mum

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From Middle English mum or mom (“silent”), reminiscent of the sound made when gagged or with a hand over one's mouth. Perhaps related to dated German Mumme (“mask”).

Proprialisation of mum.

Alternative form of mam, or an abbreviation of mummy. Compare mom, mama.

Abbreviation of chrysanthemum.

From German Mumme.

A variant of ma'am.

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afar: yayya — mother (informal, familiar)
• Afrikaans: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Albanian: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Southern Altai: мама (mama) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Southern Altai: эне (ene) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: أُمّ (ʔumm) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: مَامَا (māmā) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: مَامَان (māmān) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: ماما (mama) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: مامى (mami) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: إم (ʔim) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: ماما (mama) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: إم (ʔim) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: ماما (mama) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Arabic: يامّا (yamma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Armenian: մայրիկ (mayrik) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Avar: баба (baba) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Basque: amatxo — mother (informal, familiar)
• Belarusian: ма́ма (máma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Belarusian: мату́ля (matúlja) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Bulgarian: ма́ма (máma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Burmese: မေမေ (meme) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Catalan: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese Cantonese: 媽咪 /妈咪 (maa1 mi4, mai1 mi4) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese: 阿母 (zh-min-nan) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese: 阿娘 (zh-min-nan) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese: 老母 (zh-min-nan) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 媽媽 /妈妈 (māma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 娘 (niáng) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 媽 /妈 (mā) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 媽咪 /妈咪 (māmi) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chukchi: ыммэ (ymmė) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Chukchi: ыммэмы (ymmėmy) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Czech: máma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Czech: maminka — mother (informal, familiar)
• Danish: mor — mother (informal, familiar)
• Dongxiang: ana — mother (informal, familiar)
• Dutch: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Esperanto: panjo — mother (informal, familiar)
• Estonian: ema — mother (informal, familiar)
• Estonian: emme — mother (informal, familiar)
• Estonian: amm — mother (informal, familiar)
• Estonian: memm — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ewe: dada — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ewe: nɔ — mother (informal, familiar)
• Faroese: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Finnish: äiskä — mother (informal, familiar)
• Finnish: äippä — mother (informal, familiar)
• Finnish: mutsi — mother (informal, familiar)
• Finnish: äiti — mother (informal, familiar)
• Finnish: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• French: maman — mother (informal, familiar)
• Galician: mamá — mother (informal, familiar)
• Galician: nai — mother (informal, familiar)
• Galician: nanai — mother (informal, familiar)
• Georgian: დედა (deda) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Georgian: დედიკო (dediḳo) — mother (informal, familiar)
• German: Mutti — mother (informal, familiar)
• German: Mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• German: Mami — mother (informal, familiar)
• German: Mom — mother (informal, familiar)
• German: Mum — mother (informal, familiar)
• Greek: μαμά (mamá) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ancient Greek: μάμμη (mámmē) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ancient Greek: μαμμίᾱ (mammíā) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hebrew: אִמָּא (ímma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hindi: माँ (mā̃) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hindi: माताजी (mātājī) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hindi: अम्मी (ammī) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hindi: अम्माँ (ammā̃) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hungarian: anya — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hungarian: anyu — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hungarian: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Hunsrik: Mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ido: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Indonesian: mami — mother (informal, familiar)
• Indonesian: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Irish: mam — mother (informal, familiar)
• Irish: maime — mother (informal, familiar)
• Italian: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Japanese: お母さん (okāsan) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Japanese: ママ (mama) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Japanese: 母 (haha) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Komi-Permyak: мам (mam) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Korean: 엄마 (eomma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Korean: 어머니 (eomeoni) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Northern Kurdish: dayik — mother (informal, familiar)
• Northern Kurdish: dê — mother (informal, familiar)
• Latin: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Latvian: māmiņa — mother (informal, familiar)
• Latvian: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Lingala: mamá — mother (informal, familiar)
• Lithuanian: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Lithuanian: mamytė — mother (informal, familiar)
• Macedonian: мама (mama) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Malay: ibu — mother (informal, familiar)
• Malay: bu — mother (informal, familiar)
• Malay: mak — mother (informal, familiar)
• Malayalam: അമ്മ (amma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Malayalam: ഉമ്മ (umma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Marathi: आई (āī) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ossetian: нана (nana) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ossetian: гыцци (gycci) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ossetian: мамӕ (mamæ) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Iranian Persian: مادَر (mâdar) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Iranian Persian: مامان (mâmân) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Iranian Persian: مام (mâm) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Iranian Persian: نَنِه (nane) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Pipil: -nān — mother (informal, familiar)
• Polish: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Polish: mamusia — mother (informal, familiar)
• Portuguese: mamãe — mother (informal, familiar)
• Portuguese: mamã — mother (informal, familiar)
• Romanian: mămică — mother (informal, familiar)
• Romanian: măicuță — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: ма́ма (máma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: ма́мочка (mámočka) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: ма́тушка (mátuška) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: маму́ся (mamúsja) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: ма́менька (mámenʹka) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: маму́ля (mamúlja) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: мама́ша (mamáša) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: ма́мка (mámka) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: мам (mam) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Russian: ма (ma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Scottish Gaelic: mamaidh — mother (informal, familiar)
• Scottish Gaelic: màmag — mother (informal, familiar)
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̏ма — mother (informal, familiar)
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Slovak: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Slovak: mamička — mother (informal, familiar)
• Slovene: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Lower Sorbian: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Lower Sorbian: maminka — mother (informal, familiar)
• Upper Sorbian: mama — mother (informal, familiar)
• Spanish: mamá — mother (informal, familiar)
• Spanish: madre — mother (informal, familiar)
• Swahili: nina — mother (informal, familiar)
• Swedish: mamma — mother (informal, familiar)
• Taos: ká — mother (informal, familiar)
• Taos: káʼȕ — mother (informal, familiar)
• Taos: łáʼȕ — mother (informal, familiar)
• Tatar: әни (äni) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Thai: คุณแม่ (kun mâe) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Thai: แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Tz'utujil: teeʼ — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ukrainian: ма́ма (máma) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ukrainian: мату́ся (matúsja) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ukrainian: ма́тінка (mátinka) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ukrainian: не́нька (nénʹka) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Ukrainian: не́ня (nénja) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Urdu: اَمّی (ammī) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Urdu: اَمّاں (ammā̃) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Vietnamese: mẹ — mother (informal, familiar)
• Vietnamese: má — mother (informal, familiar)
• Volapük: motül — mother (informal, familiar)
• Welsh: mam — mother (informal, familiar)
• Yiddish: מאַמע (mame) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Yiddish: מאַמעלע (mamele) — mother (informal, familiar)
• Yucatec Maya: náh — mother (informal, familiar)