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US /mi/ UK /miː/ See IPA manual

Homophones

mi /mi/

name noun pron det Freq #14

Meanings

1

pron
The form of 'I' used as the object of a verb or preposition.

Can you hear me?
2

pron
Used alone or after a verb like 'be' to refer to the speaker.

Who's there? — It's only me.

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Synonyms

i mine my us

Word family

Derived forms arrest-me-redcast-me-downchoke-mecome-and-cuddle-mefellermeladfixmejack-jump-up-and-kiss-mekiss-me-over-the-garden-gatelook-at-meme-firstismme-timemeism

Related forms he herherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnimeithititselfhitselfitshis

Etymology

From mi (“third note of a major scale”) + -e (“flat”), from Glover's solmization, Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

mi Middle English mīra Latin

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# me

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** name, noun, pron, det
**IPA (US):** mi
**IPA (UK):** miː
**Frequency rank:** 14

## Meanings
1. The form of 'I' used as the object of a verb or preposition.
2. Used alone or after a verb like 'be' to refer to the speaker.

## Examples
- Can you hear me?
- Who's there? — It's only me.

## Synonyms
- i
- mine
- my
- us

## Derived Forms
- arrest-me-red
- cast-me-down
- choke-me
- come-and-cuddle-me
- fellermelad
- fixme
- jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me
- kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
- look-at-me
- me-firstism
- me-time
- meism

## Related Forms
- he
- her
- herselfhersen
- hershern
- him
- himselfhisselfhissen
- his
- hishisn
- ime
- ithit
- itselfhitself
- itshis

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: mi
- Root: mīra

## Etymology
From mi (“third note of a major scale”) + -e (“flat”), from Glover's solmization, Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

## AI Etymology
Me comes from mi (“third note of a major scale”) + -e (“flat”), from Glover's solmization, Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon. In present-day English its meanings include the form of 'I' used as the object of a verb or preposition and used alone or after a verb like 'be' to refer to the speaker. The historical chain runs through mi (Italian) and mīra (Latin). Related and derived forms include he, her, herselfhersen, and arrest-me-red.

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