mamma

See also: mammà and måmma

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæmə/
  • Rhymes: -æmə

Noun

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
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.

Noun

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.

Alemannic German

Noun

mamma

  1. (Gressoney) 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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)

  1. mamma, breast
    Synonym: borst

Usage notes

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

Faroese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamːa/
  • Rhymes: -amːa

Noun

mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)

  1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)
    Hvar er mamma mín?
    Where is my mommy?
    Synonym: móðir

Declension

Declension of mamma
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mamma mamman mammur mammurnar
accusative mammu mammuna mammur mammurnar
dative mammu mammuni mammum mammunum
genitive mammu mammunnar mamma mammanna

Finnish

Noun

mamma

  1. (dialectal) mama
    Synonym: äiti
  2. (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.
    Synonym: tantta

Declension

Inflection of mamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mamma mammat
genitive mamman mammojen
partitive mammaa mammoja
illative mammaan mammoihin
singular plural
nominative mamma mammat
accusative nom. mamma mammat
gen. mamman
genitive mamman mammojen
mammainrare
partitive mammaa mammoja
inessive mammassa mammoissa
elative mammasta mammoista
illative mammaan mammoihin
adessive mammalla mammoilla
ablative mammalta mammoilta
allative mammalle mammoille
essive mammana mammoina
translative mammaksi mammoiksi
instructive — mammoin
abessive mammatta mammoitta
comitative — mammoineen

Gilbertese

Noun

mamma (plural mamma)

  1. mammary gland
  2. mummy; mom; mum

Verb

mamma

  1. to suck the breast

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamːa/
  • Rhymes: -amːa

Noun

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

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Noun

mamma f (plural mamme)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Usage notes

  • 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.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mamma mammae
genitive mammae mammārum
dative mammae mammīs
accusative mammam mammās
ablative mammā mammīs
vocative mamma mammae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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

Latvian

Noun

mamma f (4th declension)

  1. mum
  2. mother

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑmːa]

Noun

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

  1. mother
    Synonym: mor

See also

References

“mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑmːa]

Noun

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

  1. mother
    Synonym: mor

See also

References

“mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mamma n

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

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Noun

mamma f (plural mammas)

  1. mother

Coordinate terms

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²mamːa]
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Noun

mamma c

  1. mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
    Synonyms: mor, moder, morsa (slang)
    Antonym: pappa

Declension

Declension of mamma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mamma mamman mammor mammorna
Genitive mammas mammans mammors mammornas
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