M or m is the thirteenth letter of the modern English alphabet and the basic Latin alphabet ISO. Its English name is em (pronounced / ˈɛm /), plural ems.

The letter M comes from the Phoenician Mem, from the Greek Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic Mem is probably derives from the “Proto-Sinai” (Bronze Age) adoption of the ideogram “water” in Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value / n /, from the Egyptian word for “water,” nt; acceptance as a Semitic letter for / m / was probably also for acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic word for ‘water,’ * mā (y) -.

The letter ⟨m⟩ represents the bilabial nasal consonant sound in the spelling of Latin, as well as in that of many modern languages, as well as in the International Phonetic Alphabet. In English, the Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) says that ⟨m⟩ is sometimes a vowel in words such as spasm and the suffix -ism. In modern terminology, it is described as a consonant syllable (IPA).

In Washo, the lowercase letters ⟨m⟩ represent a typical em sound, while the uppercase letters ⟨M⟨ represent a silent em sound.

Other uses

The Roman numeral M represents the number 1000, although it was not used in Roman times. However, there is little evidence that the letter was introduced later in the early centuries AD. by the Romans. The prefix of the unit M (mega), which means a million times, and m (milli), means a thousandth. m is the standard abbreviation for the metre (or meter) in the International System of Units (SI). However, M is also used as an abbreviation for miles. M is used as a unit abbreviation for molarity. In money amounts, m means one million: For example, $5m represents five million dollars. M is often masculine or masculine, especially in relation to F for female or feminine. M (James Bond) is a fictional character from Ian Fleming’s book and the James Bond movie series. In typography, the dash is a punctuation mark whose width is equal to the width of the capital letter M.

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