MIA

French\ɛm.i.a\

MIA is a French noun. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abréviation de modulation d’impulsions en amplitude”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Abréviation de modulation d’impulsions en amplitude.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce MIA?

\ɛm.i.a\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is MIA in French?

MIA appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).