# PM
## Translingual
### Symbol

PM
* (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: /ˌpiː ˈɛm/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs)
* 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.’
* Initialism of prime minister.
* Initialism of private message.
* (Internet) Initialism of personal message.
    Send me a PM if interested.
* Initialism of price match.
* Initialism of project management.
* Initialism of project manager.
* Initialism of performance management.
* Initialism of perfect match.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
* Initialism of program manager.
* Initialism of product manager.
* (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
* (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
* 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: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.
* Initialism of push money.
* Initialism of portfolio manager.
* Initialism of precious metal.
* Initialism of postmaster.

#### Translations
### Verb

PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed)
* To project manage.
* (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)
* Alternative form of p.m. (“after noon”)
    Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM
    The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM

### Phrase

PM
* 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: /pe.ɛm/

### Etymology 1

Abbreviation of post meridiem, from Latin post meridiem.

#### Alternative forms

* P.M., P. M.

#### Adverb

PM
* PM
    Antonym: AM

### Etymology 2

Abbreviation of prix de marché.

#### Alternative forms

* P.M., P. M.

#### Noun

PM
* market price

## German
### Noun

PM f (genitive PM, plural PM)
* Initialism of Pressemitteilung.
    Hier sind die PM von letztem Jahr.Here are the press releases from last year.
* Initialism of Papiermaschine.

### Noun

PM m (strong, genitive PMs, plural PMe)
* (economics) Abbreviation of Personenmonat (“man-month”)
    Coordinate terms: PJ, PW, PT, PS

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpeːjɛm]

### Proper noun

PM
* Abbreviation of Pénzügyminisztérium (“Treasury”).

#### Derived terms

* PM-es

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe(ʔ)ɛm/

### Noun

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

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pi ɛm/

### Noun

PM
* Initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”).

## Portuguese
### Noun

PM f (plural PMs)
* (Brazil) Initialism of polícia militar.

### Noun

PM m or f by sense (plural PMs)
* (Brazil) Initialism of policial militar.

### Noun

PM m (plural PMs)
* Initialism of primeiro-ministro.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* pm

### Etymology

Initialism of promemoria.

### Noun

PM n or c
* memo

#### Declension
### References

* “pm”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* “pm”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* PM in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* PM in Svensk ordbok (SO)