.
12. (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
13. (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
14. (with a number) Initialism of particulate matter.
15. Initialism of push money.
16. Initialism of portfolio manager.
17. Initialism of precious metal.

Usage notes

• (particulate matter): Used in combination with a subscripted number representing the size of the particles in micrometres. Thus, PM_2.5 represents particles with a maximum diameter of 2.5µm.

Translations

after noon, after 12:00:00 — see p.m.

Verb

PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed)

1. To project manage.
2. (Internet, transitive) To send a private message to (a participant in a chat room, etc.).

   PM me if you want more information.

Coordinate terms

• DM
• IM

Phrase

PM

1. Initialism of partially meet.

See also

• MP

Anagrams

• MP, Mp, mp

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɛm/

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of post meridiem, from Latin post meridiem.

Alternative forms

• P.M., P. M.

Adverb

PM

1. PM

   Antonym: AM

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of prix de marché.

Alternative forms

• P.M., P. M.

Noun

PM

1. market price

German

Noun

PM f (genitive PM, plural PM)

1. Initialism of Pressemitteilung.

   Hier sind die PM von letztem Jahr.

   Here are the press releases from last year.

2. Initialism of Papiermaschine.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeːjɛm]

Proper noun

PM

1. Abbreviation of Pénzügyminisztérium (“Treasury”).

Declension

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

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

Derived terms

• PM-es

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɛm/

Noun

PM (first-person possessive PMku, second-person possessive PMmu, third-person possessive PMnya)

1. (military, law enforcement) initialism of polisi militer (“military police”).
2. (politics, government) initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”).

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi ɛm/

Noun

PM

1. Initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”).

Portuguese

Noun

PM f (plural PMs)

1. (Brazil) Initialism of polícia militar.

Noun

PM m or f by sense (plural PMs)

1. (Brazil) Initialism of policial militar.

Noun

PM m (plural PMs)

1. Initialism of primeiro-ministro.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• pm

Etymology

Initialism of promemoria.

Noun

PM n or c

1. memo

Declension

Declension of PM
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	PM	PM:et	PM	PM:en
Genitive	PM:s	PM:ets	PM:s	PM:ens

Declension of PM
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	PM	PM:en	PM	PM:en
Genitive	PM:s	PM:ens	PM:s	PM:ens

References

• PM in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• PM in Svensk ordbok (SO)