mamma
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.
NounEdit
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 readingEdit
- mamma at OneLook Dictionary Search
Alemannic GermanEdit
NounEdit
mamma f
ReferencesEdit
- 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
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)
- Alternative form of mama.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)
Usage notesEdit
Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (“mother”).
FaroeseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma
DeclensionEdit
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 | ||
instructive | — | mammoin | ||
abessive | mammatta | mammoitta | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
CompoundsEdit
Further readingEdit
- "mamma" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
GilberteseEdit
NounEdit
mamma (plural mamma)
VerbEdit
mamma
IcelandicEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- mamma in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
- “mamma” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
InterlinguaEdit
NounEdit
mamma (plural mammas)
Related termsEdit
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma f (plural mamme)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 notesEdit
- 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.
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Aromanian: mamã
- → English: mamma
- French: maman
- Portuguese: mamã
- Ido: mama
- → Irish: mama
- Galician: mama, mámoa (from mammula)
- Istriot: mama
- Italian: mamma
- Megleno-Romanian: mamă
- Neapolitan: mamma
- Portuguese: mama
- Romanian: mamă
- Romansch: mamma, mama, mumma, moma
- Sardinian: mama, mamma, immamma
- Spanish: mama
ReferencesEdit
- “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
LatvianEdit
NounEdit
mamma f (4th declension)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- mamma at tezaurs.lv
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma m (definite singular mammaen, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma f (definite singular mammaa, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
mamma n
- a vital spot of the body
- nerve center
DeclensionEdit
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
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 |
RomanschEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mamma f (plural mammas)
Coordinate termsEdit
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mamma c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mamma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mamma | mamman | mammor | mammorna |
Genitive | mammas | mammans | mammors | mammornas |