"mi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miː/ Audio: en-us-mi.ogg [General-American]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: From Latin mīra, from the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mira|mīra}} Latin mīra 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 (Swedish), มี (mii) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-mi-en-noun-8DvaP~DO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 66 34 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /miː/ Audio: en-us-mi.ogg [General-American]
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

Download JSON data for mi meaning in English (4.3kB)

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