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M is the thirteenth letter of the [[English alphabet]]. Its name is 'em', as in 'em dash' (--).  
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'''M, m''' is a letter of the [[Latin alphabet]]. It is the thirteenth letter of most variants, being placed after [[L (letter)|L]] and before [[N (letter)|N]], as is the case for instance in the [[English alphabet]]. Its English name is pronounced [ˈem], ''em'', as in ''em dash'' (—).
 
M is also the [[Roman numerals|Roman numeral]] representing the number 1000.
 
==Use in English==
==Use in English==
M is a hum, pronounced with the lips and voice, the first sound an infant produces: mmmm! Examples (the accents show stress and pronunciation: see [[English phonemes]]): múmmy mòther, míx, mâke, mòuse, moûsse ''eat'' = moôse ''animal''.
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'''m''' is a hum, pronounced with the lips and voice, typical of infants: '''mmmm! Màmà! múmmy, mòther, míx, mâke, mòuse''' ''rat'', '''moûsse''' ''dessert'' = '''moôse''' ''elk''.
 
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It is only doubled in the middle of words, to keep the preceding vowel short: '''súmmer, slímmer, slímmed, slímming''' (cf. '''slím'''), '''dilémma, dúmmy, múmmy, lémming, accómmodate'''.
 
It begins consonant clusters: '''émber, ámbling, ámbry, amnêsty, émpty, Húmphrey, ámple, impréss'''.
 
And it likes to add a silent '''b''' at the end of some words: '''thúmb, lámb, cômb, númb, dúmb, tomb''' (*toôm).  But not usually: '''slím, trím, whám, pómpom, támtám, thém, drêam, wårm, hím, húm, próblem, Ádam, hêlium, têdium, thêorem, sêrum'''.


It is only doubled in the middle of words, to keep the preceding vowel short: súmmer, slímmer, slímmed, slímming (cf. slím), dilémma, dúmmy, múmmy, lémming, accómmodate.
The prefixes '''in'''- and '''con'''- become '''im'''- and '''com'''- before '''p''': '''impâtient, impàrtial, impráctical, complête, compônent, cómposíte, compôse'''.


It begins consonant clusters: émber, ámbling, ámbry, amnêsty, émpty, Húmphrey, ámple, impréss.
Silent '''m''' occurs in '''mnemónic''' *nemónic, cf. silent '''n''' in '''åutumn'''.


And it likes to add a silent b at the end of some words: thúmb, lámb, cômb, númb, dúmb, tomb (*toôm).  But not usually: slím, trím, whám, pómpom, thém, drêam, wårm, hím, húm, próblem, Ádam, hêlium, têdium, thêorem.
The double '''m''' following the double '''c''' in '''accommodátion''' (cf. '''commódity''') is notorious.


The prefixes in- and con- become im- and com- before p: impâtient, impàrtial, impráctical, complête, compônent, cómposíte, compôse.
'''mp''' is pronounced as '''n''' in '''comptrôller''' (= '''contrôller''').


Silent m: mnemónic (*nemónic) (cf. silent n in åutumn).
In '''Sàmhaín''', '''mh''' has a '''w''' sound or is silent: *Sà(w)in.


The double m following the double c in accommodátion (cf. commódity) is notorious.
==Scientific uses==


==See also==
*M prefix: mega, 1 000 000 in normal usage, 1 048 576 in computing
*[[Letter (alphabet)]]
*''m'': mass
*[[Alphabet]]
*m- prefix: old chemical notation, meta[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]
*[[Writing system]]
*[[Orthography]]
*[[Written language]]
*[[Writing]]
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M, m is a letter of the Latin alphabet. It is the thirteenth letter of most variants, being placed after L and before N, as is the case for instance in the English alphabet. Its English name is pronounced [ˈem], em, as in em dash (—).

M is also the Roman numeral representing the number 1000.

Use in English

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Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  

m is a hum, pronounced with the lips and voice, typical of infants: mmmm! Màmà! múmmy, mòther, míx, mâke, mòuse rat, moûsse dessert = moôse elk.

  • The accents show stress and pronunciation (see English spellings): A: sát, mâde, pàrk, cāst (cást/càst), åll, ãir; E: ére, êar, vèin, fërn; I: sít, mîne, skì, bïrd; O: sóng, môde, lòve, wörd, ŏr; OO: moôn, foòt; U: sún, mûse, fùll, pürr; W: neŵ, ẁant; Y: gým, mŷ, keỳ, mÿrrh.

It is only doubled in the middle of words, to keep the preceding vowel short: súmmer, slímmer, slímmed, slímming (cf. slím), dilémma, dúmmy, múmmy, lémming, accómmodate.

It begins consonant clusters: émber, ámbling, ámbry, amnêsty, émpty, Húmphrey, ámple, impréss.

And it likes to add a silent b at the end of some words: thúmb, lámb, cômb, númb, dúmb, tomb (*toôm). But not usually: slím, trím, whám, pómpom, támtám, thém, drêam, wårm, hím, húm, próblem, Ádam, hêlium, têdium, thêorem, sêrum.

The prefixes in- and con- become im- and com- before p: impâtient, impàrtial, impráctical, complête, compônent, cómposíte, compôse.

Silent m occurs in mnemónic *nemónic, cf. silent n in åutumn.

The double m following the double c in accommodátion (cf. commódity) is notorious.

mp is pronounced as n in comptrôller (= contrôller).

In Sàmhaín, mh has a w sound or is silent: *Sà(w)in.

Scientific uses

  • M prefix: mega, 1 000 000 in normal usage, 1 048 576 in computing
  • m: mass
  • m- prefix: old chemical notation, meta
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