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Translingual

Symbol

M

  1. mega-
  2. (astronomy): Messier number. Objects in Charles Messier's catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters in 1774 are numbered, and the letter M (for Messier) is prepended to these numbers, as in M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) or M13 (the globular cluster in Hercules).

English

Abbreviation

M or M.

  1. Monsieur
  2. male
  3. Monday
  4. Mother
  5. (size) Medium
  6. (roadway) Michigan; Usage note: This designation is used within Michigan.
  7. mature

Number

See also MM

Noun

M

  1. The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet; a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant.


Proper noun

M

  1. fictional character from the James Bond stories and films

Quotations

  • 2002: Stewart Menzies, head of SIS (the model for James Bond's M); — London Review of Books, 8 Aug 2002

Usage note

The proper designation for the head of the SIS is, actually, "C".de:M fr:M ko:M hr:M ku:M ja:M fi:M

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