# mamma
## English
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmæmə/
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* Rhymes: -æmə

#### Noun

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

* mammal
* mammalgia
* mammaplasty
* mammary
* mammate
* mammatroph
* mammectomy
* mammiform
* mammilla
* mammiplasia
* mammitis
* mammogen
* mammogenesis
* mammogram
* mammography
* mammoplasia
* mammose
* mammosomatotrope
* mammosomatotroph
* mammotomy
* mammotroph
* mammotrophic
* mammotropic
* mammotropin

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there.

#### Noun

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.

### Further reading

* “mamma”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Alemannic German
### Noun

mamma f
* (Gressoney) mom, mama

### References

* 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
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑ.maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mam‧ma
* Rhymes: -ɑmaː

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mamma f (plural mamma's, diminutive mammaatje n)
* Alternative form of mama

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mamma.

#### Noun

mamma f (plural mamma's or mammae)
* mamma, breast
    Synonym: borst

##### Usage notes

Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (“mother”).

## Faroese
### Alternative forms

* momma

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmamːa/
* Rhymes: -amːa

### Noun

mamma f (genitive singular mammu, plural mammur)
* mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)
    Synonym: móðir
    Hvar er mamma mín?Where is my mommy?

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish mamma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑmːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝mːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmːɑ
* Hyphenation: mam‧ma

### Noun

mamma
* (dialectal, childish) mama, mother (chiefly Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia)
    Synonym: äiti
* (dialectal, childish) grandma, grandmother (chiefly Southwest Finnish, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, South Karelia)
    Synonym: isoäiti
* (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.
    Synonym: tantta

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mamma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mammani
mammani
accusative
nom.
mammani
mammani
gen.
mammani
genitive
mammani
mammojeni mammaini $^{rare}$
partitive
mammaani
mammojani
inessive
mammassani
mammoissani
elative
mammastani
mammoistani
illative
mammaani
mammoihini
adessive
mammallani
mammoillani
ablative
mammaltani
mammoiltani
allative
mammalleni
mammoilleni
essive
mammanani
mammoinani
translative
mammakseni
mammoikseni
abessive
mammattani
mammoittani
instructive
comitative
—mammoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mammasi
mammasi
accusative
nom.
mammasi
mammasi
gen.
mammasi
genitive
mammasi
mammojesi mammaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
mammaasi
mammojasi
inessive
mammassasi
mammoissasi
elative
mammastasi
mammoistasi
illative
mammaasi
mammoihisi
adessive
mammallasi
mammoillasi
ablative
mammaltasi
mammoiltasi
allative
mammallesi
mammoillesi
essive
mammanasi
mammoinasi
translative
mammaksesi
mammoiksesi
abessive
mammattasi
mammoittasi
instructive
comitative
—mammoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mammamme
mammamme
accusative
nom.
mammamme
mammamme
gen.
mammamme
genitive
mammamme
mammojemme mammaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
mammaamme
mammojamme
inessive
mammassamme
mammoissamme
elative
mammastamme
mammoistamme
illative
mammaamme
mammoihimme
adessive
mammallamme
mammoillamme
ablative
mammaltamme
mammoiltamme
allative
mammallemme
mammoillemme
essive
mammanamme
mammoinamme
translative
mammaksemme
mammoiksemme
abessive
mammattamme
mammoittamme
instructive
comitative
—mammoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mammanne
mammanne
accusative
nom.
mammanne
mammanne
gen.
mammanne
genitive
mammanne
mammojenne mammainne $^{rare}$
partitive
mammaanne
mammojanne
inessive
mammassanne
mammoissanne
elative
mammastanne
mammoistanne
illative
mammaanne
mammoihinne
adessive
mammallanne
mammoillanne
ablative
mammaltanne
mammoiltanne
allative
mammallenne
mammoillenne
essive
mammananne
mammoinanne
translative
mammaksenne
mammoiksenne
abessive
mammattanne
mammoittanne
instructive
comitative
—mammoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mammansa
mammansa
accusative
nom.
mammansa
mammansa
gen.
mammansa
genitive
mammansa
mammojensa mammainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mammaansa
mammojaan mammojansa
inessive
mammassaan mammassansa
mammoissaan mammoissansa
elative
mammastaan mammastansa
mammoistaan mammoistansa
illative
mammaansa
mammoihinsa
adessive
mammallaan mammallansa
mammoillaan mammoillansa
ablative
mammaltaan mammaltansa
mammoiltaan mammoiltansa
allative
mammalleen mammallensa
mammoilleen mammoillensa
essive
mammanaan mammanansa
mammoinaan mammoinansa
translative
mammakseen mammaksensa
mammoikseen mammoiksensa
abessive
mammattaan mammattansa
mammoittaan mammoittansa
instructive
comitative
—mammoineen mammoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* mammaloma
* mammamekko
* mammanpoika
* sokerimamma

### Further reading

* “mamma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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
### Noun

mamma (plural mamma)
* mammary gland
* mummy; mom; mum

### Verb

mamma
* to suck the breast

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmamːa/
* Rhymes: -amːa

### Noun

mamma f (genitive singular mömmu, nominative plural mömmur)
* mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)
    Synonym: móðir
    Hvar er mamma mín?Where is my mommy?

#### Declension
### Further reading

* 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
### Noun

mamma (plural mammas)
* mamma

#### Related terms

* mammari

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin mamma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmam.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amma
* Hyphenation: màm‧ma

### Noun

mamma f (plural mamme)
* mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
* mother
* type of artichoke

#### Synonyms

* madre
* cimarolo

#### Derived terms

* mamma mia

### Further reading

* mamma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Latin
### Etymology

Uncertain. Either a native childish term of onomatopoeic origin, or borrowed from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmam.ma/, [ˈmämːä]

### Noun

mamma f (genitive mammae); first declension
* (anatomy) breast
    Puero isti da 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)
    Cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam.Since children call food and drink bua and papa, mother mamma and father tata.
* (by extension) a protuberance on tree bark

#### Usage notes

* 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

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* mammālis
* mammam dare (“to give someone the breast, to suckle someone”)
* mammātus
* mammeātus
* mammicula
* mammilla
* mammō
* mammōsus
* mammula

#### Descendants

* Aromanian: mamã
* → English: mamma
* French: maman
** Portuguese: mamã
* Ido: mama
* → Irish: mama
* Istriot: mama
* Italian: mamma
* Megleno-Romanian: mamă
* Mozarabic: ממה (mmh)
* Neapolitan: mamma
* Old Galician-Portuguese: mama
** Galician: mama
** Portuguese: mama
* Old Galician-Portuguese: mamoa (from mammula)
** Galician: mámoa
** Portuguese: mamoa
* Romanian: mamă
* Romansch: mamma, mama, mumma, moma
* Sardinian: mama, mamma, immamma
* Spanish: mama

### References

* “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
### Noun

mamma f (4th declension)
* mum
* mother

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mamma at tezaurs.lv

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mama/, [ˈmɑ̂mːa]

### Noun

mamma m (definite singular mammaen, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
* mother
    Synonym: mor

### See also

* far, pappa
* bror, søster, søsken
* sønn, datter

### References

* “mamma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mama/, [ˈmɑmːa]

### Noun

mamma f (definite singular mammaa, indefinite plural mammaer, definite plural mammaene)
* mother
    Synonym: mor

### See also

* far, pappa
* bror, syster, sysken
* son, dotter

### References

* “mamma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* मम्म (Devanagari script)
* মম্ম (Bengali script)
* මම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
* မမ္မ or မမ်မ (Burmese script)
* มมฺม or มัมมะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ມມ຺ມ or ມັມມະ (Lao script)
* មម្ម (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Noun

mamma n
* a vital spot of the body
* nerve center

#### Declension
## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

mamma f (plural mammas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of mama.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

mamma
* inflection of mammar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* mama, mumma, moma

### Etymology

From Latin mamma.

### Noun

mamma f (plural mammas)
* mother

#### Coordinate terms

* (with regards to gender): bab
* (with regards to ancestry): figl, figlia

## Swedish
### Etymology

Uncertain. Either a native childish term of onomatopoeic origin, or borrowed from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [²mamːa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mamma c
* mom (US), mommy (US), mama (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)
    Synonyms: mor, moder, (slang) morsa, (definite, colloquial) mamsen
    Antonym: pappa
    Han älskar sin mamma.He loves his mom.

#### Usage notes

The most common and neutral word for mother.

#### Derived terms

* din mamma
* mammas död

### References

* mamma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* mamma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)