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From the Etruscan letter 𐌌 (m, em), from the Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, mu), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, mem), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖.

M (lower case m)

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

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

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

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

M

  1. Male, infrequently appended to age.
  2. abbreviation of mega-
  3. (astronomy) abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers
  4. (biochemistry) abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC
  5. (chemistry) abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solvent)
  6. (mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
  7. (group theory) monster group
  8. (music) major
  9. (linguistics) mid tone
  10. (astronomy) mass of a reference body as a unit of measure
    Msolar mass; M🜨terrestrial mass; MJ or Mjovian mass; ML or Mlunar mass
  11. (usually clothing) medium (the manufactured size)
    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, L, XL, XLT, XXL, XXXL

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

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Other representations of M:

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.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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.

Abbreviation.

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

  1. Initialism of mother.
  2. Initialism of men (sign on toilet door).
    Coordinate term: W
  3. Abbreviation of Monday.
    Synonyms: Mon, Mon.
  4. Abbreviation of nautical mile.
  5. Initialism of million.
  6. (entomology) Initialism of media.
  7. (usually clothing) Initialism of medium (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, L, XL, XLT, XXL, XXXL
  8. (US, film) A film with the content rating M.
  9. (in job listings) Abbreviation of minority.
    EOE M/F/V/Hequal opportunity employer (minority, female, veteran, handicap)
  10. (slang) Initialism of morphine.
  11. (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
  12. (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
  13. (India, Islam, Internet slang) Initialism of Muslim; mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants.
    Coordinate term: H (Hindu)
  14. Initialism of masochist.

M (plural Messrs or MM)

  1. Monsieur.
    Alternative form: M.

The current standard form in French is M., with MM. as the plural.

M

  1. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of month.

M

  1. (Michigan, roadway) Michigan.

M (not comparable)

  1. Initialism of male.
    Coordinate terms: F, X
  2. (usually clothing) Initialism of medium (of the manufactured size).
    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, L, XL, XXL
  3. Initialism of mature.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

M

  1. The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (plural M'e, diminutive M'etjie)

  1. M

M

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Angami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

M upper case (lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ema, eme, or em and written in the Latin script.
Central Franconian[edit]

M

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Doubling of M

M (lower case m)

  1. A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.

From English menstruation or menstrual cycle.

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstruation
    M [Cantonese]  ―  lei4 em1 [Jyutping]  ―  to have periods
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstrual cycle
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menses; menstrual blood

Dialectal synonyms of

月經

(“menstruation; period”)

[map] Variety Location Words edit Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 月經, 月信, 月事, 潮信 euphemistic Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 月經, 例假 Taiwan 月經, 月事, 好朋友, 大姨媽 Singapore 月經, 大姨媽 Jilu Mandarin Jinan 月經, 例假 Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 經脈兒 Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 月經, 身上 Xining 例假 Yanqi 哈兒足 Hui Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 哈兒足 Hui Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 好事 Dagudi (Maliba) 月經, 姊妹 Reshuitang (Longling) 大姨媽 Mae Salong (Lancang) 月經, 大姨媽 Mae Sai (Tengchong) 月經 Cantonese Guangzhou 大姨媽, 姑婆, 例假 Hong Kong 月經, 大姨媽, M Gan Lichuan 身上 Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 月期 Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 月期 Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 月期 Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 月期 Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 月期 Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 月期 Jin Taiyuan 月經 Southern Min Xiamen 月經 Quanzhou 月經 Zhangzhou 月經 Kaohsiung 月經 Yilan 月經 Changhua (Lukang) 月經 Taichung 月事 Taichung (Wuqi) 月經 Tainan mè-sù, 月經, 驚儂個 Taitung 月經 Hsinchu 月經 Penghu (Magong) 月經 Singapore (Hokkien) 月經 Manila (Hokkien) 月經 Jieyang 老馬 Wu Shanghai 月經, 經水 dated, 老朋友, 老鬼三, 大姨媽 Ningbo 大尿, 月家 Wenzhou 身上來

M

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to nab; to take without asking

Dialectal synonyms of

(“to steal”)

[map] Variety Location Words edit Classical Chinese , , Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , 偷竊, 偷盜, 盜竊, 竊取 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing Taiwan Singapore Cantonese Guangzhou , Hong Kong , , M, jam Taishan Hakka Meixian Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) Miaoli (N. Sixian) Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 偷提 Southern Min Xiamen 偷提 Quanzhou 偷提 Zhangzhou 偷提 Penang (Hokkien) 偷提 Manila (Hokkien) , 偷提 Shantou

From English M or English metre.

M

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) metre

Dialectal synonyms of

(“metre”)

[map] Variety Location Words edit Formal (Written Standard Chinese) , 公尺 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing , 公尺 Taiwan 公尺, Chifeng , 公尺 Hulunbuir (Hailar) , 公尺 Harbin , 公尺 Shenyang , 公尺 Jilu Mandarin Tianjin , 公尺 Tangshan , 公尺 Cangzhou , 公尺 Baoding , 公尺 Shijiazhuang , 公尺 Jinan , 公尺 Jiaoliao Mandarin Qingdao , 公尺 Central Plains Mandarin Zhengzhou , 公尺 Xi'an , 公尺 Xining , 公尺 Xuzhou , 公尺 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan , 公尺 Lanzhou , 公尺 Ürümqi , 公尺 Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu , 公尺 Chongqing , 公尺 Wuhan , 公尺 Guiyang , 公尺 Kunming , 公尺 Guilin , 公尺 Liuzhou , 公尺 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing , 公尺 Yangzhou , 公尺 Nantong , 公尺 Hefei , 公尺 Cantonese Guangzhou Hong Kong , 公尺, M Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 公尺 Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 公尺 Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 公尺 Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 公尺 Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 公尺 Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 公尺 Huizhou Shexian , 公尺 Jin Taiyuan , 公尺 Xinzhou , 公尺 Linhe , 公尺 Jining , 公尺 Hohhot , 公尺 Zhangjiakou , 公尺 Handan , 公尺 Southern Min Xiamen , 公尺 Quanzhou , 公尺 Zhangzhou , 公尺 Tainan Wu Suzhou Jinhua

From English M, meg (megabyte).

M

  1. (computing, informal) megabyte

M

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

M

  1. The third letter used in Pinyin.

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. the thirteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet

M (upper case M, lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called mo and written in the Latin script.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M

  1. abbreviation of magna cum laude approbatur
  2. abbreviation of mies (man, male)

M

  1. abbreviation of maidoton (milk-free, dairy-free) (e.g. in restaurant menus)

The abbreviations G, L, VL and M are the most common of their kind seen in restaurant menus. Other abbreviations are also seen, but not as standardized. Most menus contain a list of the abbreviations they use, including the four common ones.

M (lowercase m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the German alphabet.

M f (genitive M, no plural)

  1. (historical, East Germany) abbreviation of Mark der DDR
    Coordinate term: DM

Declension of M [sg-only, feminine]

M

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (lower case m)

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

M (lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M

  1. abbreviation of Masehi (CE; Christian Era)

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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

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

M

  1. down with
    Antonym: W (up with)

From the initial letter of English medium.

M(エム) (emu

  1. medium size
    Coordinate terms: S (esu), L (eru)

From the initial letter of English masochism; compare English S&M.

M(エム) (emu

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

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /m/

M

  1. A digit 1,000 (mīlle) in the decimal Roman numeral system. It is iterated for multiples.

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.

M

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

M

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M

  1. A letter of the Old English alphabet representing the phoneme /m/

M

  1. the numeral 1000 (þūsend)

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.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower 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.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M

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

M (upper case, lower 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).

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.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (lower case m)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

M (capital, lowercase m)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The twentieth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  3. The fifteenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

M upper case (lower case m)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called miim and written in the Latin script.

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. the 13th letter of the Spanish alphabet

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called em and written in the Latin script.
  2. The tenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abakada alphabet), called ma and written in the Latin script.
  3. (historical) The fifteenth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called eme and written in the Latin script.

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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.

M (upper case, lower case m)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ll and followed by N.

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

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