m.

See also: Appendix:Variations of "m"

Translingual

Alternative forms

• M.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūsculus (“muscle”).

Noun

m. (plural mm.)

1. (anatomy) muscle

English

Adjective

m.

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.

   Synonym: m

2. (chiefly genealogy) Abbreviation of married.
3. Abbreviation of minimum.

Noun

m. (plural ms.)

2. Alternative form of m (abbreviation of mile, etc.)

   Alternative forms: mi., mi

   • 1825, Benjamin Pitts Capper, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, page 217:

     Clunbury, a hamlet and chapelry to the par. of the same name, hund. of Purslow, Salop. 5 m. from Bishop's Castle, and 153 from London; cont. 63 ho. and 359 inhab.

Czech

Adjective

m. (not comparable)

1. (grammar) abbreviation of mužský (“masculine”): m.

   Coordinate terms: ž., s.

Danish

Preposition

m.

1. abbreviation of med

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

m.

1. abbreviation of mark

Esperanto

Verb

m.

1. abbreviation of mortinta (“died”)

German

Alternative forms

• m (without period but with italics; in dictionaries and in grammar)

Preposition

m. [with dative]

1. abbreviation of mit (“with”)

Adjective

m. (indeclinable)

1. (also grammar) abbreviation of männlich
2. (grammar) abbreviation of maskulin

See also

• f., n., w., s.
• stm., stM., st. m., st. M. (= starkes Maskulinum)