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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mam•ma1 (mä′mə, mə mä′),USA pronunciation n. - mama.
mam•ma2 (mam′ə),USA pronunciation n., pl. mam•mae (mam′ē)USA pronunciation for 1;
mam•ma for 2.- Anatomya structure, characteristic of mammals, that comprises one or more mammary glands with an associated nipple or teat, usually rudimentary unless developed and activated for the secretion of milk in the female after the birth of young.
- Meteorology(used with a pl. v.) hanging, breastlike protuberances on the under surface of a cloud.
- Latin: breast, teat (whence Old English mamme teat). See mamma1
- Middle English bef. 1050
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mamma /ˈmæmə/ n ( pl -mae / -miː/)- the milk-secreting organ of female mammals: the breast in women, the udder in cows, sheep, etc
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin: breast ma•ma or mam•ma /ˈmɑmə, məˈmɑ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -mas. - Informal Termsmother1.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ma•ma (mä′mə; for 1 also mə mä′),USA pronunciation n. - Informal Termsmother.
- Slang Terms
- a sexually attractive, usually mature woman.
- one's wife.
Also, mamma. - *mammā)
- 1545–55; nursery word, with parallels in other European languages, probably in part inherited or borrowed, in part newly formed; compare Latin mamma, Greek mámmē breast, mama (see mamma2), French maman mama, Welsh mam mother (
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