mamma
English
/ˈmæmə/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. plural: mammae
- (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mamma (breast, mother, teat, udder, nurse).
Origin
Latin
mamma
Gloss
breast, mother, teat, udder, nurse
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
🤱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- grandmamma English
- mammaplastic English
- mammaplasty English
- mammiferous English
- mammiform English
- pseudomamma English
- stepmamma English
- amma Latin
- mamma Latin
- mammalis Latin
- mammatus Latin
- mamma Italian
- mammalogia Italian
- maman French
- mammaire French
- mama Spanish, Castilian
- mamífero Spanish, Castilian
- μάμμη Ancient Greek
- mama Portuguese
- mamífero Portuguese
- mama Irish
- mamach Irish
- mamo Esperanto
- mama Catalan, Valencian
- mama Galician
- mamă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mamã Aromanian
- mamma Romansh
- mama Venetian
- mama Sardinian
- mama Istriot