m

m U+006D, m LATIN SMALL LETTER M ← l [U+006C] Basic Latin n → [U+006E]

ⅿ U+217F, ⅿ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND ← ⅾ [U+217E] Number Forms ↀ → [U+2180]

ｍ U+FF4D, ｍ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER M ← ｌ [U+FF4C] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｎ → [U+FF4E]

𝆐 U+1D190, 𝆐 MUSICAL SYMBOL MEZZO ← 𝆏 [U+1D18F] Musical Symbols 𝆑 → [U+1D191]

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

Translingual

Etymology 1

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

Letter

m (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  Sſs  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

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 (/m/), including Cyrillic м (m, “em”), the beginning of various kana including ま (ma), and Korean jamo ㅁ (m, “mieum”).
4. mass
5. month or months
6. (music) mezzo, as in mezzo piano and mezzo forte

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

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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Letter

m (lower case, upper case M, plural 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 (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

Adjective

m

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.

Noun

m

1. Abbreviation of meter.
2. Abbreviation of mile.
3. Abbreviation of minute.
   • 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata (Carnegie Institution of Washington), page 83:

     Another instance: 2^h28^m p. m., 10 micra; 3^h08^m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3^h09^m p. m., 4 micra.

4. Abbreviation of million.
   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport^[1]:

     The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club.

Verb

m

1. (knitting) make
   • 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies (page 232)

     Row 1 (RS): Kfb, knit to marker A, slip marker A, knit to marker B (there are no sts to knit between markers A and B in Row 1), m1, slip marker B, k1, slip marker B, m1, […]

Translations

metre

• Hungarian: méter (hu)
• Khmer: ម. (mɔ)

• Polish: metr (pl) n
• Russian: м (ru) (m)

masculine

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

• Marathi: पुलिंग (puliṅg)
• Russian: м (ru) (m)

mile

• Hungarian: mérföld (hu)

milli

• Russian: м (ru) (m)

million

• Russian: млн (ru) (mln)

See also

• M

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Azeri

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)

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; 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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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛm
• (letter name):

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• Previous letter: l
• Next letter: n

See also

• 'm

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Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Reconstructed)

Preposition

1. in
2. (of time) in, for, during
3. (with verbs of motion) into
4. (with verbs of motion) from within
5. (of material) made of
6. by means of
7. in the state of, in the role of, as, is

Usage notes

This preposition is often used with the last definition here to indicate temporary identity, so, for example, z m ꜣhw (“the man is a poor man”) implies that this a temporary, rather than an eternal, state. Egyptian generally has an expansive view of what counts as a temporary identity compared to English.

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m  

m

Inflection

Adverbial forms of m  

jm

Derived terms

Terms derived from m

• jmj

Etymology 2

Particle

proclitic

1. behold, lo, look

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m  

m	m

Usage notes

This particle must introduce a sentence. It is followed by an attached second-person suffix pronoun, such as .k, .ṯ, .ṯnj, or .ṯn, indicating the person being addressed; after this comes the subject, in the form of a nominal subject, a demonstrative pronoun, or a dependent pronoun.

References

• Allen, James (2000) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-77483-7
• Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, ISBN 0-900416-32-7

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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; 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

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Etulo

Pronoun

ḿ

1. I, first-person singular pronoun

   ḿ wēnî — I drink water

   ḿ wēnī — I drank water

References

• Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)

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Faroese

Letter

m (upper case M)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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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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Fula

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

Pronoun

m

1. Contraction of mwen.

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Hungarian

Noun

m (plural m-ek)

1. Abbreviation of méter.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	m	m-ek
accusative	m-t	m-eket
dative	m-nek	m-eknek
instrumental	m-rel	m-ekkel
causal-final	m-ért	m-ekért
translative	m-ré	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

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

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Ido

Letter

m (upper 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

Noun

m m, f (invariable)

1. See under M

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Latin

Letter

m

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

Abbreviation

m

1. Marcus

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “m”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• m in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• m in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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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

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Letter

M

m (lower case, upper 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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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)

Letter

m (upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Malay

Letter

m (lower case, upper case 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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Mandarin

Romanization

m

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

Usage notes

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

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Mandinka

Pronoun

m

1. I, me (personal pronoun)

   a m busa — he/she struck me.

See also

Mandinka personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		nte, n, m	ntolu, ntelu, n
2nd person		ite, i	altolu, altelu, al
3rd person		ate, a	itolu, itelu, y

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name):
• (phoneme):

Letter

m

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

m (upper case M, lower case b)

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

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by l and followed by n.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): M

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)

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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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)

Letter

m (upper 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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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)
• (letter)

  • Audio (Spain)

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Abbreviation

m

1. Used in SMS for me

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

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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; 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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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)

Letter

m (upper case M)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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Zulu

Letter

m (lower case, upper 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

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ǃKung

Verb

m

1. eat