mamma
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma (plural mammae or mammas)
- (anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- 1880, Herbert Spencer, The Study of Sociology, page 434:
- Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other […] Thus, to take an extreme case, the mammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield milk: there are various cases of gynecomasty on record, and in famines infants whose mothers have died have been thus saved.
- (meteorology) An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.
Noun
[edit]mamma (plural mammas)
- Alternative spelling of mama: mother.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
Further reading
[edit]- “mamma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Alemannic German
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f
References
[edit]- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)
- Alternative form of mama
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)
Usage notes
[edit]Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (“mother”).
Faroese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mamma | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mamma | mamman | mammur | mammurnar |
accusative | mammu | mammuna | mammur | mammurnar |
dative | mammu | mammuni | mammum | mammunum |
genitive | mammu | mammunnar | mamma | mammanna |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mamma | mammat | |
genitive | mamman | mammojen | |
partitive | mammaa | mammoja | |
illative | mammaan | mammoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mamma | mammat | |
accusative | nom. | mamma | mammat |
gen. | mamman | ||
genitive | mamman | mammojen mammain rare | |
partitive | mammaa | mammoja | |
inessive | mammassa | mammoissa | |
elative | mammasta | mammoista | |
illative | mammaan | mammoihin | |
adessive | mammalla | mammoilla | |
ablative | mammalta | mammoilta | |
allative | mammalle | mammoille | |
essive | mammana | mammoina | |
translative | mammaksi | mammoiksi | |
abessive | mammatta | mammoitta | |
instructive | — | mammoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mamma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Gilbertese
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma (plural mamma)
Verb
[edit]mamma
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)
Declension
[edit]Declension of mamma | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mamma | mamman | mömmur | mömmurnar |
accusative | mömmu | mömmuna | mömmur | mömmurnar |
dative | mömmu | mömmunni | mömmum | mömmunum |
genitive | mömmu | mömmunnar | mamma | mammanna |
Further reading
[edit]- mamma in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
- “mamma” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Interlingua
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma (plural mammas)
Related terms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (plural mamme)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]
Noun
[edit]mamma f (genitive mammae); first declension
- (anatomy) breast
- Puero isti date mammam.
- Give that boy of yours your breast [i.e. suckle him].
- (anatomy) udder; pap
- (anatomy, of animals) teat, dug
- mammam sugere ― to suck on a breast
- (childish) mama (mother)
- (by extension) a protuberance on tree bark
Usage notes
[edit]- This term was used especially of females, but also of males – although rarely:
- Mammas homo solus e maribus habet.
- Among male animals, man alone has breasts.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mamma | mammae |
Genitive | mammae | mammārum |
Dative | mammae | mammīs |
Accusative | mammam | mammās |
Ablative | mammā | mammīs |
Vocative | mamma | mammae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Aromanian: mamã
- → English: mamma
- French: maman
- Portuguese: mamã
- Ido: mama
- → Irish: mama
- Galician: mama, mámoa (from mammula)
- Istriot: mama
- Italian: mamma
- Megleno-Romanian: mamă
- Mozarabic: ממה (mmh)
- Neapolitan: mamma
- Portuguese: mama
- Romanian: mamă
- Romansch: mamma, mama, mumma, moma
- Sardinian: mama, mamma, immamma
- Spanish: mama
References
[edit]- “mamma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “mamma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mamma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- mamma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mamma”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (4th declension)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mamma at tezaurs.lv
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma m (definite singular mammaen, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (definite singular mammaa, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma n
- a vital spot of the body
- nerve center
Declension
[edit]Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | mammaṃ | mammāni |
Accusative (second) | mammaṃ | mammāni |
Instrumental (third) | mammena | mammehi or mammebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mammassa or mammāya or mammatthaṃ | mammānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mammasmā or mammamhā or mammā | mammehi or mammebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mammassa | mammānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mammasmiṃ or mammamhi or mamme | mammesu |
Vocative (calling) | mamma | mammāni |
Romansch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma f (plural mammas)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mamma c
Usage notes
[edit]The most common and neutral word for mother.
Declension
[edit]Declension of mamma | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mamma | mamman | mammor | mammorna |
Genitive | mammas | mammans | mammors | mammornas |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English learned borrowings from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/æmə
- Rhymes:English/æmə/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Anatomy
- English terms with quotations
- en:Meteorology
- en:Female family members
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German feminine nouns
- Gressoney Walser
- gsw:Family
- gsw:Female
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑmaː
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch feminine nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch nouns with Latin plurals
- nl:Body parts
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/amːa
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- fo:Family
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmːɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish dialectal terms
- Finnish colloquialisms
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Family
- Gilbertese lemmas
- Gilbertese nouns
- Gilbertese verbs
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/amːa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/amːa/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- is:Family
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua nouns
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/amma
- Rhymes:Italian/amma/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Female family members
- it:Vegetables
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Anatomy
- Latin terms with usage examples
- Latin childish terms
- la:Female family members
- la:Parents
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Family
- nn:Family members
- nn:Female
- nn:Female family members
- nn:Parents
- nn:People
- Pali lemmas
- Pali nouns
- Pali nouns in Latin script
- Pali neuter nouns
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch nouns
- Romansch feminine nouns
- rm:Family
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Parents
- sv:Female