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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)

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Alabama (which is sometimes informally shortened to Bama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæm?/

Noun

bamma (plural bammas)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) An unstylish rural person; a hick.

Alternative forms

• bama

Anagrams

• Mamba, mamba