SM

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sm"

Translingual

Symbol

SM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for San Marino.

   Synonym: SMR (alpha-3)

English

Symbol

SM

1. service mark

Noun

SM (plural SMs)

1. (US, astronautics) Initialism of service module.
2. (music) Initialism of short meter.
3. (science fiction) Initialism of space marine.
4. (theater) Initialism of stage manager.
   • 2022 December 24, Richard Jennings, “Music for Plays, a Step-by-Step Guide”, in American Theatre‎^[1]:

     Obtain contact information for the people you will be working with directly: director, production manager, stage manager (SM), soundboard operator (SO), and dance and fight choreographers. […] Early in the process is the time to ask the stage manager their preference for labeling music cues (numerically or alphabetically). The SM will have a system for calling cues:  […].

5. Initialism of sexual minority (“non-heterosexual”). (Also used attributively.)
   • 2016, Kristen Eckstrand, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare: A Clinical Guide to Preventive, Primary, and Specialist Care, Springer, →ISBN, page 99:

     Transmission of HPV between female partners is possible and has been documented. There exists a higher proportion of current or former smokers among sexual minority (SM) women, a known risk factor for cervical cancer.

6. Alternative form of S&M (“sadomasochism”)
   • 1980 April 12, Audre Lorde, “On The Erotic”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     SM is not the sharing of power, it is merely a depressing replay of the old and destructive dominant/subordinate mode of human relating and one-sided power.

7. (US, military) Abbreviation of standard missile.
8. (military) Initialism of standoff missile.

Proper noun

SM

1. (physics) Initialism of Standard Model.
2. (fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Sun and Moon.
3. (Philippines) SM Supermalls (a chain of shopping malls)

Synonyms

• (Pokémon): SuMo

Coordinate terms

• (service module): LM/LEM, CM, OM
• (sexual minority): GM, SGM

See also

• (Service module): Service Module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• M's, M.S., M/S, MS, MS., Ms, Ms., m's, m.s., ms, ms., μms

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English S&M.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): áisi áimu

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: áisi áimu
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˊ ˙ㄙ ㄞˊ ˙ㄇㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: áisi̊h áimů
    • Wade–Giles: ai²-ssŭ⁵ ai²-mu⁵
    • Yale: ái-sz ái-mu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: air.sy air.mu
    • Palladius: айсы айму (ajsy ajmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯³⁵ sz̩³ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ mu³/

Noun

SM

1. (slang) S&M

Finnish

Proper noun

SM

1. Initialism of Suomen mestaruus, Finnish championship series

See also

• Jääkiekon SM-liiga on the Finnish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fi

Indonesian

Adverb

SM

1. Abbreviation of Sebelum Masehi (“BC; Before Christ”).

Japanese

Etymology

From English S&M.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エスエム [èsúémú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨe̞mɯ̟]

Noun

SM(エスエム) • (esuemu) 

1. S&M

See also

• サディズム (sadizumu)
• マゾヒズム (mazohizumu)

Romanian

Proper noun

SM

1. Abbreviation of Satu Mare, a county in Romania.

Spanish

Noun

SM f (plural SSMM)

1. Initialism of su majestad (“his/her majesty”).

Swedish

Noun

SM n

1. Initialism of svenskt mästerskap (“Swedish championship”); a Swedish championship (where a Swedish champion is established)

Usage notes

Loosely defined in general (like "American championship"), but typically involves (mostly) Swedish contestants.

See also

• EM (“European championship”)
• NM (“Nordic championship”)
• VM (“world championship”)

References

• SM in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• SM in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)