M (disambiguation)

M, or m, is the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet.

M may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

M (Marvel Comics), also known as Penance and Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix, a mutant associated with the X-Men

M (James Bond), the codename of the fictional Chief of the SIS (commonly known as "MI6")

Minoru Kokubunji, also known as "M", from the manga and anime series Chobits

Film and television

M (1931 film), a German film directed by Fritz Lang

M (1951 film), a remake of the previous, shifting the action from Berlin to Los Angeles

M, a 2006 Japanese film directed by Ryūichi Hiroki

M (2007 film), made in South Korea

M (2018 Finnish film), a film directed by Anna Eriksson, loosely inspired by the last days of Marilyn Monroe

M (2018 French film), a documentary film directed by Yolande Zauberman about child abuse in Bnei Brak

M, an obsolete film rating in the American Motion Picture Association of America film rating system

M, films recommended for mature audiences in the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification

Manchete, a Brazilian television network from 1983 to 1999

MBC M, a South Korean television channel

The Romans, a 1965 Doctor Who serial (production code M)

Literature

M (comic strip), a Norwegian comic strip

M (John Cage book), a 1973 book by avant garde composer John Cage

M (Peter Robb book), a 1998 book by Peter Robb about the Italian painter Caravaggio

M (magazine), a monthly teenage magazine published by Bauer Media Group

M: Son of the Century, a 2018 historical novel by Antonio Scurati

Music

Performers

M (band), a British techno-pop project of the artist Robin Scott

Matthieu Chedid, French singer (stage name "-M-")

Lee Min-woo, Korean singer (stage name "M")

Mem Nahadr, American singer and performance artist (stage name "M")

Albums

M (John Abercrombie Quartet album), 1981

M (Myrkur album), 2015

M (Big Bang single album), 2015

Songs

"M" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 2000

"M" (Soccer Mommy song), 2024

"M", by Chantal Kreviazuk from her album Colour Moving and Still

"M", by The Cure from their 1980 album Seventeen Seconds

"M", by Princess Princess from the 1989 album Diamonds

"M's" (song), 2015, by ASAP Rocky

Other uses in music

Measure (abbreviated "m.") or bar (music), a segment of beats

Video games

Mature, a rating used by the Entertainment Software Rating Board

Brands and businesses

M (fragrance), 2008, by Mariah Carey

Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M), an American department store chain

Miracle Mart, a Canadian department store known simply as "M" from 1986 to 1992

M Resort, a hotel-casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Language

A voiced bilabial nasal sound (International Phonetic Alphabet symbol "m")

М, a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet

'm, contraction of am, part of the English copular verb to be

m, the masculine grammatical gender

Mathematics, science, and technology

Physical sciences

Seismic magnitude scales, various scales of magnitude using variations of M

Messier object, in astronomy

M-theory, a proposed solution for problems in superstring theories

Magnetic quantum number (symbol m)

Mass (symbol m)

Metal (placeholder symbol M)

Molar mass, (symbol M)

Molality (symbol m)

Molar concentration, unit m

Methionine, an alpha amino acid in biochemistry

Electronics, telecommunications, and computing

Computer programming

M or Wolfram Language, the programming language underlying Mathematica

".m", a MATLAB or GNU Octave file

".m", a Mathematica package

".m", an implementation file in Objective-C

M, the MUMPS programming language

M-code or just M, MATLAB programming language

Other uses in electronics, telecommunications, and computing

M-series rangefinder, a series of Leica camera models

M (videocassette format), an obsolete recording format

M band, radio frequencies from 60 to 100 GHz

Android M, a code name for the Android Marshmallow operating system

M (virtual assistant), a former virtual assistant in Facebook Messenger

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

Slope of a line, commonly denoted m

ATC code M Musculo-skeletal system, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

Numbers and units of measurement

1000 (number), Roman numeral M

Million

mega-, SI prefix M

milli-, SI prefix m

Metre, symbol m

Mile (usually abbreviated "mi")

Nautical mile

Minute, symbol m

Places

Toronto in Canada (postal code letter M)

M postcode area, a group of several postcode districts in Greater Manchester, UK

Madura (vehicle registration prefix M)

Politics

M., the regnal year abbreviation for Mary I of England following her marriage to Philip II of Spain

Moderaterna, a Swedish political party

Honório de Freitas Guimarães (1902–1968), member of the Brazilian Communist Party

Religious literature

M-Source, a hypothetical source document for the Gospel of Matthew

𝕸, the Masoretic Text, the authoritative Hebrew text of the Tanakh

Transportation

Rail

Rapid transit, sometimes called "metro", especially for underground systems, and abbreviated as "M"

M (New York City Subway service)

M (SEPTA Metro)

M Ocean View, San Francisco, U.S.

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Tokyo Metro

Midōsuji Line, Osaka Metro

Honshi–Bisan Line, West Japan Railway Company

Other uses in transportation

M, the prefix used for British motorways

Mercedes-Benz M-Class

BMW M, a subsidiary of car manufacturer BMW

Farmall M, a tractor produced by International Harvester from 1939 to 1952

Infiniti M, a line of cars

Mu (rocket family), also known as M, a series of Japanese solid-fuelled carrier rockets

Other uses

Male, gender

Married, sometimes abbreviated m.

Mike, the military time zone code for UTC+12:00

Monsieur, abbreviated "M."

Baby M, subject of a famous child custody battle

M-ratio, a measure of the health of a player's chip stack in poker

German gold mark, old German curreny, abbreviated M

Azerbaijani manat, currency, abbreviated m. or man.