"mi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miː/ Audio: en-us-mi.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mi||third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales}} Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), {{der|en|it|mi}} Italian mi, {{der|en|la|mīra|t=miracles; the miraculous}} Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mi (uncountable)
  1. (music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
    (shapenote) Sometimes syllable for the seventh.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mi-en-noun-Z7eaNbG2 Categories (other): Music, English 2-letter words, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English 2-letter words: 47 47 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 50 50 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: do-re-mi Related terms: list of other syllables at solfège, sol-fa Translations (third note of a major scale): مِي (mī) (Arabic), mi (Basque), mi [masculine] (Catalan), mi (Czech), mi (Finnish), mi [masculine] (French), μι (mi) [neuter] (Greek), mi (Hungarian), mi (Indonesian), [masculine] (Irish), (mi) (Japanese), (ho) (Japanese), (mi) (Korean), ми (mi) (Macedonian), mi [masculine] (Portuguese), ми (mi) [neuter] (Russian), mi [masculine] (Spanish), mi (Swedish), มี (mii) (Thai), mi (Turkish), mi (Vietnamese)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'third note of a major scale': 50 50

Symbol

IPA: /miː/ Audio: en-us-mi.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{head|en|symbol}} mi
  1. Alternative form of mi. (“mile”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mi. (extra: mile) Coordinate_terms: mul:nmi
    Sense id: en-mi-en-symbol-en:mile Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English symbols Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 17 Disambiguation of English symbols: 24 24 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
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    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "word": "do-re-mi"
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        "t": "miracles; the miraculous"
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      "word": "مِي"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "mi"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "mi"
    },
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        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "mi"
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      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "mi"
    },
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        "masculine"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "word": "ホ"
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      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "미"
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      "lang_code": "mk",
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      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "mi"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "มี"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "mi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "third note of a major scale",
      "word": "mi"
    }
  ],
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    "Ut queant laxis"
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}

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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "mile",
          "word": "mi."
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "mul:nmi"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of mi. (“mile”)."
      ],
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          "mi.",
          "mi.#English:_mile"
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      "homophone": "me"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: shapenote",
  "path": [
    "mi"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mi",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: shapenote",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mi",
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}

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