different between momma vs mammy

English

Etymology

Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?m?/

Noun

momma (plural mommas)

1. (US, colloquial) mother

2. (slang) A voluptuous woman.

3. (slang) One's wife or girlfriend.

Synonyms

• (mother (colloquial)): ma, mama, mamma, maw, mom

Derived terms

• yo momma

Anagrams

• mammo, mammo-

Faroese

Alternative forms

• mamma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m?a/
• Rhymes: -?m?a

Noun

momma f (genitive singular mommu, plural mommur)

1. (Suðuroy) mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Hvar er momma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

Declension

Synonyms

• (mother): móðir

Derived terms

• mommuepl

English

Etymology

mam +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmi

Noun

mammy (plural mammies)

1. (childish) mamma; mother
2. (US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
   • 1979, Octavia Butler, Kindred:

     That's what you for—to help white folks keep niggers down. That's why he sent you to me. They be calling you mammy in a few years. You be running the whole house when the old man dies.

Translations

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mam.m?/

Verb

mammy

1. first-person plural imperative of mami?