mamma

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæmə/
• Rhymes: -æmə

mamma (plural mammae or mammas)

1. (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. (plural: mammae)
2. (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.

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.

• mamma at OneLook Dictionary Search

mamma f

1. (Gressoney) mom, mama

• “mamma” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.maː/

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• Hyphenation: mam‧ma

mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)

1. Alternative form of mama.

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)

1. mamma, breast

   Synonym: borst

Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (“mother”).

• momma

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamːa/
• Rhymes: -amːa

mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)

1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Hvar er mamma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

   Synonym: móðir

mamma

1. (dialectal) mama

   Synonym: äiti

2. (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.

   Synonym: tantta

• mammamekko
• mammanpoika

• mamma in Kielitoimiston sanakirja

mamma (plural mamma)

1. mammary gland
2. mummy; mom; mum

mamma

1. to suck the breast

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamːa/
• Rhymes: -amːa

mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)

1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Hvar er mamma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

   Synonym: móðir

• mamma in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
• mamma in Icelandic dictionaries at islex.is

mamma (plural mammas)

1. mamma

• mammari

From Latin mamma.

mamma f (plural mamme)

1. mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
2. mother
3. type of artichoke

• madre
• cimarolo

• mamma mia

• mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

From Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.ma/

mamma f (genitive mammae); first declension

1. (anatomy) a breast

   Puero isti da mammam.

   Give that boy of yours your breast.

2. (anatomy) an udder; a pap
3. (anatomy, of animals) a teat, a dug

   Mammam sugere.

   To suck on a breast.

4. (family) mama (a childish name for a mother in the language of children)

   Cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam.

   Since children call food and drink bua and papa, mother mamma and father tata.

5. (transferred meaning) a protuberance on tree bark

• This term was used especially of females, but also of males- although rarely:

  Mammas homo solus e maribus habet.

  Among male animals, man alone has breasts.

First declension.

• mamilla
• mammam dare (with the dative; to give someone the breast, to suckle someone)
• mammalis

• 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

mamma f (4th declension)

1. mum
2. mother

• mamma at tezaurs.lv

• IPA^(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑmːa]

mamma m (definite singular mammaen, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)

1. mother

   Synonym: mor

• far, pappa
• bror, søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

• “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑmːa]

mamma f (definite singular mammaa, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)

1. mother

   Synonym: mor

• far, pappa
• bror, syster, sysken
• son, dotter

• “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mamma n

1. a vital spot of the body
2. nerve center

• mama, mumma, moma

From Latin mamma.

mamma f (plural mammas)

1. mother

• (with regards to gender): bab
• (with regards to ancestry): figl, figlia

• IPA^(key): [²mamːa]

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mamma c

1. mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)

   Synonyms: mor, moder, morsa (slang)

   Antonym: pappa

• mamma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.