Editing M (section)

{{short description|13th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}{{About|the letter of the Roman alphabet|the letter of the [[Cyrillic script]] (М, м)|Em (Cyrillic)|the letter of the [[Greek script]] (Μ, μ) |Mu (letter)|other uses}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
|name=M
|letter=M m
|script=[[Latin script]]
|type=[[Alphabet]]
|typedesc=ic and [[Logographic]]
|language=[[Latin language]]
|phonemes={{flex list|[{{IPAlink|m}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɱ}}]|[{{IPAlink|n}}]|[{{IPAlink|n̼}}]|{{IPAc-en|ɛ|m}}}}
|unicode=U+004D, U+006D
|alphanumber=13
|number=1000
|fam1=<hiero>N35</hiero>
|fam2=[[File:Proto-semiticM-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Maym]]
|fam3=[[File:Phoenician_mem.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Mem]]
|fam4=[[File:PhoenicianM-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
|fam5=[[File:Greek_Mu_04.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Greek My]]
|fam6=[[μ|Μ μ]]
|fam7=[[File:EtruscanM-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px]]
|fam8=[[𐌌]]
|usageperiod= {{circa}} 700 BCE to present
|children={{flex list|[[₥]]|{{not a typo|[[™]]|[[℠]]}}|[[ᴟ]]|[[ꬺ]]|[[ꟽ]] [[ɯ]] [[ɰ]]|[[ꟿ]]|[[ᛗ]]}}
|sisters={{flex list|[[М]]|[[Ӎ]]|[[Mem|מ]]|[[Mem|ם]]|[[Mem|م]]|[[Mem|ܡ]]|[[מּ]]|[[ﬦ]]|[[File:Mem.svg|class=skin-invert-image|10px|Aramaic Mem]]|[[Ⰿ]]|[[ࠌ]]|[[𐌼]]}}
|equivalents=
|associates=[[List of Latin-script digraphs#M|m(x)]]
|direction=Left-to-right
|image=File:Latin_letter_M.svg
|imageclass=skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|m}}

'''M''', or '''m''', is the thirteenth [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of several [[Languages of Europe|western European languages]] and others worldwide. Its name in English is [[English alphabet#Letter names|''em'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|ɛ|m|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-M.wav}}), plural ''ems''.<ref>"M" ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]],'' 2nd edition (1989); ''[[Merriam-Webster]]'s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "em," op. cit.</ref>