mummy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmʌmi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmi

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مومياء (mūmiyā'), from Persian مومیا (mumyā), from موم (mum, “wax”).

Noun

mummy (plural mummies)

1. (historical) A substance used in medicine prepared from mummified flesh.
   • 1978, Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine, Routledge 1978, p. 253:

     Yet another scatological medicament was obtained from mummy, the material derived from a dried or embalmed human corpse, the most valuable being that imported from Mizraim (ancient Egypt).

2. (archaic) A pulp.
3. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
4. Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

Translations

embalmed corpse

Arabic: مومياء Armenian: մումիա (hy) (mumia) Bosnian: mumija (bs) f. Catalan: mòmia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 木乃伊 (cmn) (mùnǎiyī) Czech: mumie (cs) f. Danish: mumie (da) Dutch: mummie (nl) Egyptian: zʽḥ Esperanto: mumio Finnish: muumio (1) French: momie (fr) f. German: Mumie (de) Greek: μούμια (el) f. Hungarian: múmia (hu) Irish: mumaí (ga) m., seargán (ga) m.

Italian: mummia (it) f. Lithuanian: mumija (lt) f. Norwegian: mumie (no) m. Persian: مومیا (fa) (mumyā) Polish: mumia (pl) f. Portuguese: múmia (pt) f. Romanian: mumie (ro) Romansch: mumia f. Russian: мумия (ru) (múmija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мумија f. Roman: mumija f. Slovak: múmia (sk) f. Spanish: momia (es) f. Swedish: mumie (sv) c. Turkish: mumya (tr) Vietnamese: xác ướp (vi)

Related terms

• mummification
• mummiform
• mummify
• mummia

Verb

mummy (third-person singular simple present mummies, present participle mummying, simple past and past participle mummied)

1. (dated, transitive) To mummify.

See also

• Wikisaurus:corpse

Etymology 2

Diminutive of mum, related to mom and mommy', from mother.

Noun

mummy (plural mummies)

1. (chiefly UK, Australian, usually childish) A child's term for mother.

Alternative forms

• mommy (US)

Translations

childs term for mother

Arabic: ماما (ar) (maamaa) f., مامان (ar) (mamaan) f., أمي (ar) ('úmmi) f. (my mother) Armenian: մայրիկ (hy) (mayrik) Chinese: Mandarin: 媽媽 (cmn), 妈妈 (cmn) (māma), 娘 (cmn) (niáng) Czech: máma (cs) f., maminka (cs) f. Esperanto: panjo (eo) Finnish: äiti (fi) French: maman (fr) f. German: Mutti (de) f., Mama (de) f., Mami (de) f. Hindi: अम्माँ (hi) (ammāṇ) f., माँ (hi) (mām̐) f., माताजी (hi) (mātājī) f. Icelandic: mamma (is) f. Italian: mamma (it) f. Japanese: お母さん (ja) (okāsan), ママ (ja) (mama) Korean: 엄마 (ko) (eomma), 어머니 (ko) (eomeoni) Lithuanian: mamytė f.

Norwegian: mamma (no) m. Persian: مامان (fa) (mâmân) Polish: mamusia (pl) f., mama (pl) f. Portuguese: (Brazil) mamãe (pt) f. Russian: мама (ru) (máma) f., мамочка (ru) (mámočka) f., матушка (ru) (mátuška) f. Sanskrit: अम्बा (sa) (ambā) f. Scottish Gaelic: màmag f. Slovak: mama (sk) f. Spanish: mamá (es) f. Swedish: mamma (sv) c. Thai: คุณแม่ (th) (kun mâe), แม่ (th) (mâe) Ukrainian: мама (uk) (máma) f. Urdu: اماں (amāṇ) f., امى (ur) (ammi) f. Vietnamese: uây khyếm mẹ (vi), mẹ (vi) Volapük: motül (vo)