mom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mom"

English

Alternative forms

• mam
• Mom
• mum, Mum (Australian, British, Irish)

Etymology

Abbreviation of momma

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒm/
• (US) enPR: mŏm, IPA^(key): /mɑm/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /mɒm/, /mʌm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

Noun

mom (plural moms)

1. (Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
   1. (by extension) used as a term of address for one's wife
      • 2017, Allstate: All Alone‎^[1]:

        (spoken by the father) I don't share it with mom! Right, mom?

2. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.

Usage notes

• Mom can be capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun (e.g. with a possessive):

  I think Mom likes my new car.

  I think my mom will like you.

Derived terms

• almond mom
• angel mom
• ballet mom
• crunchy mom
• grandmom
• granola mom
• helicopter mom
• hockey mom
• insta-mom
• listmom
• momager
• mom and apple pie
• mom and pop
• mom-and-pop
• mom and them
• mombie
• mom bod
• mom cave
• momic
• mom-in-law
• momism
• mom jeans
• momnesia
• momoir
• mompreneur
• momsy
• mom test
• momtrepreneur
• momzilla
• Octomom
• refrigerator mom
• scrunchy mom
• security mom
• silky mom
• soccer mom
• stage mom
• stepmom
• tiger mom
• Twimom
• waitress mom
• wine mom
• your mom

 

Translations

mother — see mum

See also

• Mother’s Day
• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Verb

mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming, simple past and past participle mommed)

1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To care for in a motherly way.
   • 2019, Marie Johnston, Finish Line:

     The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.

   • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[2], Hachette, →ISBN:

     He tried to tell me how to live, to mom me, I told him fuck off, […]

Anagrams

• MMO

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)

1. mask
2. a specific kind of beer

Derived terms

• mombakkes
• mommer
• vermommen

Nisenan

Noun

mom

1. water

References

• Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch

White Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 帽 (mào, “hat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɒ˩̰/

Noun

mom

1. used in kaus mom (“hat, cap, helmet”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 130.