mamma
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mə, məˈmɑ noun
mama.
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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English < Latin: breast, teat (whence Old English mamme teat). See mamma1
before 1050; Middle English < Latin: breast, teat (whence Old English mamme teat). See mamma1
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World English Dictionary
| mamma1 | |
| —n | |
| 1. | another word for mother Also: momma |
| 2. | informal a buxom and voluptuous woman |
| [C16: reduplication of childish syllable ma; compare Welsh mam, French maman, Russian mama] | |
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| —n , pl -mae | |
| 1. | the milk-secreting organ of female mammals: the breast in women, the udder in cows, sheep, etc |
| 2. | (functioning as plural) breast-shaped protuberances, esp from the base of cumulonimbus clouds |
| [C17: from Latin: breast] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
mamma
1579, reduplication of *ma-, nearly universal among the I.E. languages (cf. Gk. mamme "mother, grandmother," L. mamma, Pers. mama, Rus., Lith. mama "mother," Ger. Muhme "mother's sister," Fr. mamen, Welsh mam "mother"). Probably a natural sound in baby-talk, perhaps imitative of sound made while sucking.
In educated usage, the stress is always on the last syllable. In terms of recorded usage in Eng., mum is from 1823, mummy 1839, momma 1884, mom 1894, and mommy 1902.
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Medical Dictionary
mamma mam·ma (mām'ə)
n. pl. mam·mae (mām'ē)
A mammary gland.
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Example sentences
Mamma-The size of the mamma is subject to great variations.
Birds and insects have suffered, but some mamma populations have thrived, probably because of the conspicuous lack of people.
In the case of an thunderstorm, mamma generally appear on the underside of the anvil.
The left mamma is generally a little larger than the right.
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