different between mother vs mama
mother
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?ð?(?)/, [?m?ð?(?)]
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
- Hyphenation: moth?er
Etymology 1
From Middle English moder, from Old English m?dor, from Proto-Germanic *m?d?r, from Proto-Indo-European *méh?t?r. Superseded non-native Middle English mere (“mother”) borrowed from Old French mere (“mother”). Doublet of mater.
Alternative forms
- mither (Scotland and Northern England)
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- A (human) female who has given birth to a baby
- A human female who parents an adopted or fostered child
- A human female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.
- 1991, Susan Faludi, The Undeclared War Against American Women:
- The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the mother.
- 1991, Susan Faludi, The Undeclared War Against American Women:
- A female parent of an animal.
- (figuratively) A female ancestor.
- 1525, William Tyndale, Bible, Genesis, 3, xx:
- And Ada[Adam] called his wyfe Heua[Eve] because she was the mother of all that lyveth
- 1525, William Tyndale, Bible, Genesis, 3, xx:
- (figuratively) A source or origin.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3, 1866, George Steevens (editor), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, page 278:
- Alas, poor country: / Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot / Be call'd our mother, but our grave:
- 1844, Thomas Arnold, Fragment on the Church, Volume 1, page 17:
- But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3, 1866, George Steevens (editor), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, page 278:
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
- 1991, January 17, Saddam Hussein, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio.
- The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun.
- 1991, January 17, Saddam Hussein, Broadcast on Baghdad state radio.
- (when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
- (figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- (figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
- Judges 5:7, KJV.
- The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
- Galatians 4:26, KJV.
- Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
- Judges 5:7, KJV.
- The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
- The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
- (obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria; the uterus.
- 1665, Robert Lovel, Pambotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum, page 484:
- T.V. dicusseth tumors and mollifieth them, helps inflammations, rising of the mother and the epilepsie being burnt.
- 1666, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian Enlarged, page 49:
- The Root hereof taken with Zedoary and Angelic?, or without them, helps the rising of the Mother.
- 1979, Thomas R. Forbes, The changing face of death in London, in Charles Webster (editor), Health, Medicine and Mortality in the Sixteenth Century (1979), page 128:
- St Botolph's parish records ascribed three deaths to 'mother', an old name for the uterus.
- 1665, Robert Lovel, Pambotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum, page 484:
Synonyms
- (one’s female parent): See also Thesaurus:mother
- (most significant thing): father, grandfather, granddaddy
- (of or pertaining to the mother, such as metropolis): metro-
Antonyms
- (with regards to gender) father
- (with regards to ancestry) daughter, son, child, offspring
Hypernyms
- (a female parent): parent
Coordinate terms
- (a female parent): father
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
See mother/translations § Noun.
Etymology 2
From Middle English modren, from the noun (see above).
Verb
mother (third-person singular simple present mothers, present participle mothering, simple past and past participle mothered)
- (chiefly transitive) To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- 1998, Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger: A Novel, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 101:
- Q's sister, Debbie, had mothered two kids by the time she was twenty, with neither of the fathers in sight.
- 2010, Lynette Joseph-Bani, The Biblical Journey of Slavery: From Egypt to the Americas, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 51:
- Zilpah, Leah's maid, mothered two sons for Jacob, Gad and Asher. Leah became pregnant once more and had two more sons, Issachar, and Zebulun, and a daughter, Dinah, thus Leah had seven children for Jacob.
- 1998, Nina Revoyr, The Necessary Hunger: A Novel, Macmillan (?ISBN), page 101:
- (transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- c. 1900, O. Henry, An Adjustment of Nature
- She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning.
- c. 1900, O. Henry, An Adjustment of Nature
Translations
References
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company 2003.
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“sediment”), perhaps through intermediate Middle Dutch modder (“filth, dregs”).
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- A stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
Verb
mother (third-person singular simple present mothers, present participle mothering, simple past and past participle mothered)
- (transitive) To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
- mothered oil / vinegar / wine
- (intransitive, of an alcohol) To develop mother.
Etymology 4
Clipping of motherfucker
Alternative forms
- mutha
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- (euphemistic, mildly vulgar, slang) Motherfucker.
- (euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
Synonyms
- MF, mofo, motherfucker, mutha
Translations
Etymology 5
Coined from moth by analogy to mouser.
Pronunciation
- see moth-er
Noun
mother (plural mothers)
- Alternative form of moth-er
References
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mother”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- thermo-
Middle English
Noun
mother
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of moder
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mama
English
Alternative forms
- mamma, momma
Etymology
Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), from Old English *m?me, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m?, from Proto-Germanic *m?m? (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh?-méh?, reduplication of *méh?- (“mother”), related to German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: mä?m?, IPA(key): /?m?m?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??m??/
- Rhymes: -??m?
Noun
mama (plural mamas)
- (hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- amma, ma'am
'Are'are
Noun
mama
- father
References
- Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Amis
Noun
mama
- father
Aukan
Noun
mama
- mother
- woman
- Synonym: uman
Aymara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ma/
Noun
mama
- mother
- Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
Azerbaijani
Noun
mama (definite accusative maman?, plural mamalar)
- (dialectal)paternal aunt
- Synonym: bibi
- mom
- Synonym: ana
Usage notes
Declension
References
Further reading
- “mama” in Obastan.com.
Bavarian
Noun
mama
- (Timau) mother, mom, mama
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Bikol Central
Noun
mama (masculine papa)
- a mother; a (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be
- Synonyms: ina, nanay
- a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ma.m?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ma.ma/
Noun
mama f (plural mames)
- (familiar) mom
- (anatomy) mamma
Derived terms
- càncer de mama (“breast cancer”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mama” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “mama” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mama
- a mother; a (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be
- Synonyms: ina, inahan, nanay
- a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
From English mama or French maman.
Noun
mama
- mother
- Synonym: naha
- Coordinate term: papa
Dutch
Etymology
Loaned from French maman
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ma?/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /m??ma?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
mama f (plural mama's, diminutive mamaatje n)
- mama, mother
- Synonyms: ma, mam
- Synonyms: moeder, moe, (Flemish) moeke
Alternative forms
- mamma
References
Ewe
Noun
mama
- grandmother
Fijian
Noun
mama
- ring (for one's finger)
Galician
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mama f (plural mamas)
- (anatomy) mamma, breast
Related terms
- mamar
- mamífero
Verb
mama
- third-person singular present indicative of mamar
- second-person singular imperative of mamar
Garo
Etymology
Likely from Bengali ???? (mama)
Noun
mama
- maternal uncle
- husband of aunt
- father-in-law
- brother of father-in-law
Synonyms
- mamagipa (formal)
- mamatang (formal)
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese mama. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mama.
Noun
mama
- bosom
- breast of a woman
Hausa
Noun
m??ma f (possessed form m??mar?)
- mother
- Synonym: uwa
Noun
m??ma m (possessed form m??man)
- breast
- Synonym: nono
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?m?]
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
- Rhymes: -m?
Noun
mama (plural mamák)
- mom, mum
- Synonyms: anya, anyu, édesanya, anyuka, anyuci
- Coordinate term: papa
- (dialectal) grandmom
Declension
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English mama, French maman, German Mama, Italian mamma, Russian ????? (máma), Spanish mamá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
Noun
mama (plural mamai)
- mama, mom, mommy, mum
- Synonym: matro
- Coordinate terms: papa, patro
Irish
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mama m (genitive singular mama, nominative plural mamaí)
- (literary) breast, pap
- (anatomy) mamma
- Synonym: faireog mhamach
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "mama" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mama” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mama f
- mom, mamma, mother
See also
- mare
Japanese
Romanization
mama
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese mama.
Noun
mama
- bosom
- breast of a woman
Krisa
Pronoun
mama
- you
Laboya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ma?ma]
Etymology 1
Verb
mama
- to chew betel
Etymology 2
Noun
mama
- to mother
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “mama”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
Latgalian
Etymology
Originally from baby talk, possibly through or influenced by other languages. Compare Lithuanian mama, Russian ???? (mama) and English mama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mama f (diminutive mame?a)
- (colloquial) mum, mummy
Declension
Synonyms
- (more formal) muote
Coordinate terms
- t?te (“dad”)
References
- A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008) Latgal?šu-Latv?šu-Kr?vu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, ?ISBN, page 10
Lithuanian
Noun
mamà f (plural mãmos) stress pattern 4
- mother
Declension
Related terms
- mamýt?, mam?l? (diminutive)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mama]
Noun
mama f (diminutive maminka)
- mother, mom
Declension
Further reading
- mama in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- mama in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Maquiritari
Noun
mama
- mother (used when addressing one’s mother, but not when referring to her)
References
- Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
Martuthunira
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mama/
Noun
mama
- paternal uncle (one’s father’s brother)
References
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
From French maman
Noun
mama
- mother
Etymology 2
From Hindi ???? (m?m?) and Marathi ???? (m?m?).
Noun
mama
- uncle
- Synonyms: chacha, tonton
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Mòcheno
Etymology
Possibly derived from Middle High German muome, from Old High German muoma, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m? (“mama, mother”), from Proto-Germanic *m?m? (“mama, mother; aunt, auntie”). Cognate with German Mama, English mama.
Noun
mama f
- mother
References
- “mama” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
- “mama” 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
Nigerian Pidgin
Noun
mama
- mother
Pali
Alternative forms
Pronoun
mama
- genitive/dative singular of aha? (“me”)
Panyjima
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mama/
Noun
mama
- father
- Synonym: papu
- paternal uncle (one’s father’s brother)
References
- Dench, Alan (1991). "Panyjima", in R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake: The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch mama.
Noun
mama
- mother
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?m?]
Noun
mama
- father
- Synonym: punari
- father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
- Synonym: mama pu?ka
- god
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.ma/
Noun
mama f
- mum
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- mama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mammella, French mamelle.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?m?.m?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
- Rhymes: -ama
Noun
mama f (plural mamas)
- (human) breast, bosom
- (animal) udder, teat
Verb
mama
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of mamar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of mamar
Quechua
Noun
mama
- mother
- madam, lady
- (figuratively) nest, home
- (geology) vein
- (mathematics) matrix
Declension
Derived terms
- jatun mama
- mama qucha
See also
- tayta
Romanian
Noun
mama f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of mam?
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
Noun
m?má 1a (plural b?mâmá 2a)
- my mother
- my maternal aunt
See also
- nyoko (“your mother”)
- nyina (“his/her mother”)
- data (“my father”)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek ????? (mámm?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
Noun
mama f (plural mamas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)
- mother
See also
- babbu
- tzia
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâma/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
m?ma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- mom
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
Noun
mama f (genitive singular mamy, nominative plural mamy, genitive plural mám, declension pattern of žena)
- mama
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- mama in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/, [?ma.ma]
Noun
mama f (plural mamas)
- (anatomy) mamma, breast
Related terms
Verb
mama
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mamar.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mama (n class, plural mama)
- mother (female parent)
- Coordinate term: baba
- Respectful term of address for an older woman.
Derived terms
- mama mboga (“female vegetable hawker”)
- mama ntilie (“female food hawker”)
- mama samaki (“female fish hawker”)
Tagalog
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?ma.ma?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mamà
- a term used in referring to, or in addressing, a male unknown to the speaker
- Synonyms: mang, manong
Pronunciation 2
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
- IPA(key): /ma.?ma/
- IPA(key): /ma.ma/
- IPA(key): /?ma.ma/
Etymology
/ma.?ma/ from Spanish mamá, adapted from French maman. /ma.ma/ from Hokkien ??. /?ma.ma/ from English mama / momma.
Noun
mama (masculine papa)
- (colloquial, familiar, childish) mum, mom
- Synonyms: ma, ina, nanay, inay, nay, inang, nanang
- sibling of parent, younger than father or mother; any relative of the father or mother
Pronunciation 3
- IPA(key): /ma.?ma?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mamâ
- betel chewing
Related terms
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English mama.
Noun
mama
- mother
- Antonym: papa
Derived terms
- mama karim
Tumbuka
Noun
mama 1a (plural ?amama 2)
- mother, mom
Coordinate terms
- dada
Turkish
Noun
mama (definite accusative mamay?, plural mamalar)
- baby food
- food (in child's language)
Declension
Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mama]
Noun
mama f (diminutive mami?ka or mamimka)
- mama, mommy, mum
Declension
Related terms
Venda
Verb
mama
- to suck
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mamma.
Noun
mama f (plural mame)
- mother
- mum, mummy
Wanyi
Etymology
Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.
Noun
mama
- (vegetable-based) food
References
- Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- m??m??
Noun
màmá
- mother
Coordinate terms
- baba
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