English Explanatory Dictionary

mi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
  2. Sometimes syllable for the seventh.
symbol
  1. Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).
name
  1. Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States.
noun
  1. Initialism of middle initial.
  2. Initialism of military intelligence.
  3. Initialism of myocardial infarction.
  4. Initialism of mitral insufficiency.
  5. Initialism of mesioincisal.
  6. Initialism of mathematical induction.
  7. Initialism of mechanical index.
  8. Initialism of medical inspection.
  9. Initialism of mutual information.
  10. Initialism of middle infielder.
  11. Initialism of major incident.

Pronunciation

/miː/ en-us-mi.ogg

Word forms

mi MIs

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.

Related words

list of other syllables at solfège sol-fa

Derived words

do-re-mi

Translations

Arabic: مِي Basque: mi Catalan: mi Finnish: mi French: mi Greek: μι Hungarian: mi Indonesian: mi Irish: mí Japanese: ミ Japanese: ホ Korean: 미 Macedonian: ми Portuguese: mi Russian: ми Spanish: mi Swedish: mi Thai: มี Turkish: mi Vietnamese: mi
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