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Translingual

Symbol
M

1. mega-
2. astronomy: Messier number. Objects in w:Charles Messier|Charles Messier's catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters in 1774 are numbered, and the letter M (for Messier) is prepended to these numbers, as in M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or M13 (the globular cluster in Hercules).

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�m/, SAMPA|/Em/

Letter
M (uppercase, lowercase m)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Appendix:Roman script|English alphabet, preceded by L and followed by N.

abbreviation
M or M.

1. Monsieur
2. male
3. Monday
4. Mother
5. context|size Medium
6. context|US|roadway Michigan; Usage note: This designation is used within Michigan.
7. mature
8. context|cricket|in batting figures the number of minutes a player spent at the crease
9. context|cricket|in bowling figures the number of maiden overs bowled

Number
The Roman numeral M (1,000)
:See also MM

1. defn|English

Noun
en-noun|plMs|pl2M's

1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant.

Proper noun
M

1. fictional character from the James Bond stories and films

Quotations
2002: Stewart Menzies, head of SIS (the model for James Bond's M); — London Review of Books, 8 Aug 2002

Usage notes
The proper designation for the head of the SIS is, actually, "C".

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Finnish

Noun
fi-noun

#magna cum laude approbatur

Romanian

Pronunciation
IPA|/me/|/em/|lang=ro

Letter
M (capital, lowercase m)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /m/. Preceded by L and followed by N.

Category:Romanian alphabet

an:M
zh-min-nan:M
de:M
el:M
es:M
fr:M
gl:M
ko:M
hr:M
ia:M
kl:M
ku:M
la:M
lt:M
ms:M
ja:M
pl:M
pt:M
ro:M
qu:M
ru:M
simple:M
sk:M
sl:M
fi:M
sv:M
vi:M
chr:M
tr:M

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