Mike
Translingual
| Mike [1] |
| Mike [2] |
| Mike [3] |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmai̯k][1]
Noun
Mike
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter M.
- (nautical) Signal flag for the letter M.
- (time zone) UTC+12:00
| Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
| November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |
Translations
the letter "M" in a national spelling alphabet
References
- ^ 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
English
Etymology
Shortened from Michael.
Pronunciation
Noun
Mike
- (World War II, joint US/RAF) A radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter M.
Noun
Mike (plural Mikes)
- (slang) An Irishman, especially a labourer.
- Synonym: mick
- quoted in 1996, Lady Gregory, James Pethica, Lady Gregory's Diaries, 1892-1902 (page 200)
- […] very hard work, a holy day — & the boys went on to […] & took the Mikes, 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, page 126:
- 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.
Proper noun
Mike (countable and uncountable, plural Mikes)
- (countable) A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
- 2025 January 14, Leah Willingham, “West Virginia governor axes DEI and enacts vaccine exemptions on first full day in office”, in AP News[1]:
- West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin was not impressed with the executive orders, calling them a “troubling example” of executive overreach that “could harm us for generations.”
- (countable) A diminutive of the female given name Michaela.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hebrew: מייק (maik)
Translations
diminutive of Michael
diminutive of Michaela
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Mike
- a male given name
Finnish
Etymology
Diminutive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmike/, [ˈmik̟e̞]
- Rhymes: -ike
- Syllabification(key): Mi‧ke
- Hyphenation(key): Mi‧ke
Proper noun
Mike
- A diminutive/nickname form of the given name Mikko, Mika or Mikael.
- a male given name of rare usage
Declension
| Inflection of Mike (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mike | Miket | |
| genitive | Miken | Mikejen | |
| partitive | Mikeä | Mikejä | |
| illative | Mikeen | Mikeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Mike | Miket | |
| accusative | nom. | Mike | Miket |
| gen. | Miken | ||
| genitive | Miken | Mikejen Mikein rare | |
| partitive | Mikeä | Mikejä | |
| inessive | Mikessä | Mikeissä | |
| elative | Mikestä | Mikeistä | |
| illative | Mikeen | Mikeihin | |
| adessive | Mikellä | Mikeillä | |
| ablative | Mikeltä | Mikeiltä | |
| allative | Mikelle | Mikeille | |
| essive | Mikenä | Mikeinä | |
| translative | Mikeksi | Mikeiksi | |
| abessive | Mikettä | Mikeittä | |
| instructive | — | Mikein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Related terms
Statistics
- 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 to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /majk/
Proper noun
Mike m
- a male given name
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Mike
- a male given name