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mi^¹

/miː/

Sounds like me · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

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.

noun

uncountable A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
uncountable Sometimes syllable for the seventh.

mi^²

/miː/

Sounds like me · Rhymes with -iː

symbol

alternative Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).

MI^³

proper noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States.

noun MIs

abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of middle initial
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of military intelligence Three months ago, after a minor argument between a small group of students and a tea shop owner, police arrived on the scene, arrested the students, and beat them up in a nearby police station. Apparently, the tea shop was owned by an MI agent.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of myocardial infarction
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mitral insufficiency
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mesioincisal
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mathematical induction
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mechanical index
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of medical inspection
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of mutual information MI excludes words that frequently combine with many words (e.g. the), but can overemphasize low frequency collocation.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of middle infielder
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of major incident

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: knot, land mile, mile, nautical mile, statute mile, air mile, myocardial infarct, myocardial infarction, admiralty mile, geographical mile, naut mi, stat mi, ftir, kami, chemin, careme

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noun third note of a major scale

Español	mi
한국어	미 mi
日本語	ミ mi, ホ ho
Português	mi
Français	mi
Ελληνικά	μι mi
Русский	ми mi
Tiếng Việt	mi
العربية	مِي mī

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@misc{mi_2026,
  title = {mi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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