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mamma¹

  • /ˈmæmə/

Rhymes with -æmə

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.

noun mammae · mammas

  1. The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. 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 h
  2. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

mamma²

Where it comes from

Variant of mama.

noun mammas

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of mama The Ideas of the Nurſe, and the Mother, are vvell framed in their Minds; and, like Pictures of them there, repreſent only thoſe Individuals. The Names they firſt give to them, are confined to theſe Individuals; and the names of Nurſe, and Mamma, the Child uſes, determine themſelves to thoſe Perſons.

interjection

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of mama He do n't do a thing in the world except travel around with some more o' them handy boys and lay for jack-pots. And the talk he gives you! Mamma! He 's better 'n any o' them shell-workers that used to graft out at the gover'ment pier.

verb mammas · mammaing · mammaed

  1. alternative, transitive, uncommon Alternative spelling of mama Priſc[illa] vvill Mamma-up Mrs. Sinclair, and vvill undertake to court her guardian to let her paſs a delightful vveek vvith her.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mammary gland, mummy, mater, mammy, momma, mommy, mum, mama, mom, ma, breast, mami, mam, moms, mother, motherhood

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noun milk-secreting organ

Españolmama
Portuguêsmama
Italianomammella
Русскиймоло́чная железа́ molóčnaja železá

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"mamma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mamma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mamma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mamma

Chicago

"mamma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mamma.

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@misc{mamma_2026,
  title = {mamma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mamma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}