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mamma
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæm?/
- Rhymes: -æm?
Noun
mamma (plural mammae or mammas)
- (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.
- (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)
- 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.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
Further reading
- mamma at OneLook Dictionary Search
Alemannic German
Noun
mamma f
- (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)
- Alternative form of mama.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin mamma.
Noun
mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)
- 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)
- mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)
- Synonym: móðir
Declension
Finnish
Noun
mamma
- (dialectal) mama
- Synonym: äiti
- (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.
- Synonym: tantta
Declension
Compounds
- mammamekko
- mammanpoika
Further reading
- mamma in Kielitoimiston sanakirja
Gilbertese
Noun
mamma (plural mamma)
- mammary gland
- mummy; mom; mum
Verb
mamma
- to suck the breast
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mam?a/
- Rhymes: -am?a
Noun
mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)
- 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)
- mamma
Related terms
- mammari
Italian
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamma f (plural mamme)
- mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
- mother
- 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
- (anatomy) a breast
- (anatomy) an udder; a pap
- (anatomy, of animals) a teat, a dug
- (family) mama (a childish name for a mother in the language of children)
- (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)
- mum
- 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)
- 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)
- mother
- Synonym: mor
See also
- far, pappa
- bror, syster, sysken
- son, dotter
References
- “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
mamma n
- a vital spot of the body
- nerve center
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
- mama, mumma, moma
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mamma f (plural mammas)
- mother
Coordinate terms
- (with regards to gender): bab
- (with regards to ancestry): figl, figlia
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²mam?a]
Noun
mamma c
- mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
- Synonyms: mor, moder, morsa (slang)
- Antonym: pappa
Declension
Further reading
- mamma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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mommy
English
Etymology
From mom +? -y.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?mi
Noun
mommy (plural mommies)
- (US, Canada, usually childish) Mother.
Synonyms
- ma, mama, mamma, mom (US, Canada), momma (US), mum (British), mummy (British)
Descendants
- ? Hebrew: ??????? (mámi)
Translations
Verb
mommy (third-person singular simple present mommies, present participle mommying, simple past and past participle mommied)
- (US, Canada, rare, informal) To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone.
Adjective
mommy (comparative mommier, superlative mommiest)
- (US, Canada, rare, informal, chiefly in the superlative) Characteristic of a mother; motherly.
- She is the mommiest of mommies.
- 2013, Erin MacPherson, The Christian Mama's Guide to Having a Baby
- I am smack-dab in the middle of the mommiest years of my life. There are toys strewn across my once-pristine floors, goldfish crackers in my couch cushions, and empty juice boxes in my car.
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