PM

See also: .pm, p. m., P. M., p.m., P.M., pm, Pm, and ㏘

Translingual

Symbol

PM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

   Synonym: SPM (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

• P.M., (post mortem) p.m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiː ˈɛm/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs)

1. Initialism of post mortem.
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 321:

     ‘We ought to have a P.M. report by ten o'clock, preliminary anyway.’

2. Initialism of prime minister.
3. Initialism of private message.
4. (Internet) Initialism of personal message.

   Send me a PM if interested.

5. Initialism of price match.
6. Initialism of project management.
7. Initialism of project manager.
8. Initialism of performance management.
9. Initialism of perfect match.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

10. Initialism of program manager.
11. Initialism of product manager.
12. Initialism of pilot monitoring.
13. (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
14. (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
15. Initialism of particulate matter; followed by a subscripted number representing the size of the particles in micrometres (μm).

    PM_2.5

    particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less

    • 2019 August 27, Nicholas Balakar, “The Deadly Toll of Air Pollution”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

      In the United States, there was a daily mortality increase of 0.79 percent for each 10 micrograms per cubic meter increase in PM 10 and a 1.58 percent increase for each 10 microgram increase in PM 2.5.

16. Initialism of push money.
17. Initialism of portfolio manager.
18. Initialism of precious metal.
19. Initialism of postmaster.

Translations

after noon, after 12:00:00 — see p.m.

Verb

PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed)

1. To project manage.
2. (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (someone).

   Synonym: DM (“direct message”)

   Coordinate term: IM (“instant message”)

   PM me if you want more information.

Adverb

PM (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of p.m. (“after noon”).

   Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM

   The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM

Derived terms

• good PM

Phrase

PM

1. Initialism of partially meet.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

• MP

Anagrams

• MP, mp, Mp, m.p., M.P.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɛm/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of post meridiem, from Latin post meridiem.

Alternative forms

• P.M., P. M.

Adverb

PM

1. PM (adverb)

   Antonym: AM

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of prix de marché.

Alternative forms

• P.M., P. M.

Noun

PM

1. market price

German

Noun

PM f (genitive PM, plural PM)

1. initialism of Pressemitteilung

   Hier sind die PM von letztem Jahr.

   Here are the press releases from last year.

2. initialism of Papiermaschine

Noun

PM m (strong, genitive PMs, plural PMe)

1. (economics) abbreviation of Personenmonat (“man-month”)

   Coordinate terms: PJ, PW, PT, PS

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpeːjɛm]

Proper noun

PM

1. abbreviation of Pénzügyminisztérium (“Treasury”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	PM	PM-ek
accusative	PM-et	PM-eket
dative	PM-nek	PM-eknek
instrumental	PM-mel	PM-ekkel
causal-final	PM-ért	PM-ekért
translative	PM-mé	PM-ekké
terminative	PM-ig	PM-ekig
essive-formal	PM-ként	PM-ekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	PM-ben	PM-ekben
superessive	PM-en	PM-eken
adessive	PM-nél	PM-eknél
illative	PM-be	PM-ekbe
sublative	PM-re	PM-ekre
allative	PM-hez	PM-ekhez
elative	PM-ből	PM-ekből
delative	PM-ről	PM-ekről
ablative	PM-től	PM-ektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	PM-é	PM-eké
non-attributive possessive – plural	PM-éi	PM-ekéi

Possessive forms of PM

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	PM-em	PM-eim
2nd person sing.	PM-ed	PM-eid
3rd person sing.	PM-e	PM-ei
1st person plural	PM-ünk	PM-eink
2nd person plural	PM-etek	PM-eitek
3rd person plural	PM-ük	PM-eik

Derived terms

• PM-es

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe(ʔ)ɛm/

Noun

PM

1. (military, law enforcement) initialism of polisi militer (“military police”)
2. (politics, government) initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”)

   PM Singapura umumkan 10 kebijakan baru yang mencakup penambahan tunjangan anak, perpanjangan cuti orangtua, hingga pemangkasan biaya penitipan anak. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi ɛm/

Noun

PM

1. initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpeˈẽ.mi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpeˈe.mɨ/

Noun

PM f (plural PMs)

1. (Brazil) initialism of polícia militar
   • 2025 June 16, Ivan Marsiglia, “A PM paulista merece o bônus pago por Tarcísio?”, in ponte‎^[2], Brazil, archived from the original on 17 June 2025:

     Seu trabalho revelou que a chamada “bonificação por resultados” do governo paulista além de privilegiar a PM em relação a outros servidores, cria metas para pagamento depois de cumpridas e desconsidera a letalidade policial […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

PM m or f by sense (plural PMs)

1. (Brazil) initialism of policial militar

Noun

PM m (plural PMs)

1. initialism of primeiro-ministro

Swedish

Alternative forms

• pm

Etymology

Initialism of promemoria.

Noun

PM n or c

1. memo

Declension

Declension of PM

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	PM	PM:s
	definite	PM:et	PM:ets
plural	indefinite	PM	PM:s
	definite	PM:en	PM:ens

Declension of PM

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	PM	PM:s
	definite	PM:en	PM:ens
plural	indefinite	PM	PM:s
	definite	PM:ena	PM:enas

References

• “pm”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “pm”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “PM”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “PM”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)