different between mam vs mom

English

Etymology

Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Old Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

Noun

mam (plural mams)

1. (informal and colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

Usage notes

• Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

See also

• ma'am

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]

Anagrams

• MMA

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ma?m. Cognate with Sedang méam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?m/

Noun

mam 

1. metal, iron, steel

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.

Noun

mam

1. An address to a female superior.
2. An address to a female teacher.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)

1. mother

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Old Irish muimme (“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mamm?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m?am?]

Noun

mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)

1. mam, mum, mom

Declension

Synonyms

• maime
• mamaí

Mutation

Further reading

• "mam" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mam]

Verb

mam

1. first-person singular present of m??

Derived terms

• mamk a hamk

Luxembourgish

Contraction

mam

1. contraction of mat + dem; with the

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian mem.

Noun

mam f (plural mamen)

1. (Mooring, Föhr-Amrum) mother

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Verb

mam

1. first-person singular present of mie?

Verb

mam

1. second-person singular imperative of mami?

Noun

mam f

1. genitive plural of mama

Further reading

• mam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

mam (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (Kajkavian) right now
2. (Kajkavian) immediately

Related terms

• odmah

Spanish

Etymology

From the name in Mam, of Mayan origin.

Adjective

mam (plural mames)

1. (relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)

Noun

mam m (uncountable)

1. Mam (language)

Noun

mam m or f (plural mam or mames)

1. Mam

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mamm?, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *m?t?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Noun

mam f (plural mamau)

1. mother
2. ancestress
3. dam
4. queen bee

Coordinate terms

• mab (“son”)
• merch (“daughter”)
• tad (“father”)

Mutation

Usage notes

Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of mam to mham. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also nain to nhain for a similar example.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “mam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

mam

1. father

English

Alternative forms

• mam
• Mom
• mum, Mum (Australian, British, Irish)

Etymology

Abbreviation of momma.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?m/
• (US) enPR: m?m, IPA^(key): /m?m/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /m?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

mom (plural moms)

1. (Canada, US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother.
2. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.

Verb

mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming or moming, simple past and past participle mommed or momed)

1. (informal) To care in a motherly way.

Usage notes

• "Mom" is capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun:

  I think Mom likes my new car.

  I think my mom will like you.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Mother’s Day
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• MMO

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)

1. mask
2. a specific kind of beer

Derived terms

• mombakkes
• mommer
• vermommen

Nisenan

Noun

mom

1. water

References

• Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????/

Etymology

Compare Mandarin ? (mào).

Noun

mom

1. hat