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==English==

===Etymology===
The typographic em is named after the metal [[type]] for the capital {{term|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/}}
* {{audio|en-us-em.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{rhymes|ɛm}}

===Noun===
{{wikipedia|em (typography)}}
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# {{Latn-def|en|name|M|m}}
#: ''The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.''
# {{typography}} A [[unit]] of [[measurement]] equal to the [[height]] of the type in use.

====See also====
* {{list|en|Latin script letter names}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|typography}} [[quad]], [[em quad]]
* {{sense|typography}} [[mutton]], [[mut]]

====Derived terms====
* [[emcee]]
* [[em dash]]

====Translations====
{{trans-top|name of the letter M, m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|إم|m|tr='em}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|mo|xs=Esperanto}}
* Greek: {{t|el|έμ|tr=ém}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|एम्|tr=ēm|xs=Hindi}},  {{t|hi|एम|tr=em|xs=Hindi}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|エム|tr=emu}}
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* Korean: {{t|ko|엠|tr=em|sc=Hang}}
* Portuguese: {{t-|pt|eme|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|эм|n|tr=em}}
* Thai: {{t|th|เอ็ม|tr=em}}, {{t|th|แอม|tr=aem}},  {{t|th|มะ|tr=má}}
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* {{ttbc|Italian}}: {{t+|it|emme|m|f}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{alphagram|em}}
* [[me#English|me]], [[ME#English|ME]], [[Me.#English|Me.]]

[[Category:English two-letter words]]
[[Category:Units of measure]]

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==Kurdish==

===Pronoun===
'''em'''

# [[we]]; us (first person plural personal pronoun)

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==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
/ẽj̃/, /ĩ/

===Etymology===
Latin [[in]]

===Preposition===
'''em'''

# [[in]]
# {{pt-verb form of|reaparecer|er|indicative|preterite|singular|third}}
#*'''2003''', [[w:J. K. Rowling|J. K. Rowling]], [[w:Lya Wyler|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'':

{| border="1" align="center" cellpadding="5"
|-
|Em + article
|Combined form

|-
|align="center"|em + [[o]]
|align="center"|[[no]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[a]]
|align="center"|[[na]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[os]]
|align="center"|[[nos]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[as]]
|align="center"|[[nas]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[um]]
|align="center"|[[num]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[uma]]
|align="center"|[[numa]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[uns]]
|align="center"|[[nuns]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[umas]]
|align="center"|[[numas]]

|}

{| border="1" align="center" cellpadding="5"
|-
|Em + dem. pronoun
|Combined form

|-
|align="center"|em + [[isso]]
|align="center"|[[nisso]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[isto]]
|align="center"|[[nisto]]

|}

{| border="1" align="center" cellpadding="5"
|-
|Em + dem. adjective
|Combined form

|-
|align="center"|em + [[esse]]
|align="center"|[[nesse]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[essa]]
|align="center"|[[nessa]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[esses]]
|align="center"|[[nesses]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[essas]]
|align="center"|[[nessas]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[este]]
|align="center"|[[neste]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[esta]]
|align="center"|[[nesta]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[estes]]
|align="center"|[[nestes]]

|-
|align="center"|em + [[estas]]
|align="center"|[[nestas]]

|}

[[Category:Portuguese prepositions]]

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==Scots==

===Verb===
'''em'''

# {{context|South Scots||lang=sco}} Emphatic first person singular simple present form of ''ti [[be]]''

===See also===
* [[er]]
* [[es]]
* [[im]]

[[Category:Scots verbs]]

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==[[Tok Pisin]]==

===Pronoun===
'''em'''

# 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#Tok_Pisin|ol]]'', Bislama ''[[olgeta]]'', Kriol ''[[olabat]]''.

===Pronoun===
'''ol'''

# [[they]], [[them]] (more than three; indefinite)

===See also===
* [[dempla]]

[[Category:Torres Strait Creole pronouns]]

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==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
* {{SAMPA|/eam/}}
* [[SAMPROSA]]: /-<nowiki>[</nowiki>eam<nowiki>]</nowiki>/
* [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: /eam/
* Like the [[English]] "[[Am#English|am]]"

===Pronoun===
{{infl|vi|pronoun}}

# ''Familial'' - ''to family members''. [[you]], when addressed to a younger [[sibling]] or to a [[wife]].

===Noun===
{{infl|vi|noun}}

# younger sibling

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