M

Alternative forms

• ꟿ (in ancient inscriptions)

Letter

M (lower case m)

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

Alternative forms

• m, DD, dd, ↀ, Ⅰ̅, ⅰ̅, ⅭⅠↃ

Numeral

M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)

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

Symbol

M

1. Male, infrequently appended to age.
3. Abbreviation of mega-.
5. (astronomy) Abbreviation of Messier, used in Messier numbers.
6. (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, as established by IUPAC.
7. (chemistry) Abbreviation of molar (one mole of substance per litre of solvent).
8. (mathematical analysis) A generic manifold.
9. (group theory) monster group
10. (music) major
11. (linguistics) mid tone
12. (astronomy) mass of a reference body as a unit of measure

    M_☉ — solar mass; M_🜨 — terrestrial mass; M_J or M_♃ — jovian mass; M_L or M_☾ — lunar mass

13. (usually clothing) medium (the manufactured size)

    Coordinate terms: XXS, XS, S, L, XL, XLT, XXL, XXXL

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Letter

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.

Number

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.

Noun

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

1. Initialism of mother.
2. Initialism of men (sign on toilet door).

   Coordinate term: W

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 332:

     From the Kierkegaard Room he lopingly careened through a red-carpeted hallway that had previously vouchsafed him a comfort station but this morning seemed all business, no M or W in sight, just salons and boutiques and the Ingmar Bergman Cinema.

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/H ― equal opportunity employer (minority, female, veteran, handicap)

10. (slang) Initialism of morphine.
    • 1952, Woman's Home Companion, volume 79, page 141:

      [Doctors] always carry narcotic prescription blanks and some M with them. M is morphine.

    • 1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:

      “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”

    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:

      That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.

    • 2009, Larry Harrison, Glimpses of a Floating World, page 142:

      'You were going to get me some M,' she whispered in his ear. […] His friend uses morphine, too.

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.
    • 1980 April 5, Brian O'Dell, “Sensuality/Mutuality”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

      In all the sexual encounters I have participated in or know of the "M" sets the limits as to what to get into and how much pain will be applied. And of course if the scene gets too rough the "M" has the right to stop it.

Noun

M (plural Messrs or MM)

1. Monsieur.

   Alternative form: M.

   • 1928 May, Paul Morand, “Paris Letter”, in The Dial, volume LXXXIV, number 6, published June 1928, page 508:

     I also advise reading the Merlin of M Jean Prévost, published by the N. R. F., a swift audacious picture of post-war love, treated with the grace of a Crébillon or of a Restif de la Bretonne. I could not recommend too highly the Petite Histoire des Juifs which MM Jean and Jérôme Tharaud have just published with Plon.

Noun

M

1. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of month.

Proper noun

M

1. (Michigan, roadway) Michigan.

Adjective

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?)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Ü ü, Üi üi, A a, Ai ai, I i, Ie ie, U u, Uo uo, E e, Ei ei, O o, Ou ou, K k, Kh kh, G g, Ng ng, C c, Ch ch, J j, Jh jh, Ny ny, T t, Th th, D d, N n, Ts ts, Tsh tsh, Dz dz, P p, Ph ph, B b, M m, Pf pf, Bv bv, Y y, Yh yh, R r, Rh rh, L l, Lh lh, F f, V v, W w, Wh wh, S s, Sh sh, Z z, Zh zh, H h

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Usage notes

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ

Pronunciation

Noun

M

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstruation

   嚟M [Cantonese]  ―  lei⁴ em¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to have periods

2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menstrual cycle
3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) menses; menstrual blood

Verb

M

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

Pronunciation

Verb

M

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

Pronunciation

Classifier

M

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) metre

Alternative forms

• MB

Pronunciation

Noun

M

1. (computing, informal) megabyte

Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 2

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

See also

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Usage notes

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.

Declension

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛm/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /m/

Letter

M (upper case, lower case m)

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

Proper noun

M

1. Abbreviation of Masehi (“CE; Christian Era”).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

Noun

M(エム) • (emu) 

1. medium size

   Coordinate terms: S (esu), L (eru)

Noun

M(エム) • (emu) 

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

Derived terms

• CM
• MM
• MMM
• MMMM

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z