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m en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɛm/ (letter, name)
• /m/ (phoneme)
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Meanings

1. (lowercase, number) The thirteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

Forms

m en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɛm/ (letter, name)
• /m/ (phoneme)
• (US) audio
• (UK) audio

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

m-word · m-spec · m dash · m-rule · m-xylene · m-ary · m-wide

m en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of masculine.
   alt of masculine

m en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of meter.
   alt of meter
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of mile.
   alt of mile
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of month.
   alt of month
4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of minute.
   alt of minute
   • Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra. 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83:
5. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of million.
   alt of million
   • 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. 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2016:
6. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
   alt of minim
7. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of measure.
   alt of measure
8. (obsolete) thousand
   • 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 1798 Letter from William Short to Thomas Jefferson

Forms

m en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of am.
   alt of am
   • I mean everything can’t b said directly. But m trying now just 4 u. 2011 January, Smita Kaushik, Utkarsh Roy, Let's Get Committed…, New Delhi: Mahaveer Publishers, →ISBN, page 64:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of make.
   alt of make
   • 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, […] 2011, Kristi Porter, Knitting Patterns For Dummies, page 232:

Relateds

M

Translations (11)

mr पुलिंग (masculine) · ru м (masculine) · km ម. (metre) · ru млн (million) · hu hn. (masculine) · ru м (metre) · pl metr (metre) · izh m (metre) · hu m (metre) · ru м (milli-) · he ז (masculine)