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Translingual
Symbol
PM
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs)
- Initialism of post mortem.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 321:
- ‘We ought to have a P.M. report by ten o'clock, preliminary anyway.’
- Initialism of prime minister.
- Initialism of private message.
- (Internet) Initialism of personal message.
- Send me a PM if interested.
- Initialism of price match.
- Initialism of project management.
- Initialism of project manager.
- Initialism of performance management.
- Initialism of perfect match.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Initialism of program manager.
- Initialism of product manager.
- Initialism of pilot monitoring.
- (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
- (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
- Initialism of particulate matter; followed by a subscripted number representing the size of the particles in micrometres (μm).
- PM2.5
- particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less
- 2019 August 27, Nicholas Balakar, “The Deadly Toll of Air Pollution”, in The New York Times:
- In the United States, there was a daily mortality increase of 0.79 percent for each 10 micrograms per cubic meter increase in PM 10 and a 1.58 percent increase for each 10 microgram increase in PM 2.5.
- Initialism of push money.
- Initialism of portfolio manager.
- Initialism of precious metal.
- Initialism of postmaster.
Translations
after noon, after 12:00:00 — see p.m.
Verb
PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed)
- To project manage.
- (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (someone).
Adverb
PM (not comparable)
- Alternative form of p.m. (“after noon”).
- Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM
- The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM
Derived terms
Phrase
PM
- Initialism of partially meet.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of post meridiem, from Latin post meridiem.
Alternative forms
Adverb
PM
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of prix de marché.
Alternative forms
Noun
PM
German
Noun
- initialism of Pressemitteilung
- Hier sind die PM von letztem Jahr.
- Here are the press releases from last year.
- initialism of Papiermaschine
Noun
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
PM
- abbreviation of Pénzügyminisztérium (“Treasury”)
Declension
Derived terms
- PM-es
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Indonesian
Pronunciation
Noun
PM
- (military, law enforcement) initialism of polisi militer (“military police”)
- (politics, government) initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”)
Malay
Pronunciation
Noun
PM
- initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
PM f (plural PMs)
- (Brazil) initialism of polícia militar
- 2025 June 16, Ivan Marsiglia, “A PM paulista merece o bônus pago por Tarcísio?”, in ponte, Brazil, archived from the original on 17 June 2025:
- Seu trabalho revelou que a chamada “bonificação por resultados” do governo paulista além de privilegiar a PM em relação a outros servidores, cria metas para pagamento depois de cumpridas e desconsidera a letalidade policial […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
PM m or f by sense (plural PMs)
- (Brazil) initialism of policial militar
Noun
PM m (plural PMs)
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Initialism of promemoria.
Noun
PM n or c
Declension
References
- “pm”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “pm”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- PM in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- PM in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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