mamma (redirected from mammae)

mam·ma ¹  (mäm)

n.

Variant of mama.

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mam·ma ²  (mm)

n. pl. mam·mae (mm)

An organ of female mammals that contains milk-producing glands; a mammary gland.

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[Latin; see m-² in Indo-European roots.]

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mammate (mmt) adj.

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mamma¹

n Chiefly US

1. Also momma another word for mother¹

2. Informal a buxom and voluptuous woman

[reduplication of childish syllable ma; compare Welsh mam, French maman, Russian mama]

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mamma²

n pl -mae [-miː]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the milk-secreting organ of female mammals: the breast in women, the udder in cows, sheep, etc.

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (functioning as plural) breast-shaped protuberances, esp from the base of cumulonimbus clouds

[from Latin: breast]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mamma - informal terms for a mother           mom, momma, mommy, ma, mama, mummy, mammy, mum 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"
	2.	mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals mammary gland female mammal - animals that nourish their young with milk dug - an udder or breast or teat udder, bag - mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland - a gland that secretes externally through a duct tit, titty, boob, breast, knocker, bosom - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman mamilla, mammilla, nipple, teat, tit, pap - the small projection of a mammary gland

Translations

mamma [məˈmɑː] N (esp US) → mamá f

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mamma

n mamma, mama [məˈmaː, maːmə]

a (name for one's) mother. mamma ماما، أمّي мама maminka, mamka mama; mor die Mama μαμά mama, mamá emme مامان äiti maman אִמָא मां majka, mama mama ibu mamma mamma ママ 엄마 mama māmiņa ibu mama mamma mama mamA mamă мама mamička mama mama mamma แม่ anne, ana 媽媽 мама امّاں، امّی mẹ 妈妈