mom·ma

(mä′mə)

Variant of mama.

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momma

(ˈmɒmə)

US and Canadian another word for mother¹

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mom•ma

(ˈmɒm ə)

n., pl. -mas.

Informal. mother ¹ (defs. 1, 2).

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

momma - informal terms for a mother

ma, mama, mamma, mom, mommy, mummy, mum, mammy

female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"

Translations

mamá

mami

momma

[ˈmɒmə] N (US) mommy [ˈmɒmɪ] N (US) → mamá f

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momma

[ˈmɒmə] n (Am) (fam) → mamma

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"She told that fib about her momma, as if she did know, and colored up when the flowers came quite prettily.

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The little girls knew something was wrong, but as most children have done throughout the years, they relied on Poppa and Momma to make it right.

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Momma had called because a friend of a friend of a friend's brother wanted me to take some rich Yankee hunting.

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