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Meaning 1
Alternative spelling of mama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mamma
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmæmə/
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rhymes with -æmə
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: plural mammae
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of mama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 5
Alternative spelling of mama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, transitive, uncommon
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noun
Meaning 6
milk-secreting organ of female mammals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mammary gland
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland
Narrower terms: dug, udder, bag, breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
noun
Meaning 7
informal terms for a mother
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ma, mama, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mother, female parent
History
Etymology
Variant of mama.
Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mama — milk-secreting organ
- Catalan: mamella — milk-secreting organ
- Finnish: nisä — milk-secreting organ
- Galician: mama — milk-secreting organ
- Indonesian: mama — milk-secreting organ
- Indonesian: payudara — milk-secreting organ
- Indonesian: susu — milk-secreting organ
- Indonesian: tetek — milk-secreting organ
- Irish: mama — milk-secreting organ
- Irish: faireog mhamach — milk-secreting organ
- Italian: mammella — milk-secreting organ
- Central Kurdish: گوان (gwan) — milk-secreting organ
- Northern Kurdish: guhan — milk-secreting organ
- Macedonian: до́јка (dójka) — milk-secreting organ
- Portuguese: mama — milk-secreting organ
- Russian: моло́чная железа́ (molóčnaja železá) — milk-secreting organ
- Spanish: mama — milk-secreting organ