Em

English

Etymology

The typographic em is named after the metal type for the capital M in early printing, whose body was square (the printed letter M is almost never one em in width).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕm, IPA: /ɛm/, SAMPA: /Em/

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

Em (plural Ems)

1. The name of the Latin script letter M/m.

   The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

2. (typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names) [edit]}

Synonyms

• (typography): quad, em quad
• (typography): mutton, mut

Derived terms

• emcee
• em dash

Translations

name of the letter M, m

Arabic: إم (ar) ('em) m. Chinese: Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists) Esperanto: mo (eo) Greek: έμ (el) (ém) Hindi: एम् (hi) (ēm), एम (hi) (em)

Japanese: エム (ja) (emu) Korean: 엠 (ko) (em) Portuguese: eme (pt) m. Russian: эм (ru) (em) n. Thai: เอ็ม (th) (em), แอม (th) (aem), มะ (th) (má) Turkish: me (tr)

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Italian: emme (it) m. and f.

Anagrams

• me, ME, Me.

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Catalan

Pronoun

Em (proclitic, contracted m', enclitic me, contracted enclitic 'm)

1. me (direct or indirect object)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m'	-me, 'm	em, m'	-me, 'm	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t'	-te, 't	et, t'	-te, 't	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l'	-lo, 'l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l'	-lo, 'l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l'3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s'	-se, 's	es, s'	-se, 's	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, 'ns	ens	-nos, 'ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, 'ls	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, 'ls	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, 'ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s'	-se, 's	es, s'	-se, 's	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n'	-ne, 'n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Kurdish

Pronoun

Em

1. we; us (first-person plural personal pronoun)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Latin in

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ẽj̃/, /ĩ/

Preposition

Em

1. in
2. reaparecer.
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 417:

     Então o sorriso reapareceu em seu rosto [...]

     Then the smile reappeared in his face [...]

Usage notes

When followed by an article, a demonstrative pronoun, or a dem. adjective, em is combined with the article to give the following combined forms:

Em + article	Combined form
em + o	no
em + a	na
em + os	nos
em + as	nas
em + um	num
em + uma	numa
em + uns	nuns
em + umas	numas

Em + dem. pronoun	Combined form
em + isso	nisso
em + isto	nisto

Em + dem. adjective	Combined form
em + esse	nesse
em + essa	nessa
em + esses	nesses
em + essas	nessas
em + este	neste
em + esta	nesta
em + estes	nestes
em + estas	nestas

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Scots

Verb

em

1. (South Scots) Emphatic first-person singular simple present form of ti be

See also

• er
• es
• im

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• em.
• e.m.
• e. m.

Abbreviation

Em

1. pm (indicating hours in the afternoon); Abbreviation of eftermiddagen.

Notes

• Since the 1960s, Sweden primarily uses the 24 hour clock, making am/pm abbreviations unnecessary and less common

Antonyms

• fm

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Tok Pisin

Pronoun

Em

1. The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

Compare Tok Pisin ol, Bislama olgeta, Kriol olabat.

Pronoun

ol

1. they, them (more than three; indefinite)

See also

• dempla

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /eam/
• SAMPROSA: /-[eam]/
• IPA: /eam/
• Like the English "am"

Pronoun

Em

1. Familial - to family members. you, when addressed to a younger sibling or to a wife.

Noun

Em

1. younger sibling