mamma
/ˈmæmə/
mamma noun: the milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. Also the alternative spelling of mama.
Noun
mamma (plural mammae or mammas)
- 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...1880, Herbert Spencer, The Study of Sociology, page 434
- An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
Also used as
mamma is also the alternative spelling of mama.
mamma meaning in Hindi, Gujarati and Indonesian
mamma in Hindi
- मम्मा
mamma in Gujarati
- મમ્મા
mamma in Indonesian
- milk-secreting organ
- mama, payudara, susu, tetek
Examples of mamma in a sentence
- You can crab block him but improvise and overcome this big mamma jamma!
- In that mode, she reminded him of mamma grizzlies and female lions defending their cubs.
- "Mamma, did you hear what I said, Mamma?" Boardman felt his side.
Forms of mamma
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mammae |
| plural | mammas |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mammas |
| present participle | mammaing |
| past participle | mammaed |
| past | mammaed |
Origin of mamma
Learned borrowing from Latin mamma.
Variant of mama.
Words formed from mamma
- grandmamma
- stepmamma
- mammal
- mammalgia
- mammaplasty
- mammary
- mammate
- mammatroph
- mammectomy
- mammiferous
- mammiform
- mammilla
- mammiplasia
- mammitis
- mammogen
- mammogenesis
- mammogram
- mammography
- mammoplasia
- mammose
- mammosomatotrope
- mammosomatotroph
- mammotomy
- mammotroph
- mammotrophic
- mammotropic
- mammotropin
- pseudomamma
Phrases with mamma
Words that rhyme with mamma
Questions about mamma
- What does mamma mean?
- Mamma means the milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- What is mamma in Hindi?
- Mamma in Hindi is मम्मा. See Mamma meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mamma?
- Mamma is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mamma?
- Mamma is pronounced /ˈmæmə/.
- What is the plural of mamma?
- The plural of mamma is mammae.
Words near mamma in the dictionary
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