MG

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mg"

Translingual

Symbol

MG

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Madagascar.
    Synonym: MDG (alpha-3)

English

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Noun

MG (countable and uncountable, plural MGs)

An MG (sense 1).

Also known as an MGB. The letters "MGB" stand for "MG B-model". "MG" stands for "Morris Garages", the original name of the company that produced the car.
  1. (countable) A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages.
    • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 332:
      Joseph […] walked directly to the driverʼs side of a perfectly beautiful red MG.
  2. (countable, military) Initialism of machine gun.
  3. (uncountable, pornography) Initialism of weight gain.
  4. (countable, pathology) Initialism of myasthenia gravis.

Derived terms

(Terms derived from "DMG" (machine gun)):
  • GPMG (“general purpose machine gun”)
  • HMG (“heavy machine gun”)
  • LMG (“light machine gun”)
  • MMG (“medium machine gun”)
  • SMG (“submachine gun”)

Proper noun

MG

  1. Initialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer.
  2. Initialism of Minas Gerais, a state of Brazil.

Adjective

MG (not comparable)

  1. (papermaking) Initialism of machine-glazed.

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Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈɡeː/
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Noun

MG n (strong, genitive MGs or MG, plural MGs or MG)

  1. Initialism of Maschinengewehr (“machine gun”).

Declension

Declension of MG
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das MG die MGs, MG
genitive eines des MGs, MG der MGs, MG
dative einem dem MG den MGs, MG
accusative ein das MG die MGs, MG

See also

Portuguese

Proper noun

MG

  1. (Brazil) Initialism of Minas Gerais (Brazilian state)
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