mi
/miː/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.30 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
symbol
Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).
name
Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "MI excludes words that frequently combine with many words (e.g. the), but can overemphasize low frequency collocation."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mi, mīra