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Translingual
Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter M, from Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, Mu).
See also
Etymology 2
Various abbreviations.
Pronunciation
IPA (file)
Symbol
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m
- metre (U.S. meter), the unit of length in the International System of Units
- milli-
- (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the voiced bilabial nasal (/m/), including Cyrillic м (em), the beginning of various kana including ま (ma), and Korean jamo ㅁ (mieum).
- (superscript ⟨ᵐ⟩, IPA) [m]-prenasalization, [m]-release or post-nasalization, [m]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [m].
- mass
- month or months
- million (since mid-20th century)
- thousand (M being the Roman numeral for 1,000)
- 1798 Letter from William Short to Thomas Jefferson
- Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars—
- 1798 Letter from William Short to Thomas Jefferson
- (music) minor
- (music) mezzo, as in mezzo piano and mezzo forte
- (chemistry) Of a tactic diad, having structural units in identical orientation.
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.
Numeral
m (lower case roman numeral, upper case M)
- (Roman numerals) The cardinal number one thousand (1000).
Synonyms
Gallery
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of M, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur
See also
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Other representations of M:
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English
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛm
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
See also
Number
m (lower case, upper case M)
- The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of am.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of him.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of many.
- (stenoscript) the prefix mis-.
- (stenoscript) the prefix im-.
Noun
m (plural ms)
- Abbreviation of meter.
- Abbreviation of mile.
- Abbreviation of month.
- Abbreviation of minute.
- 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83:
- Another instance: 2h28m p. m., 10 micra; 3h08m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3h09m p. m., 4 micra.
- Abbreviation of million.
- Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
- (music) Abbreviation of measure.
- (obsolete) thousand
- 1798 Letter from w:William Short (American ambassador) to Thomas Jefferson:
- Having made a divorce with politics as I have already mentioned I have only to trouble you on my personal affairs ... —The principle & most pressing is that of the 9. m. dollars—
- 1798 Letter from w:William Short (American ambassador) to Thomas Jefferson:
Verb
m
See also
Amal
References
- transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛm
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
See also
Egyptian
Etymology 1
Often suggested to be cognate to Hebrew בְּ־ (bə-), Arabic بِـ (bi-); however, more recent scholarship disputes this on phonological grounds, as Egyptian m is not held to regularly correspond with Semitic *b by either the traditional school of Egyptian comparison or the Rösslerian school.
Pronunciation
- (reconstructed) IPA(key): /ma/ → /mə/ → /mə/ → /m̩/
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ɛm/
- Conventional anglicization: em
Preposition
- in
- (of time) in, for, during
- (with certain verbs of motion) into
- (with most verbs of motion) from within, out of, from
- (of material) made of, consisting of
- (of contents, e.g. of a group) consisting of, comprising
- by means of
- in a state of
- in the capacity of, in the role of, as, being
- together with, along with
- (with following infinitive) forms the periphrastic imperfective of a verb
Usage notes
This preposition is often used with definition 9 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 or generally true, state. Egyptian generally has an expansive view of what counts as a temporary identity compared to English.
Alternative forms
When the object of the preposition is an attached suffix pronoun, the adverbial form jm is used instead.
Derived terms
- ꜣḫ m jb
- ꜣst-m-ꜣḫ-bjt
- jj-m-ḥtp
- jw-m-jtrw
- jw-n-ꜣmw-m-sḫt-sjsj
- jm
- jmj
- jmn-m-ḥꜣt
- wꜣḥ-nsyt-mj-rꜥ-m-pt
- wꜥ m
- pwj-m-rꜥ
- pr-m-ws
- m ꜣw
- m ꜣwt ḏt
- m ꜣmmt
- m ꜣt
- m ꜣt.f
- m ꜣt nt
- m ꜣt r ꜣt
- m-ꜥ
- m ꜥb
- m-ꜥ ntt
- m wḥm
- m wḥm ꜥ
- m wsṯn
- m bꜣḥ
- m-bjꜣt
- m mꜣwt
- m mjtt
- m mnt
- m ḥꜣt
- m ḥr
- m ḥrt
- m ḥtp
- m ḫm
- m ḫnt
- m ḫt
- m ḫd
- m ẖnw
- m ẖrt-hrw
- m zp
- m sꜣ
- m sḫm
- m qꜣb
- m km n ꜣt
- m tꜣ ꜣt
- mdwt m ḥr
- m ḏd
- nj zp jwt ḫt nb jm
- nmtj-m-zꜣ.f
- rw nw prt m hrw
- rḏj m ḥr
- ḥꜣt-ꜥ m
- ḥr-m-ꜣḫt
- ḥr-m-ꜣḫt-ḫprj-rꜥ-tm
- ḥr-m-ꜥḥ.f
- ḥr-m-pr.f
- ḥr-m-ḥꜣt
- ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst
- sbk-m-ḥꜣb
- kꜣ-nḫt-ḫꜥ-m-wꜣst
Etymology 2
Possibly originally a verb form, an imperative meaning ‘see’.
Particle
proclitic
Usage notes
This particle must introduce a sentence. In Middle Egyptian, it is usually 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. In Old Egyptian, a dependent pronoun could be used instead of a suffix pronoun, reflecting the word’s origins as an imperative.
Alternative forms
See also
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 86, 115, 179–180, 194–195.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN
- Hoch, James (1997) Middle Egyptian Grammar, Mississauga: Benben Publications, →ISBN, page 15
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISBN
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /mo/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Audio (file)
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Etulo
References
- Rose-Juliet Anyanwu, Fundamentals of Phonetics, Phonology and Tonology (2008)
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
Finnish
Etymology
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and m for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Noun
m
French
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛm/
Audio (file)
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
- The thirteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.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.
Fula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
Gothic
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
Hungarian
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of méter (“meter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmeːtɛr]
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
m-é | m-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
m-éi | m-ekéi |
Possessive forms of m | ||
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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 |
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈm]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛmː]
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | m | m-ek |
accusative | m-et | m-eket |
dative | m-nek | m-eknek |
instrumental | m-mel | m-ekkel |
causal-final | m-ért | m-ekért |
translative | m-mé | 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 |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
m-é | m-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
m-éi | m-ekéi |
Possessive forms of m | ||
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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 |
See also
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Further reading
- m in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ido
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Italian
Kashubian
Etymology
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and m for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
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
- IPA(key): [m]
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Malay
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Mandarin
Romanization
m
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Mandinka
Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /emː/, /ɛmː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /m/
Audio (file)
Nupe
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Polish
Etymology
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and m for development of the glyph itself.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
Letter
m (upper case M, lower case)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Audio (BR) (file)
Letter
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Scottish Gaelic
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (uppercase): M
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /m/
Letter
m (Cyrillic spelling м)
Silesian
Etymology
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and m for development of the glyph itself.
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phoneme) /m/
- IPA(key): (letter name) /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eme
- (Castilian)
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me/ [me]
- Rhymes: -e
Swahili
Usage notes
This term is archaic except in the common greeting m hali gani. Along with u and ni it is not conjugated.
See also
Swedish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔem/ [ˈʔɛm] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -em
- IPA(key): /ˈma/ [ˈma] (letter name, Abakada alphabet)
- Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /ˈʔeme/ [ˈʔɛ.mɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- Rhymes: -eme
- IPA(key): /m/ [m] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔem/ [ˈʔɛm] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔)
- The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called em and written in the Latin script.
See also
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M, Baybayin spelling ᜋ)
- The tenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ma and written in the Latin script.
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)
- (historical) The fifteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called eme and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- chapter M, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
Yoruba
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ̄/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ́/
Particle
ḿ
- Standard spelling of ń (“imperfect aspect marker”) (used before verbs that start with a /b/ sound)
Zulu
Letter
m (lower case, upper case M)