Borrowed fromEnglishMike.
Mike
- (international standards)NATO,ICAO,ITU &IMOradiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letterM.
- (nautical)Signal flag for the letterM.
- (time zone)UTC+12:00
the letter "M" in a national spelling alphabet
- ^DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
- (Irish labourer):John Camden Hotten (1873),The Slang Dictionary
Shortened fromMichael.
Mike
- (World War II, jointUS/RAF) Aradiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
Mike (pluralMikes)
- (slang) AnIrishman, especially alabourer.
- Synonym:mick
- quoted in1996, Lady Gregory, James Pethica,Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902 (page 200)
- […] very hard work, a holy day — & the boys went on to […] & took theMikes, so I cd get no helper but Marty — had to set up Punch & Judy show — & when I proposed to decorate tree heard it was still in the woods! However John Rourke appeared & dug up a small silver, to be planted again […]
2006, Lyn Ebenezer,Fron-Goch and the Birth of the IRA, page126:Gott strafe the roll-call, hurrah for the 'Mikes,' / Hurrah for the rebel boys that organised the strikes, / For everywhere the roll was called their names they didn't know.
Mike (countable anduncountable,pluralMikes)
- (countable)Adiminutive of the malegiven nameMichael.
2025 January 14, Leah Willingham, “West Virginia governor axes DEI and enacts vaccine exemptions on first full day in office”, inAP News[1]:West Virginia Democratic Party ChairMike Pushkin was not impressed with the executive orders, calling them a “troubling example” of executive overreach that “could harm us for generations.”
- (countable)Adiminutive of the femalegiven nameMichaela.
FromEnglishMike.
Mike
- a malegiven name
Diminutive.
- IPA(key): /ˈmike/,[ˈmik̟e̞]
- Rhymes:-ike
- Syllabification(key):Mi‧ke
- Hyphenation(key):Mi‧ke
Mike
- A diminutive/nickname form of the given nameMikko,Mika orMikael.
- a malegiven name of rare usage
- Mike is the 695th (tied with 2 other names) most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 214 male individuals (and as a middle name to 45 more), according toFebruary 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Borrowed fromEnglishMike.
Mike m
- a malegiven name
Borrowed fromEnglishMike.
Mike
- a malegiven name
