mg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mg"

㎎ U+338E, ㎎ SQUARE MG ← ㎍ [U+338D] CJK Compatibility ㎏ → [U+338F]

Translingual

Etymology 1

From m (“milli-”) +‎ g (“gram”).

Symbol

mg

2. (metrology) Symbol for milligram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻³ grams.

Translations

milligram

Chinese: Mandarin: 毫克 (zh) (háokè) French: mg (fr) Greek: χλστγρ. (chlstgr.) Italian: mg (it) Portuguese: mg (pt) Russian: мг (ru) (mg) Spanish: mg (es) Ukrainian: мг (mh)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English Malagasy or Malagasy malagasy.

Symbol

mg

2. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Malagasy.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Malagasy terms

English

Noun

mg (plural mgs)

1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of meaning.
   • 1888, Charles Rockwell Lanman, “Vocabulary”, in A Sanskrit Reader‎, volume I, section II, page 148:

     The Ger. zurück-weisen has just the same mgs.