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A male who has a very close bond with his mother, and may consequently be perceived as soft or effeminate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, derogatory, idiomatic, informal
Examples
- He's such a mama's boy that he can't even ask a girl out for a date without his mother's approval.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nancyboy, pansy
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of mama's boy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a boy excessively attached to his mother; lacking normal masculine interests
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mother's boy, mamma's boy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: son, boy
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
صَبِيُّ الْأُمّ
(ṣabiyyu l-ʔumm)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Arabic:
اِبْنُ وَالِدَتِهِ
(ibnu wālidatihi)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Armenian:
մամայի բալա
(mamayi bala)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Azerbaijani:
mamauşağı
— male overly attached to his mother
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Belarusian:
ма́мчын сыно́к
(mámčyn synók)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Belarusian:
ма́мін ду́рань
(mámin dúranʹ)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Belarusian:
ба́бін ду́рань
(bábin dúranʹ)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Bulgarian:
ма́мино дете́нце
(mámino deténce)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Catalan:
nen de mama
— male overly attached to his mother
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Chechen:
нанин
(nanin)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Chechen:
нуькка
(nükka)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Chechen:
ноькка
(nökka)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Chinese Mandarin:
媽寶 /妈宝
(mābǎo)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Chinese Mandarin:
媽寶男 /妈宝男
(mābǎonán)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Chinese Mandarin:
離不開媽媽的男孩 /离不开妈妈的男孩
(líbùkāi māma de nánhái)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Czech:
mamánek
— male overly attached to his mother
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Estonian:
mammapoeg
— male overly attached to his mother
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Estonian:
memmepoeg
— male overly attached to his mother
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Finnish:
mammanpoika
— male overly attached to his mother
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French:
petit garçon à sa maman
— male overly attached to his mother
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French:
fils à maman
— male overly attached to his mother
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German:
Muttersöhnchen
— male overly attached to his mother
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East Central German:
Arschklunkr
— male overly attached to his mother
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Icelandic:
mömmustrákur
— male overly attached to his mother
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Italian:
mammone
— male overly attached to his mother
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Italian:
mammoletta
— male overly attached to his mother
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Japanese:
マザーコンプレックス
(mazā konpurekkusu)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Japanese:
ママっ子
(mamakko)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Japanese:
マザコンの男
(mazakon no otoko)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Kashmiri:
ماجہٕ گۆبُر
(mājhụ gobur)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Korean:
마마보이
(mamaboi)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Polish:
maminsynek
— male overly attached to his mother
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Portuguese:
filhinho da mamãe
— male overly attached to his mother
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Russian:
ма́менькин сыно́к
(mámenʹkin synók)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Russian:
ма́мин сыно́к
(mámin synók)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Serbo-Croatian:
màmāroš /ма̀ма̄рош
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
niño de mamá
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
madrero
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
nene de mamá
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
enmadrado
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
regalón
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
mamón
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
pollerudo
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
moñas
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
nenaza
— male overly attached to his mother
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Spanish:
hijito de mamá
— male overly attached to his mother
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Swedish:
morsgris
— male overly attached to his mother
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Turkish:
ana kuzusu
— male overly attached to his mother
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Ukrainian:
мату́син сино́к
(matúsyn synók)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Ukrainian:
мамі́й
(mamíj)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Ukrainian:
ма́мин сино́к
(mámyn synók)
— male overly attached to his mother
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Vietnamese:
bám váy mẹ
— male overly attached to his mother
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Vietnamese:
cơm chín vần ra
— male overly attached to his mother