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English

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Noun

mamba (plural mambas)

1. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

Derived terms

• black mamba
• green mamba

Translations

Further reading

• mamba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dendroaspis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• bamma

Chichewa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.?ba/

Noun

mamba 6

1. scale(s) (of a fish or snake)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?má.?ba/

Noun

mámba 9 (plural mámba 10)

1. spitting cobra

Czech

Noun

mamba f

1. mamba

Further reading

• mamba in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• mamba in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English mamba or Afrikaans mamba, from Zulu imamba or Swazi mamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m.ba?/
• Hyphenation: mam?ba
• Rhymes: -?mba?

Noun

mamba m (plural mamba's)

1. A mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis.

Derived terms

• groene mamba
• zwarte mamba

Finnish

Noun

mamba

1. mamba

Declension

Compounds

• jamesoninmamba
• mustamamba
• vihermamba

French

Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)

1. mamba

Derived terms

• mamba noir

Polish

Etymology

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mam.ba/

Noun

mamba f

1. mamba (venomous snake)

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mamba/, [?mãm.ba]

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba (n class, plural mamba)

1. crocodile (reptile)

Synonyms

• ngwena (dialectal)

Swazi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mamba 1a (plural bómamba 2a)

1. mamba snake

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæm?/
• Rhymes: -æm?

Noun

mamma (plural mammae or mammas)

1. (anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
2. (meteorology) An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.

Noun

mamma (plural mammas)

1. Alternative spelling of mama: mother.
   • 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.

Further reading

• mamma at OneLook Dictionary Search

Alemannic German

Noun

mamma f

1. (Gressoney) mom, mama

References

• “mamma” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.ma?/
• Hyphenation: mam?ma
• Rhymes: -?ma?

Etymology 1

Noun

mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)

1. Alternative form of mama.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

Noun

mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)

1. mamma, breast

   Synonym: borst

Usage notes

Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (“mother”).

Faroese

Alternative forms

• momma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mam?a/
• Rhymes: -am?a

Noun

mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)

1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Synonym: móðir

Declension

Finnish

Noun

mamma

1. (dialectal) mama

   Synonym: äiti

2. (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.

   Synonym: tantta

Declension

Compounds

• mammamekko
• mammanpoika

Further reading

• mamma in Kielitoimiston sanakirja

Gilbertese

Noun

mamma (plural mamma)

1. mammary gland
2. mummy; mom; mum

Verb

mamma

1. to suck the breast

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mam?a/
• Rhymes: -am?a

Noun

mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)

1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Synonym: móðir

Declension

Further reading

• mamma in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
• mamma in Icelandic dictionaries at ISLEX

Interlingua

Noun

mamma (plural mammas)

1. mamma

Related terms

• mammari

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamma f (plural mamme)

1. mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
2. mother
3. type of artichoke

Synonyms

• madre
• cimarolo

Derived terms

• mamma mia

Further reading

• mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (mámm?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mam.ma/, [?mäm?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mam.ma/, [?m?m??]

Noun

mamma f (genitive mammae); first declension

1. (anatomy) a breast

2. (anatomy) an udder; a pap
3. (anatomy, of animals) a teat, a dug

4. (family) mama (a childish name for a mother in the language of children)

5. (transferred meaning) a protuberance on tree bark

Usage notes

• This term was used especially of females, but also of males- although rarely:

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• mamilla
• mammam dare (with the dative; to give someone the breast, to suckle someone)
• mammalis

Descendants

References

• mamma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mamma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mamma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• mamma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• mamma in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Noun

mamma f (4th declension)

1. mum
2. mother

Declension

Further reading

• mamma at tezaurs.lv

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mama/, [?m?m?a]

Noun

mamma m (definite singular mammaen, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)

1. mother

   Synonym: mor

See also

• far, pappa
• bror, søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

References

• “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mama/, [?m?m?a]

Noun

mamma f (definite singular mammaa, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)

1. mother

   Synonym: mor

See also

• far, pappa
• bror, syster, sysken
• son, dotter

References

• “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mamma n

1. a vital spot of the body
2. nerve center

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

• mama, mumma, moma

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Noun

mamma f (plural mammas)

1. mother

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender): bab
• (with regards to ancestry): figl, figlia

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²mam?a]

Noun

mamma c

1. mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)

   Synonyms: mor, moder, morsa (slang)

   Antonym: pappa

Declension

Further reading

• mamma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)