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Etymology 1
Image:Greek uc mu.png|left|50px|Greek Grek|� (M, �Mu�), from which Latin upper case and lower case m were derived
Modification of capital letter term|M, from Gk. letter term|scGrek|�|trM||Mu.
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Letter
infl|mul|letter|lower case||upper case|M

1. form of|lower case form|M A lower case letter of the classical Latin alphabet and most variations thereof, including the English alphabet.

Usage notes
The letter term|m is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the bilabial nasal (IPA|/m/), including Cyrillic term|scCyrl|м|trm||em, the beginning of various kana including term|scJpan|�|trma, and Korean jamo term|scHang|�|trm||mieum.

See also
Previous letter: l
Next letter: n
qualifier|select forms with diacritics IPAchar|ɱ IPAchar|ḿ IPAchar|� IPAchar|�
qualifier|other scripts onym|el|scGrek|μ|trm|glossmu, onym|ru|scCyrl|м|trm|glossem
Turned: ɯ

Etymology 2
Various abbreviations

Symbol
infl|mul|symbol

1. meter (metre), the unit of length in the International System of Units
2. milli-

Etymology 3
From upper case roman numeral M (1000), an alteration of <big><big>�</big></big>, from <big><big>�</big></big>, an alteration of <big><big>�</big></big>, an alteration of <big><big>�</big></big>, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

Alternative forms
M, �, �

Numeral
infl|mul|numeral|lower case roman numeral||upper case|M

1. cardinal number|cardinal number one thousand (1000)

Synonyms
CI�

See also
w:Roman numerals|Roman numerals

Category:IPA symbols|M
Category:Symbols

English

Letter
infl|en|letter|lower case||upper case|M

1. The letter term|em; the thirteenth letter of the Appendix:Roman script|English alphabet, representing the phoneme IPAchar|/m/.

See also
Previous letter: l
Next letter: n

abbreviation
m

1. metre
2. grammar masculine
3. mile
4. milli
5. million

Translations
trans-top|metre
Hungarian: t|hu|méter
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|masculine
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|mile
Hungarian: t|hu|mérföld
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|milli
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|million
trans-mid
trans-bottom

checktrans-top
ttbc|Hebrew: ×  (sense 2: n)
checktrans-mid
ttbc|Russian: м (2: m)
checktrans-bottom

See also
M

!Kung

Verb
m

1. eat

Category:!Kung verbs

Latin

Abbreviation
m

1. Marcus

Category:Latin letters|M

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
m

1. A transliteration of Chinese characters properly represented as having the tone ḿ or m�.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Romanian

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

Letter
infl|ro|letter|lower case||upper case|M

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

Category:Romanian alphabet

Swahili

Noun class
m- (pl. differs per definition)

1. A noun class denoting a child. (pl. wa|wa-)
2. A noun class denoting a plant. (pl. mi|mi-)

Category:Swahili noun classes

an:m
zh-min-nan:m
de:m
el:m
es:m
fr:m
gl:m
ko:m
hr:m
ia:m
it:m
ku:m
la:m
lt:m
ms:m
nl:m
ja:m
pl:m
pt:m
ru:m
sq:m
simple:m
sk:m
sl:m
fi:m
sv:m
vi:m
tr:m

• 2007-12-30 11:56 - Panda10 - /* {{abbreviation}} */ added hu, trans tables, checktrans

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