m.
/ɛm/
m. is the abbreviation of masculine.
m. is the abbreviation of married.
m. is the abbreviation of minimum.
m. is the alternative form of m (abbreviation of m.
Meaning of masculine
Adjective
masculine (comparative more masculine, superlative most masculine)
- Of or pertaining to the male gender.
- Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
- Synonyms:
- male
- Belonging to males; typically used by males.
- “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
- Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate; manly.
- That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages
- Antonyms:
- effeminate, emasculated, epicene, unmanly
- Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
- The noun Student is masculine in German.
- Synonyms:
- male
- Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
- German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
- Synonyms:
- male
Meaning of married
Adjective
married (not comparable)
Noun (1) capitalized: M.
- Alternative form of M (“Monsieur”).
- The next morning I delivered my letters of introduction, and paid a visit to some of the principal professors, and among others to M. Krempe, professor of natural philosophy.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...
- We may also mention the work of Capt. Onatsévich [translating Онацевич (Onacevič)] on the shores of Russian Manchooria (NATURE, vol. xv. p. 417), and the important cartographical work of M. Sidensner [translating Сиденснер (Sidensner)] between the Obi and Jenissei rivers.1877 July 12, “Geographical Work in Russia During 1876”, in Nature, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 209, column 1
Noun (2) capitalized: M.
M.
- A gender-neutral honorific, comparable to Mx., used instead of Mr., Mrs., etc.
- while we're at it, let's get rid of all this Miss/Mrs/Mr/Ms crap. It wasn't much of a step to go from Miss/Mrs to Ms; after all, the issue should be that gender is unimportant. How about one generic title for everyone? For instance, M. Smith, M. Jones. […]1982 July 10, Mx. John Eldridge (username "floyd!jce"), More words and sex, net.nlang
- I like the idea of just "M. Smith". Who cares whether the person is male or female if the matters under discussion are just business? If this is confusable with "Malcolm Smith" or "Marylin Smith", why not use "Mx. Smith" instead. […]1983 September 27, Martin Taylor, Miss/Mrs/Ms, net.women
Noun (3) capitalized: M.
M.
- Abbreviation of model.
Synonyms of m.
Forms of m.
| plural | ms. |
|---|---|
| plural | Messrs. |
| plural | MM. |
Origin of m.
From French M.
From Ms., Mrs., Mr., Miss, Mister, Mistress, Master, Magistrate, Missus.
Abbreviation
Phrases with m.
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Questions about m.
- What does m. mean?
- M. means a gender-neutral honorific, comparable to Mx., used instead of Mr., Mrs., etc.
- What is m. the abbreviation of?
- M. is the abbreviation of masculine.
- What part of speech is m.?
- M. is a noun.
- How do you pronounce m.?
- M. is pronounced /ɛm/.
- What is the plural of m.?
- The plural of m. is ms..
Words near m. in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: m. (page history and authors); M. (page history and authors); masculine (page history and authors); married (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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