"mamma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmæmə/ Forms: mammae [plural], mammas [plural]
Rhymes: -æmə Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mamma. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|mamma}} Learned borrowing from Latin mamma Head templates: {{en-noun|mammae|s}} mamma (plural mammae or mammas)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Female family members Translations (milk-secreting organ): mama [feminine] (Catalan), mamella [feminine] (Catalan), گوان (gwan) (english: animals only) (Central Kurdish), nisä (Finnish), mama [feminine] (Galician), mama [masculine] (Irish), faireog mhamach [feminine] (Irish), mammella (Italian), до́јка (dójka) [feminine] (Macedonian), guhan [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), mama [feminine] (Portuguese), моло́чная железа́ (molóčnaja železá) [feminine] (Russian), mama [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-mamma-en-noun-cVsBl15u Disambiguation of Female family members: 44 34 22 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'milk-secreting organ': 97 3
  2. (meteorology) An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-mamma-en-noun-Km7Fe25j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 45 19 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: mammal, mammalgia, mammaplasty, mammary, mammate, mammatroph, mammectomy, mammiform, mammilla, mammiplasia, mammitis, mammogen, mammogenesis, mammogram, mammography, mammoplasia, mammose, mammosomatotrope, mammosomatotroph, mammotomy, mammotroph, mammotrophic, mammotropic, mammotropin

Noun

Forms: mammas [plural]
Etymology: Alternative spelling of mama; see further etymology there. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mama}} mama Head templates: {{en-noun}} mamma (plural mammas)
  1. Alternative spelling of mama: mother. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mama (extra: mother)
    Sense id: en-mamma-en-noun-Qf8Yxlv~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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