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]

U+216F, Ⅿ
ROMAN NUMERAL ONE THOUSAND

[U+216E]
Number Forms
[U+2170]
U+FF2D, M
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M

[U+FF2C]
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
[U+FF2E]

Translingual

Etymology 1

Letter

M (lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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Etymology 2

An alteration of , from , an alteration of , an alteration of , from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

Alternative forms

Numeral

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

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

Etymology 3

Symbol

M

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

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

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Other representations of M:


English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/
(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.

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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. Mother
  2. male
  3. mature
  4. nautical mile
  5. (entomology) media
  6. (size) medium
  7. (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
  8. (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled

Coordinate terms

  • (gender): F, X

Noun

M (plural Messrs)

  1. Monsieur

Alternative forms

Proper noun

M

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

Afar

Letter

M

  1. The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe M)

  1. The letter M

Azerbaijani

Letter

M upper case (lower case m)

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

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Chinese

Etymology

From English menstruation or menstrual cycle.

Pronunciation


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
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
Tainan mè-sù, 月經
Lukang 月經
Wu Shanghai 月經, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽
Wenzhou 身上來
Ningbo 大尿, 月家

Verb

M

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/
  • (file)

Letter

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

  • Previous letter: L
  • Next letter: N

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

Abbreviation

M

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of mi (me, I).

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

Abbreviation

M

  1. magna cum laude approbatur

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛm/
  • (file)

Letter

M (lowercase m)

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛm/
  • (file)

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

M (lower case m)

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

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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)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

from English medium

Noun

M (katakana エム, rōmaji emu)

  1. medium size
Synonyms

Etymology 2

from English masochism

Noun

M (katakana エム, rōmaji emu)

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

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

(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.

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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.

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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.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me/, /em/

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. 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

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

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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.

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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.

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.

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Spanish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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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.

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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.

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