Learned borrowing fromLatinmamma.
mamma (pluralmammaeormammas)
- (anatomy, pluralmammae) The milk-secreting organ of femalehumans and othermammals which includes themammary gland and thenipple orteat; abreast; anudder.
1880,Herbert Spencer,The Study of Sociology, page434:Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other[…] Thus, to take an extreme case, themammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield milk: there are various cases of gynecomasty on record, and in famines infants whose mothers have died have been thus saved.
- (meteorology) Anaccessorycloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of mostcloud genera.
Alternative spelling ofmama; see further etymology there.
mamma (pluralmammas)
- Alternative spelling ofmama: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 hermamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
- “mamma”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
mamma f
- (Gressoney)mom,mama
mamma f (pluralmamma's,diminutivemammaatje n)
- alternative form ofmama
Borrowed fromLatinmamma.
mamma f (pluralmamma'sormammae,nodiminutive)
- mamma,breast
- Synonym:borst
Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling ofmama(“mother”).
mamma f (genitive singularmammu,pluralmammur)
- mom,mum(colloquial word formother)
- Synonym:móðir
Hvar ermamma mín?- Where is mymommy?
FromSwedishmamma.
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑmːɑ/,[ˈmɑ̝mːɑ̝]
- Rhymes:-ɑmːɑ
- Syllabification(key):mam‧ma
- Hyphenation(key):mam‧ma
mamma
- (dialectal, childish)mama,mother(chiefly Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia)
- Synonym:äiti
- (dialectal, childish)grandma,grandmother(chiefly Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia)
- Synonym:isoäiti
- (colloquial) An elder,plump woman.
- Synonym:tantta
mamma (pluralmamma)
- mammary gland
- mummy;mom;mum
mamma
- tosuck thebreast
mamma f (genitive singularmömmu,nominative pluralmömmur)
- mom,mum (colloquial word formother)
- Synonym:móðir
Hvar ermamma mín?- Where is mymommy?
mamma (pluralmammas)
- mamma
Inherited fromLatinmamma.
mamma f (pluralmamme)
- mom/mum
- Alternative forms:(regional, vocative)ma',(southern Italy, chiefly vocative)mammà
- Synonym:madre(“mother”)
- Coordinate term:papà
mamma f (pluralmamme)
- synonym ofcarciofocimarolo[2]
- ^mamma inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^cimaròlo in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mamma inDizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- mamma in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mamma in Treccani.it –Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Uncertain. Either a native childish term ofonomatopoeic origin, or borrowed fromAncient Greekμάμμη(mámmē).
mamma f (genitivemammae);first declension
- (anatomy)breast
Puero isti damammam.- Give that boy of yours yourbreast [i.e. suckle him].
- (anatomy)udder;pap
- (anatomy, of animals)teat,dug
- mammam sugere ―to suck on abreast
- (childish)mama(mother)
Cum cibum ac potionembuas acpapas vocent, matremmammam, patremtatam.- Since children call food and drinkbua andpapa, mothermamma and fathertata.
- (by extension) aprotuberance ontree 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 hasbreasts.
First-declension noun.
- “mamma”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mamma”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "mamma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “mamma”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mamma”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
mamma f (4th declension)
- mum
- mother
Borrowed fromItalianmamma.
mamma f (pluralmammietormammi)
- (childish)mom,mummy/mommy
- Synonyms:ma,mamà,omm
- il-mamma u t-tata ―mommy and daddy
- original
- (grammar)basic form of averb(the basic form of a verb used as a dictionary entry)
- Coordinate term:għerq
Borrowed fromSwedishmamma and inherited fromFinnishmamma.
mamma (pluralmammat)
- mom,mommy
- Oonkosmammastilla tullu feeperi? ―Did yourmom get a fever?
mamma m (definite singularmammaen,indefinite pluralmammaer,definite pluralmammaene)
- mother
- Synonym:mor
mamma f (definite singularmammaa,indefinite pluralmammaer,definite pluralmammaene)
- mother
- Synonym:mor
mamma n
- a vital spot of the body
- nerve center
Declension table of "mamma" (neuter)
mamma f (pluralmammas)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) ofmama
mamma
- inflection ofmammar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromLatinmamma.
mamma f (pluralmammas)
- mother
- (with regards to gender):bab
- (with regards to ancestry):figl,figlia
Uncertain. Either a native childish term ofonomatopoeic origin, or borrowed fromAncient Greekμάμμη(mámmē).
mamma c
- mom,mum,mother
- Synonyms:mor,moder,(slang)morsa,(definite, colloquial)mamsen
- Coordinate term:pappa
Han älskar sinmamma- He loves hismom
Mamma, när blir det mat?- Mom, when's dinner?
- (literally, “Mom, when does it become [when will there be] food?”)
- Mat(“food”) often implies dinner. See also the usage notes forbli(“become”).
Hon har blivitmamma- She has become amother
- Seevara for why there is no article.
mamma ochpappa- Mom and Dad
The most common and neutral word formother.