"mi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miː/ Audio: en-us-mi.ogg
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 Categories (topical): Music 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 (Finnish), mi [masculine] (French), μι (mi) [neuter] (Greek), mi (Hungarian), mi (Indonesian), [masculine] (Irish), (mi) (Japanese), (mi) (Korean), ми (mi) (Macedonian), ми (mi) [neuter] (Russian), mi [masculine] (Spanish), mi (Swedish), มี (mii) (Thai)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /miː/ Audio: en-us-mi.ogg
Rhymes: -iː Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} mi
  1. Alternative form of mi. . Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mi.
    Sense id: en-mi-en-noun-IQVLPAN6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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