Mamma

English

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmæmə/
• Geometry dash
• Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

Singular Mamma

Plural mammae

Mamma (mammae)

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. Another term for mama or mother. Plural: mammas
3. Template:Meteorology an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

Derived terms

mammal mammalgia mammaplasty mammary mammate mammatroph mammectomy mammiform

mammilla mammiplasia mammitis mammoplasia mammogen mammogenesis mammogram mammography

mammose mammosomatotrope mammosomatotroph mammotomy mammotroph mammotropic mammotrophic mammotropin

Translations

milk-secreting organ

Finnish: nisä fi(fi) Kurdish: گوان (animals only)

Macedonian: дојка mk(mk) (dójka) f.

mama

Finnish: mamma fi(fi) Macedonian: мама mk(mk) (máma) f.

Swedish: mamma sv(sv) c.

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Dutch

Noun

mamma f. (plural mamma's, mammae)

1. mamma, breast

Synonyms

• borst

Usage notes

Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (mother, mama, mamma) but this is not true, according to Van Dale.

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Finnish

Noun

Mamma

1. Template:Dialectal mama
2. (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.

Declension

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Synonyms

• (mama): äiti
• (elder, plump woman): tantta

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Gilbertese

Noun

mamma (plural mamma)

1. mammary gland.
2. mummy (UK)

Verb

mamma

1. suck the breast.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmamːa/

  Rhymes: -amːa

Noun

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1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Hvar er mamma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

Declension

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Synonyms

• (mother): móðir

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Noun

mamma f. (plural mamme)

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

Derived terms

• mamma mia

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Latin

Noun

mamma f. (genitive mammae)

1. (anatomy) a breast

   Puero isti date mammam.

   Let the boy suck on the breast.

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

   Mammam sugere.

   To suck on a breasts.

4. (family) 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

Usage notes

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

  Mammas homo solus e maribus habet.

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• English: mamma
• French: maman
• Italian: mamma
• Portuguese: mama
• Romanian: mamă
• Spanish: mama

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Norwegian

Noun

Template:No-noun-m1

1. mother

Synonyms

• mor

See also

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ˈmamː.a]

Noun

Template:Sv-noun-reg-or mamma c.

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

Antonyms

• pappa

Synonyms

• mor
• moder (dated)
• morsa (slang)

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