mamma
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma (plural mammae or mammas)
- (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.
- (meteorology) An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.
Noun edit
mamma (plural mammas)
- 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.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
Further reading edit
- “mamma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Alemannic German edit
Noun edit
mamma f
References edit
- 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
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)
- Alternative form of mama.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)
Usage notes edit
Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (“mother”).
Faroese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)
Declension edit
Declension of mamma | ||||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma
Declension edit
Inflection of mamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | mammatta | mammoitta | ||
instructive | — | mammoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds edit
Further reading edit
- “mamma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Gilbertese edit
Noun edit
mamma (plural mamma)
Verb edit
mamma
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- mamma in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
- “mamma” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
mamma (plural mammas)
Related terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma f (plural mamme)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]
Noun edit
mamma f (genitive mammae); first declension
- (anatomy) a breast
- Puero isti date mammam.
- Give that boy of yours your breast. (“suckle him”)
- (anatomy) an udder; a pap
- (anatomy, of animals) a teat, a dug
- Mammam sugere.
- To suck on a breast.
- (family) mama (a childish name for a mother in the language of children)
- (transferred meaning) a protuberance on tree bark
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mamma | mammae |
Genitive | mammae | mammārum |
Dative | mammae | mammīs |
Accusative | mammam | mammās |
Ablative | mammā | mammīs |
Vocative | mamma | mammae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: mamã
- → English: mamma
- French: maman
- Portuguese: mamã
- Ido: mama
- → Irish: mama
- Galician: mama, mámoa (from mammula)
- Istriot: mama
- Italian: mamma
- Megleno-Romanian: mamă
- Mozarabic: ממה (mmh)
- Neapolitan: mamma
- Portuguese: mama
- Romanian: mamă
- Romansch: mamma, mama, mumma, moma
- Sardinian: mama, mamma, immamma
- Spanish: mama
References edit
- “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
Latvian edit
Noun edit
mamma f (4th declension)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- mamma at tezaurs.lv
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma m (definite singular mammaen, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
See also edit
References edit
- “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma f (definite singular mammaa, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
See also edit
References edit
- “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mamma n
- a vital spot of the body
- nerve center
Declension edit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | mammaṃ | mammāni |
Accusative (second) | mammaṃ | mammāni |
Instrumental (third) | mammena | mammehi or mammebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mammassa or mammāya or mammatthaṃ | mammānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mammasmā or mammamhā or mammā | mammehi or mammebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mammassa | mammānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mammasmiṃ or mammamhi or mamme | mammesu |
Vocative (calling) | mamma | mammāni |
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mamma f (plural mammas)
Coordinate terms edit
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mamma c
Usage notes edit
The most common and neutral word for mother.
Declension edit
Declension of mamma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mamma | mamman | mammor | mammorna |
Genitive | mammas | mammans | mammors | mammornas |