different between mom vs mommy

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

English

Etymology

From mom +? -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

mommy (plural mommies)

1. (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)

1. (US, Canada, rare, informal) To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone.

Adjective

mommy (comparative mommier, superlative mommiest)

1. (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.