mommen.

Brit.

/ˈmɒmi/,

/ˈmɒmeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈmɑmi/,

/ˈmɑmeɪ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (occasionally) mommes.

Forms: 1700s momi, 1700s 1900s– mome, 1800s momé, 1800s mon-me, 1800s– momme, 1900s– mommé.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese momme.

Etymology: < Japanese momme (15th cent.) < mon former unit of length (about 2.64 cm) and currency ( < Middle Chinese) + me eye (used figuratively in the sense ‘weight’, and in the same senses as momme). Compare German Mome, Momi (1779 as Mowe (sic), Momi in printed version of text translated from manuscript in quots. 1727¹, 1727¹).Japanese momme was formerly also the name of a small coin weighing one momme, used in the Edo period. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫm) /mɒm/.

A Japanese unit of weight equal to 3.75 grams (approx. 0.132 oz).This unit is now considered obsolete or archaic in Japan, except for special traditional purposes, such as weighing natural and cultured pearls (cf. quots. 1988, 1992, 2012).

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1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. iv. vii. 349 The yearly value of the Cobanj..is from 55 to 59 Mome, or Maas in silver.

1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. iv. viii. 362 The highest value of the Cobang, as current in the country, is of sixty Momi, or Maas, of silver.

1868 E. Seyd Bullion 265 The quantity of silver being coined daily..was 50,000 momme.

1898 Echo 20 Jan. 1/6 Heyl gives the mommes as equal to 1.75 grammes, while the correct equivalent is 3.75 grammes.

1902 L. Hearn Kottō vii. 58 I have already been able to put by about one hundred mommé of silver.

1965 Economist 25 Dec. 1432/1 We buy gold by the—tael in Shanghai; momme in Tokyo; tola in Karachi; hong ping tael in Macao; and kilogram in Kabul.

1974 S. Marcus Minding Store (1975) ix. 184 This select 5% are not..our best customers, but..our most exacting ones. They know..the difference between a silk scarf made of twelve-momme weight and one made of sixteen-momme.

1988 New Scientist 25 Feb. 66/3 All South Sea pearls are assessed in Japan, where they are carefully measured and weighed in mome (units of 3.75 grams, or 18.75 carats).

1992 R. Newman Pearl Buying Guide 79 When pearl dealers buy large lots of cultured pearls,..the measure generally used is the momme.

2012 A. M. Miller Illustr. Guide Jewelry Appraising 163 There are 75 pearl grains to a momme. One momme equals 18.75 carats.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	momme
释义	mommen. Brit. /ˈmɒmi/, /ˈmɒmeɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɑmi/, /ˈmɑmeɪ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (occasionally) mommes. Forms: 1700s momi, 1700s 1900s– mome, 1800s momé, 1800s mon-me, 1800s– momme, 1900s– mommé. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese momme. Etymology: < Japanese momme (15th cent.) < mon former unit of length (about 2.64 cm) and currency ( < Middle Chinese) + me eye (used figuratively in the sense ‘weight’, and in the same senses as momme). Compare German Mome, Momi (1779 as Mowe (sic), Momi in printed version of text translated from manuscript in quots. 1727¹, 1727¹).Japanese momme was formerly also the name of a small coin weighing one momme, used in the Edo period. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫm) /mɒm/. A Japanese unit of weight equal to 3.75 grams (approx. 0.132 oz).This unit is now considered obsolete or archaic in Japan, except for special traditional purposes, such as weighing natural and cultured pearls (cf. quots. 1988, 1992, 2012). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > [noun] > unit or denomination of weight > unit in Japan momme1727 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. iv. vii. 349 The yearly value of the Cobanj..is from 55 to 59 Mome, or Maas in silver. 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. iv. viii. 362 The highest value of the Cobang, as current in the country, is of sixty Momi, or Maas, of silver. 1868 E. Seyd Bullion 265 The quantity of silver being coined daily..was 50,000 momme. 1898 Echo 20 Jan. 1/6 Heyl gives the mommes as equal to 1.75 grammes, while the correct equivalent is 3.75 grammes. 1902 L. Hearn Kottō vii. 58 I have already been able to put by about one hundred mommé of silver. 1965 Economist 25 Dec. 1432/1 We buy gold by the—tael in Shanghai; momme in Tokyo; tola in Karachi; hong ping tael in Macao; and kilogram in Kabul. 1974 S. Marcus Minding Store (1975) ix. 184 This select 5% are not..our best customers, but..our most exacting ones. They know..the difference between a silk scarf made of twelve-momme weight and one made of sixteen-momme. 1988 New Scientist 25 Feb. 66/3 All South Sea pearls are assessed in Japan, where they are carefully measured and weighed in mome (units of 3.75 grams, or 18.75 carats). 1992 R. Newman Pearl Buying Guide 79 When pearl dealers buy large lots of cultured pearls,..the measure generally used is the momme. 2012 A. M. Miller Illustr. Guide Jewelry Appraising 163 There are 75 pearl grains to a momme. One momme equals 18.75 carats. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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