mummy (redirected from mummies)

mum·my ¹  (mm)

n. pl. mum·mies

1. The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.

2. A withered, shrunken, or well-preserved body that resembles an embalmed body.

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[Middle English mummie, medicinal material from embalmed corpses, from Old French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic mmya, from mm, wax, from Persian.]

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mummy ¹

Noun

pl -mies Chiefly Brit an embalmed body as prepared for burial in ancient Egypt [Persian mūm wax]

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mummy ²

Noun

pl -mies a child's word for mother [variant of mum¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mummy - informal terms for a mother           ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, 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"
	2.	mummy - a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt) dead body, body - a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"

Translations

mummy [ˈmʌmɪ] n (BRIT) (= mother); mamá;

(embalmed) → momia

mummy [ˈmʌmɪ] n (Brit) (= mother); maman f;

(embalmed) → momie f

mummy [ˈmʌmɪ] n (Brit) (mother) → Mami f;

(embalmed body) → Mumie f

mummy [ˈmʌmɪ] n (BRIT) (= mother); mamma;

(embalmed) → mummia

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mummy mum