mummy

noun

/ˈmʌmi/

(plural mummies)

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(British English)
(North American English mommy, momma)
(informal) a child’s word for a mother
- ‘I want my mummy!’ he wailed.
- It hurts, Mummy!
- Mummy and Daddy will be back soon.
see also yummy mummyTopics Family and relationshipsa2
a body of a human or an animal that has been mummified
- an Egyptian mummy
Topics Historyc2

Word Originsense 1 late 18th cent.: perhaps an alteration of earlier mammy.sense 2 late Middle English (denoting a substance taken from embalmed bodies and used in medicines): from French momie, from medieval Latin mumia and Arabic mūmiyā ‘embalmed body’, perhaps from Persian mūm ‘wax’.

单词	mummy
释义	mummy noun /ˈmʌmi/ /ˈmʌmi/ (plural mummies) jump to other results (British English) (North American English mommy, momma) (informal) a child’s word for a mother ‘I want my mummy!’ he wailed. It hurts, Mummy! Mummy and Daddy will be back soon. see also yummy mummyTopics Family and relationshipsa2 a body of a human or an animal that has been mummified an Egyptian mummy Topics Historyc2 Word Originsense 1 late 18th cent.: perhaps an alteration of earlier mammy.sense 2 late Middle English (denoting a substance taken from embalmed bodies and used in medicines): from French momie, from medieval Latin mumia and Arabic mūmiyā ‘embalmed body’, perhaps from Persian mūm ‘wax’.
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