m.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

Translingual

Alternative forms

• M.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsculus (“muscle”).

Noun

m. (plural mm.)

1. (anatomy) muscle

English

Adjective

m.

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.

   Synonym: m

2. (chiefly genealogy) Abbreviation of married.
3. Abbreviation of minimum.

Noun

m. (plural ms.)

2. Alternative form of m (abbreviation of mile, etc.)

   Alternative forms: mi., mi

   • 1825, Benjamin Pitts Capper, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, page 217:

     Clunbury, a hamlet and chapelry to the par. of the same name, hund. of Purslow, Salop. 5 m. from Bishop's Castle, and 153 from London; cont. 63 ho. and 359 inhab.

Czech

Adjective

m. (not comparable)

1. (grammar) abbreviation of mužský (“masculine”): m.

   Coordinate terms: ž., s.

Danish

Preposition

m.

1. abbreviation of med

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

m.

1. abbreviation of mark

Esperanto

Verb

m.

1. abbreviation of mortinta (“died”)

German

Alternative forms

• m (without period but with italics; in dictionaries and in grammar)

Preposition

m. [with dative]

1. abbreviation of mit (“with”)

Adjective

m. (indeclinable)

1. (also grammar) abbreviation of männlich
2. (grammar) abbreviation of maskulin

See also

• f., n., w., s.
• stm., stM., st. m., st. M. (= starkes Maskulinum)

Hungarian

Adjective

m. (not comparable)

1. abbreviation of magyar (“Hungarian”)
2. abbreviation of megyei (“pertaining to a county”)

Declension

For magyar:

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	m.	m.-ok
accusative	m.-t	m.-okat
dative	m.-nak	m.-oknak
instrumental	m.-ral	m.-okkal
causal-final	m.-ért	m.-okért
translative	m.-rá	m.-okká
terminative	m.-ig	m.-okig
essive-formal	m.-ként	m.-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	m.-ban	m.-okban
superessive	m.-on	m.-okon
adessive	m.-nál	m.-oknál
illative	m.-ba	m.-okba
sublative	m.-ra	m.-okra
allative	m.-hoz	m.-okhoz
elative	m.-ból	m.-okból
delative	m.-ról	m.-okról
ablative	m.-tól	m.-októl
non-attributive possessive – singular	m.-é	m.-oké
non-attributive possessive – plural	m.-éi	m.-okéi

Derived terms

• (for megyei) m.-es
• (for magyar) m.-os

Noun

m.

1. abbreviation of megye (“county”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	m.	m.-k
accusative	m.-t	m.-ket
dative	m.-nek	m.-knek
instrumental	m.-vel	m.-kkel
causal-final	m.-ért	m.-kért
translative	m.-vé	m.-kké
terminative	m.-ig	m.-kig
essive-formal	m.-ként	m.-kként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	m.-ben	m.-kben
superessive	m.-n	m.-ken
adessive	m.-nél	m.-knél
illative	m.-be	m.-kbe
sublative	m.-re	m.-kre
allative	m.-hez	m.-khez
elative	m.-ből	m.-kből
delative	m.-ről	m.-kről
ablative	m.-től	m.-ktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	m.-é	m.-ké
non-attributive possessive – plural	m.-éi	m.-kéi

Lithuanian

Noun

m.

1. abbreviation of metai (“year”)
2. abbreviation of miestas (“city”)

Spanish

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin meridiēs (“noon”).

Noun

m.

1. noon

Related terms

• a. m.
• p. m.