English

M

/ɛm/
The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.

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    • derivedEnglishmetre “The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités),…”
      • borrowedFrenchmètre
        • derivedAncient Greekμέτρον “measure, rule, length, size, poetic metre”
      • derivedLatinmetrum “meter”

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