mamma

Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæmə/
• Rhymes: -æmə

mamma (plural mammae or mammas)

1. (anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
   • 1880, Herbert Spencer, The Study of Sociology, page 434:

     Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other […] Thus, to take an extreme case, the mammæ 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.

2. (meteorology) An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.

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.

• “mamma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

mamma f

1. (Gressoney) mom, mama

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.maː/

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• Hyphenation: mam‧ma
• Rhymes: -ɑmaː

mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)

1. Alternative form of mama

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)

1. mamma, breast

   Synonym: borst

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

• momma

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamːa/
• Rhymes: -amːa

mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)

1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Synonym: móðir

   Hvar er mamma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

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

From Swedish mamma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝mːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mam‧ma

mamma

1. (dialectal) mama

   Synonym: äiti

2. (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.

   Synonym: tantta

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 mammain rare
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
abessive		mammatta	mammoitta
instructive		—	mammoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mammani mammani accusative nom. mammani mammani gen. mammani genitive mammani mammojeni mammaini rare partitive mammaani mammojani inessive mammassani mammoissani elative mammastani mammoistani illative mammaani mammoihini adessive mammallani mammoillani ablative mammaltani mammoiltani allative mammalleni mammoilleni essive mammanani mammoinani translative mammakseni mammoikseni abessive mammattani mammoittani instructive — — comitative — mammoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mammasi mammasi accusative nom. mammasi mammasi gen. mammasi genitive mammasi mammojesi mammaisi rare partitive mammaasi mammojasi inessive mammassasi mammoissasi elative mammastasi mammoistasi illative mammaasi mammoihisi adessive mammallasi mammoillasi ablative mammaltasi mammoiltasi allative mammallesi mammoillesi essive mammanasi mammoinasi translative mammaksesi mammoiksesi abessive mammattasi mammoittasi instructive — — comitative — mammoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mammamme mammamme accusative nom. mammamme mammamme gen. mammamme genitive mammamme mammojemme mammaimme rare partitive mammaamme mammojamme inessive mammassamme mammoissamme elative mammastamme mammoistamme illative mammaamme mammoihimme adessive mammallamme mammoillamme ablative mammaltamme mammoiltamme allative mammallemme mammoillemme essive mammanamme mammoinamme translative mammaksemme mammoiksemme abessive mammattamme mammoittamme instructive — — comitative — mammoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mammanne mammanne accusative nom. mammanne mammanne gen. mammanne genitive mammanne mammojenne mammainne rare partitive mammaanne mammojanne inessive mammassanne mammoissanne elative mammastanne mammoistanne illative mammaanne mammoihinne adessive mammallanne mammoillanne ablative mammaltanne mammoiltanne allative mammallenne mammoillenne essive mammananne mammoinanne translative mammaksenne mammoiksenne abessive mammattanne mammoittanne instructive — — comitative — mammoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative mammansa mammansa accusative nom. mammansa mammansa gen. mammansa genitive mammansa mammojensa mammainsa rare partitive mammaansa mammojaan mammojansa inessive mammassaan mammassansa mammoissaan mammoissansa elative mammastaan mammastansa mammoistaan mammoistansa illative mammaansa mammoihinsa adessive mammallaan mammallansa mammoillaan mammoillansa ablative mammaltaan mammaltansa mammoiltaan mammoiltansa allative mammalleen mammallensa mammoilleen mammoillensa essive mammanaan mammanansa mammoinaan mammoinansa translative mammakseen mammaksensa mammoikseen mammoiksensa abessive mammattaan mammattansa mammoittaan mammoittansa instructive — — comitative — mammoineen mammoinensa

• “mamma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

mamma (plural mamma)

1. mammary gland
2. mummy; mom; mum

mamma

1. to suck the breast

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamːa/
• Rhymes: -amːa

mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)

1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Synonym: móðir

   Hvar er mamma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

Declension of mamma
f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mamma	mamman	mömmur	mömmurnar
accusative	mömmu	mömmuna	mömmur	mömmurnar
dative	mömmu	mömmunni	mömmum	mömmunum
genitive	mömmu	mömmunnar	mamma	mammanna

• mamma in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
• “mamma” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

mamma (plural mammas)

1. mamma

• mammari

From Latin mamma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmam.ma/

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• Rhymes: -amma
• Hyphenation: màm‧ma

mamma f (plural mamme)

1. mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
2. mother
3. type of artichoke

• madre
• cimarolo

• mamma mia

• mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]

mamma f (genitive mammae); first declension

1. (anatomy) breast

   Puero isti date mammam.

   Give that boy of yours your breast [i.e. suckle him].

2. (anatomy) udder; pap
3. (anatomy, of animals) teat, dug

   mammam sugere ― to suck on a breast

4. (childish) mama (mother)

   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. (by extension) a protuberance on tree 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 has breasts.

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mamma	mammae
Genitive	mammae	mammārum
Dative	mammae	mammīs
Accusative	mammam	mammās
Ablative	mammā	mammīs
Vocative	mamma	mammae

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

mamma f (4th declension)

1. mum
2. mother

• mamma at tezaurs.lv

• IPA^(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑ̂mːa]

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

1. mother

   Synonym: mor

• far, pappa
• bror, søster, søsken
• sønn, datter

• “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑmːa]

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

1. mother

   Synonym: mor

• far, pappa
• bror, syster, sysken
• son, dotter

• “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mamma n

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

• mama, mumma, moma

From Latin mamma.

mamma f (plural mammas)

1. mother

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

• IPA^(key): [²mamːa]

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mamma c

1. mom (US), mommy (US), mama (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)

   Synonyms: mor, moder, (slang) morsa, (definite, colloquial) mamsen

   Antonym: pappa

   Han älskar sin mamma.

   He loves his mom.

The most common and neutral word for mother.

• din mamma
• mammas död

• mamma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mamma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)