mum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.5 Interjection 1.6 Verb 1.7 Anagrams 2 Turkish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (US, Canada) mom

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʌm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌm

[edit] Noun

mum (plural mums)

1. (informal) Mother.
2. A chrysanthemum.

[edit] Usage notes

Mum is only capitalized when used as a proper noun:

• I don't think Mum will like you.
• I don't think my mum will like you.

[edit] Synonyms

See WikiSaurus:mother

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

mum (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) silent.
2. (colloquial) secret.

[edit] Derived terms

• keep mum
• mum's the word

[edit] Interjection

mum!

1. stop speaking!

[edit] Verb

to mum (third-person singular simple present mums, present participle mumming, simple past and past participle mummed)

1. to act in a pantomime or dumb show

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of MMU
• umm

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[edit] Turkish

Wikipedia ^tr

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: mum

[edit] Etymology

From Persian موم (mum).

[edit] Noun

mum (definite accusative mumu, plural mumlar)

1. candle

[edit] Declension