mamma

CEFRA1

/ˈmæmə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An informal word for mother.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Examples

  • Mamma Leone’s, in New York, helped bring Italian cuisine to the American masses.

  • Your mamma's so fat, she'd break London Bridge.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  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.

More examples

In context

  • This begets Scorn, hovv can one stand in avve, / Of a vain Tavvdry, Amorous Mamma.

  • I can't but say that his mamma was right, / If such an education was the true one.

  • Priſc[illa] vvill Mamma-up Mrs. Sinclair, and vvill undertake to court her guardian to let her paſs a delightful vveek vvith her.

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On the farm, the newborn calf stayed close to its blank for warmth and milk.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.