See also: Mamma, mammà, and måmma

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.
  2. (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)

  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.

Further readingEdit

  • mamma at OneLook Dictionary Search

Alemannic GermanEdit

NounEdit

mamma f

  1. (Gressoney) mom, mama

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.maː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mam‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ɑmaː

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of mama.

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

NounEdit

mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)

  1. mamma, breast
    Synonym: borst
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)

  1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)
    Hvar er mamma mín?
    Where is my mommy?
    Synonym: móðir

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

From Swedish mamma.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

mamma

  1. (dialectal) mama
    Synonym: äiti
  2. (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.
    Synonym: tantta

DeclensionEdit

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
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.
Possessive forms of mamma (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mammani mammani
accusative nom. mammani mammani
gen. mammani
genitive mammani mammojeni
mammainirare
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
instructive
abessive mammattani mammoittani
comitative mammoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mammasi mammasi
accusative nom. mammasi mammasi
gen. mammasi
genitive mammasi mammojesi
mammaisirare
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
instructive
abessive mammattasi mammoittasi
comitative mammoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mammamme mammamme
accusative nom. mammamme mammamme
gen. mammamme
genitive mammamme mammojemme
mammaimmerare
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
instructive
abessive mammattamme mammoittamme
comitative mammoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mammanne mammanne
accusative nom. mammanne mammanne
gen. mammanne
genitive mammanne mammojenne
mammainnerare
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
instructive
abessive mammattanne mammoittanne
comitative mammoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mammansa mammansa
accusative nom. mammansa mammansa
gen. mammansa
genitive mammansa mammojensa
mammainsarare
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
instructive
abessive mammattaan
mammattansa
mammoittaan
mammoittansa
comitative mammoineen
mammoinensa

CompoundsEdit

Further readingEdit

GilberteseEdit

NounEdit

mamma (plural mamma)

  1. mammary gland
  2. mummy; mom; mum

VerbEdit

mamma

  1. to suck the breast

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)

  1. mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)
    Hvar er mamma mín?
    Where is my mommy?
    Synonym: móðir

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

InterlinguaEdit

NounEdit

mamma (plural mammas)

  1. mamma

Related termsEdit

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mamma.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mamma f (plural mamme)

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

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

  1. (anatomy) a breast
    Puero isti date mammam.
    Give that boy of yours your breast. (“suckle him”)
  2. (anatomy) an udder; a pap
  3. (anatomy, of animals) a teat, a dug
    Mammam sugere.
    To suck on a breast.
  4. (family) mama (a childish name for a mother in the language of children)
    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. (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

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)

  1. mum
  2. mother

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /mama/, [ˈmɑ̂mːa]

NounEdit

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

  1. mother
    Synonym: mor

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. mother
    Synonym: mor

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

mamma n

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

DeclensionEdit

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mamma.

NounEdit

mamma f (plural mammas)

  1. mother

Coordinate termsEdit

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

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mamma c

  1. mom (US), mommy (US), mama (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
    Han älskar sin mamma.
    He loves his mom.
    Synonyms: mor, moder, morsa (slang)
    Antonym: pappa

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mamma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mamma mamman mammor mammorna
Genitive mammas mammans mammors mammornas

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit