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Why do we say 'Un seul M' and not 'Une seule M' even though M is a “consonne”

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when spelling names, for example 'Bram'.

to precise that there's only one M at the end I hear french people 'Avec un seul M a la fin'.

but 'M est une consonne' therefore 'un nom feminin'.

so why is that ?

grammaire

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when spelling names, for example 'Bram'.

to precise that there's only one M at the end I hear french people 'Avec un seul M a la fin'.

but 'M est une consonne' therefore 'un nom feminin'.

so why is that ?

grammaire

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  M is une consonne.
  
  – jlliagre
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  La question est excellente.
  
  – Survenant9r7
  34 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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when spelling names, for example 'Bram'.

to precise that there's only one M at the end I hear french people 'Avec un seul M a la fin'.

but 'M est une consonne' therefore 'un nom feminin'.

so why is that ?

grammaire

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The gender of letters is masculine nowadays but that wasn't always the case for some consonants, including m.

Rem. Les noms désignant les lettres f, h, l, m, n, r, s sont traditionnellement féminins (il s'agit des noms en -e : effe, ache, elle, emme, enne, erre, esse, d'apr. la transcr. orth. ds Lar. 20e). On commence par attribuer le genre masc. à la désignation de la lettre par la valeur : un fe, effe restant lui fém. (Ac. jusque Ac. 1878, Littré, DG). Ac. 1932 admet pour effe les 2 genres; v. aussi Rob. La 1re attribution du genre masc. à effe ds Nouv. Lar. ill. 1897.

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The gender of letters is masculine nowadays but that wasn't always the case for some consonants, including m.

Rem. Les noms désignant les lettres f, h, l, m, n, r, s sont traditionnellement féminins (il s'agit des noms en -e : effe, ache, elle, emme, enne, erre, esse, d'apr. la transcr. orth. ds Lar. 20e). On commence par attribuer le genre masc. à la désignation de la lettre par la valeur : un fe, effe restant lui fém. (Ac. jusque Ac. 1878, Littré, DG). Ac. 1932 admet pour effe les 2 genres; v. aussi Rob. La 1re attribution du genre masc. à effe ds Nouv. Lar. ill. 1897.

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The gender of letters is masculine nowadays but that wasn't always the case for some consonants, including m.

Rem. Les noms désignant les lettres f, h, l, m, n, r, s sont traditionnellement féminins (il s'agit des noms en -e : effe, ache, elle, emme, enne, erre, esse, d'apr. la transcr. orth. ds Lar. 20e). On commence par attribuer le genre masc. à la désignation de la lettre par la valeur : un fe, effe restant lui fém. (Ac. jusque Ac. 1878, Littré, DG). Ac. 1932 admet pour effe les 2 genres; v. aussi Rob. La 1re attribution du genre masc. à effe ds Nouv. Lar. ill. 1897.

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The gender of letters is masculine nowadays but that wasn't always the case for some consonants, including m.

Rem. Les noms désignant les lettres f, h, l, m, n, r, s sont traditionnellement féminins (il s'agit des noms en -e : effe, ache, elle, emme, enne, erre, esse, d'apr. la transcr. orth. ds Lar. 20e). On commence par attribuer le genre masc. à la désignation de la lettre par la valeur : un fe, effe restant lui fém. (Ac. jusque Ac. 1878, Littré, DG). Ac. 1932 admet pour effe les 2 genres; v. aussi Rob. La 1re attribution du genre masc. à effe ds Nouv. Lar. ill. 1897.

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