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Translingual
See also
Etymology 2
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 (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)
- (Roman numerals) Thousand (1000)
- (ordinal) The thousandth (1,000th).
Symbol
M
- Abbreviation of mega-.
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers.
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solute).
- (mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
- (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 (ᴍ).
Gallery
- Capital and lowercase versions of M, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of M:
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛm/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛm
Letter
See also
Number
M (upper case, lower case m)
- 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)
- Mother
- male
- mature
- nautical mile
- (entomology) media
- (size) medium
- (cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
- (cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled
Alternative forms
Afar
Letter
M
- The seventeenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
American Sign Language
Azerbaijani
Letter
M upper case (lower case m)
Chinese
Etymology
From English menstruation or menstrual cycle.
Pronunciation
Noun
M
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstruation
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstrual cycle
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menses; menstrual blood
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map] | ||
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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 |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛm/
Audio (file)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛm/
Audio (Paris) (file)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛm/
Audio (file)
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/
Italian
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈɛmme/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /m/
Letter
M m or f (invariable, lower case m)
Antonyms
- W (up with)
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.
Malay
Portuguese
Letter
M (upper case, lower case m)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me/, /em/
Letter
M (upper case, lower case m)
- The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by L and followed by N.
Saanich
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m/, /mʼ/
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛm/
Spanish
Turkish
Letter
M (upper case, lower case m)
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)
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
M (upper case, lower case m)