m

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

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

Character variations

ᵐ U+1D50, ᵐ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL M ← ᵏ [U+1D4F] Phonetic Extensions ᵑ → [U+1D51]

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]

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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 M̄m̄
• (other scripts) μ (mu), м (em)
• Turned: ɯ

Etymology 2

Various abbreviations.

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA [mːɑː, ɑmmɑː] with the sound [m]:

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Symbol

m

1. (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, the beginning of various kana including ま (ma), and Korean jamo ㅁ (mieum).
2. (superscript ⟨ᵐ⟩, IPA) light to full [m]-prenasalization, [m]-release or light post-nasalization, [m]-coloring, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [m].
3. metre, the basic unit of length in the International System of Units
4. mass
5. month
6. million [from mid-20th century]
7. thousand

   Synonym: k

   • 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—

8. (music) minor
9. (music) mezzo, as in mezzo piano and mezzo forte
10. (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.

Alternative forms

• M, ⅿ, Ⅿ

Numeral

m (lower case roman numeral, upper case M)

1. (Roman numerals) The cardinal number one thousand (1000).

Synonyms

• ⅭⅠↃ

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase 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:

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/

  • Audio (US):

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  • Audio (UK):

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  • Rhymes: -ɛm
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M, plural ms or m's)

1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

• m-word
• m-spec

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

Abbreviations.

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of am.
2. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of him.
3. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine.
4. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of many.
5. (stenoscript) the prefix mis-.
6. (stenoscript) the prefix im-.

Adjective

m

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.

Noun

m (plural ms)

1. Abbreviation of meter.
2. Abbreviation of mile.
3. Abbreviation of month.
4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
7. (music) Abbreviation of measure.
8. (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—

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 — see also metre

• Hungarian: m (hu)
• Ingrian: m
• Khmer: ម. (mɔ)
• Polish: metr (pl) n
• Russian: м (ru) (m)

masculine — see also masculine

• Hebrew: ז (he) (z)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hn.
• Marathi: पुलिंग (puliṅga)
• Russian: м (ru) (m)

mile — see also mile

milli- — see also milli-

• Russian: м (ru) (m)

million — see also million

• Russian: млн (ru) (mln)

See also

• M

Amal

Noun

m

1. breast

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m lower case (upper case M)

1. The nineteenth letter of the Azerbaijani 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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eme/, [e̞.me̞]

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called eme and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Central Mazahua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (upper case M)

1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛm
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/

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

Etymology 2

Pronoun

m

1. (text messaging) Nonstandard form of 'm.

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/

• (Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE) IPA^(key): /ma/
• (Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE) IPA^(key): /mə/
• (latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE) IPA^(key): /m̩/

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /ɛm/
  • Conventional anglicization: em

Preposition

1. in
2. (of time) in, for, during
3. (with certain verbs of motion) into
4. (with most verbs of motion) from within, out of, from
5. (of material) made of, consisting of
6. (of contents, e.g. of a group) consisting of, comprising
7. by means of
8. in a state of
9. in the capacity of, in the role of, as, being
10. together with, along with
11. (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.

Inflection

Adverbial forms of m  

jm

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m  

m

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
• jwḥ m zšn
• jp m jb
• jm
• jmj
• jmjtw
• jmy
• jmn-m-jpt
• jmn-m-jpt-swt
• 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 jꜣbwj
• m jfd
• m-jmjtw
• m-jmjtw-nj
• 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
• ntt m jb
• rw nw prt m hrw
• rḏj m jb
• 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

1. (chiefly Old and Middle Egyptian, with a suffix pronoun) behold, lo, look

   Synonym: (Late Egyptian) ptr

2. (without a suffix pronoun) whether, although

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

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m  

m	m

Etymology 3

Verb

1. imperative of jmj (“to not be, to not do”): don't

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of m  

m

See also

• 𓅓

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mo/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

• 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

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemː/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; 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, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

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)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm/, [ˈæm] (letter name)
• IPA^(key): /ˈem/, [ˈe̞m] (letter name, dated)

• Audio: äm, mämmi, kumi, äm:

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Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äm or em and written in the Latin script.

Noun

m

1. Abbreviation of miehet (“gentlemen”) (used to mark toilets and similar installations to be for men only)

   Synonyms: miehet, (rare) herrat

   Antonyms: n, naiset, (rare) rouvat

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; 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 (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛm/

• Audio:

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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.

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

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

Ghomala'

Preposition

m

1. to, towards

References

• Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)

Gothic

Romanization

m

1. Romanization of 𐌼

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Contraction of mwen, from French moi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Pronoun

m

1. Contraction of mwen.

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

• (letter name) mū

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː/
• (phoneme) /m/

Letter

m

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a (Ā ā), E e (Ē ē), I i (Ī ī), O o (Ō ō), U u (Ū ū), H h, K k, L l, M m, N n, P p, W w, ʻ

Hungarian

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of méter (“meter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeːtɛr]

Noun

m (plural m-ek)

1. m (the unit of length in the International System of Units)

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
non-attributive possessive - singular	m-é	m-eké
non-attributive possessive - plural	m-éi	m-ekéi

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈm]
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛmː]

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called emm and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	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
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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛmː/

Letter

m (upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, 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, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /me/

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

Igbo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (upper case M)

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

Etymology 2

Compare with Yoruba n̄

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Pronoun

m (dependent/independent form, independent forms m, mụ)

1. (personal) I, me

See also

Igbo personal pronouns

		dependent	independent	object/possesive
Singular	first	m, a/e- ... -m	m, mụ
	second	ị, i	ngị, gị	gị
	third	ọ, o	ya
Plural	first	anyị
	second	ụnụ
	third	ha, a/e- ... -ha	ha
Indefinite		a/e	-	-

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; 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

Ingrian

Noun

m (invariable)

1. Abbreviation of metra.
   • 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by Mihailov and D. I. Efimov, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 18:

     1 m = 10 dm, 1 dm = 10 sm,

     1 m = 10 dm, 1 dm = 10 cm,

Italian

Letter

m f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case M)

1. The eleventh letter of the Italian alphabet, called emme and written in the Latin script.

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog m. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English m.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ʔem/ [ʔem]
  • Rhymes: -em
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/ [m]

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy‎^[2] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

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)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Lashi

Lashi cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : m

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognates include Chinese 五 (wǔ) and Burmese ငါး (nga:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/, [m̩˧]

Numeral

m

1. five

References

• Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 35
• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 45

Latin

Letter

m

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

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]

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, 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

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, 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, Ż ż, Z z

Mandarin

Romanization

m

1. Nonstandard spelling of m̄.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ḿ.
3. Nonstandard spelling of m̌.
4. Nonstandard spelling of m̀.

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

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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m]

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /emː/, /ɛmː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

m

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

Usage notes

• Word-final m is written single after short vowels (e.g. komme > kom), unlike all other consonants that can be doubled. This is due to the letter's width.

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/, IPA^(key): /ŋ/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

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): /ˈɛm/

Letter

m (upper case M, lower case)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Polish alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

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

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. (International Standard) The seventeenth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The eighteenth letter of the Romani 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, 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).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called em, me, or mî and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The eleventh letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by n. Its traditional name is muin (“vine”).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

Etymology 2

Adverb

m

1. Abbreviation of sa mhadainn (“in the morning, ante meridiem”); am, a.m.

   Antonyms: f, feasgar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): M

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (Cyrillic spelling м)

1. The 18th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet, preceded by lj and followed by n.

Noun

m ? (Cyrillic spelling м)

1. (grammar) masculine gender
2. meter (unit of length)

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)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

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

Spanish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /m/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]

  • Audio (Spain):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -eme

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/ [me]
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

m

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of me.

Swahili

Verb

m

1. (uncommon, archaic) you all are; thou all art

   m hali gani? ― how are you all doing?

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

• u

Swedish

Preposition

m

1. w/, with; Abbreviation of med.

See also

• m.a.o.
• m.fl.
• m.m.
• mvh

Proper noun

m

1. Moderate Party; Abbreviation of Moderaterna.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish m. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English m.
• Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character ᜋ (ma).
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish m.

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/ [ˈʔɛː.mɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -eme
  • IPA^(key): /m/ [m] (phoneme)

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called em and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) titik; 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, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M, Baybayin spelling ᜋ)

1. 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)

1. (historical) The fifteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called eme and written in the Latin script.

Further reading

• “m”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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 ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), 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 (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /m/

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ɛm/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The seventeenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èm and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by l and followed by n.

Mutation

• m at the beginning of words mutates to f in a soft mutation, but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word merch (“girl, daughter”):

Mutated forms of merch

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
merch	ferch	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “m”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Xhosa

Pronoun

-m

1. Combining stem of mna used with possessive concords.
2. Combining stem of mna.

Yele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m/, /ⁿ/

Letter

m (upper case M)

1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

• The digraph ⟨mb⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿp/ [mb]
• The digraph ⟨md⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿʈ͡p/ [ɳ͡mɖ͡b]
• The digraph ⟨mg⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿk͡p/ [ŋ͡mɡ͡b]
• The digraph ⟨mt⟩ transcribes the single consonant /ⁿt̪͡p/ [n̪͡md̪͡b]

Palatalized consonants are written ⟨mby, mty, my⟩, labialized consonants as ⟨mbw, mw⟩, and labio-palatalized consonants as ⟨mbyw, myw⟩.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, â, b, Ch ch, D d, e, é, ê, Gh gh, i, î, j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ń ń, o, ó, P p, T t, U u, V v, W w, Y y, ꞉

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/, IPA^(key): /ŋ/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /mĩ́/

Letter

m (lower case, upper case M)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called mí and written in the Latin script.

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ̄/

Pronoun

m̄ or m

1. Standard spelling of n̄ (“I”) (used before bá (“conditional marker”))

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ́/

Particle

ḿ

1. Standard spelling of ń (“imperfect aspect marker”) (used before verbs that start with a /b/ sound)

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

ǃKung

Verb

m

1. eat