mi Meaning & Definition
What Does Mi Mean?
As a symbol, mi means ISO 639-1 language code for Māori. As a noun, it means A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale. Sometimes syllable for the seventh. As a noun, it means A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Word Facts for Mi
| Part of speech | symbol, noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //miː// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | knot, nautical mile and air mile |
Mi Definition (Symbol)
- ISO 639-1 language code for Māori.
Mi as a Noun
- A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale. Sometimes syllable for the seventh.
- Sometimes syllable for the seventh.
Symbol
- Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).
Noun
- A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Noun
- The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
- Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
- The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
- Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
- (travel) An airline mile in a frequent flier program.
- Any similarly large distance.
The shot missed by a mile.
- A race of 1 mile's length; a race of around 1 mile's length (usually 1500 or 1600 meters)
The runners competed in the mile.
- One mile per hour, as a measure of speed.
five miles over the speed limit
Synonyms of Mi
Antonyms of Mi
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Mi in a Sentence
The shot missed by a mile.
The runners competed in the mile.
five miles over the speed limit
Word Forms & Grammar
mi (uncountable)
mi
Words That Rhyme With Mi
Origin of Mi
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.
Mi Pronunciation
Mi is pronounced //miː// and has 1 syllable.