Em

See also Em, 'em, and 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

Wikipedia

Singular Em

Plural {{{1}}}

Em ({{{1}}})

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   The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.

2. Template:Typography A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) ^[create]

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• emcee
• em dash

Translations

name of the letter M, m

Arabic: إم ar(ar) ('em) m. Esperanto: mo eo(eo) Greek: έμ el(el) (ém) Hindi: एम् hi(hi) (ēm), एम hi(hi) (em) Japanese: エム ja(ja) (emu)

Korean: 엠 ko(ko) (em) Portuguese: eme pt(pt) m. Russian: эм ru(ru) (em) n. Thai: เอ็ม th(th) (em), แอม th(th) (aem), มะ th(th) (má)

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Italian: emme it(it) m. and f.

Anagrams

• em,
• me, ME, Me.

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Kurdish

Pronoun

em

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

/ẽj̃/, /ĩ/

Etymology

Latin in

Preposition

em

1. in
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) preterite indicative of verb 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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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 [[Category:Template:Vi pronouns|Em]]

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

Noun

Em [[Category:Template:Vi nouns|Em]]

1. younger sibling

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