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momme

momme noun: a unit of weight (3.75 grams) used for pearls, paper, and silk.

Noun

momme (plural mommes or momme)

  1. A unit of weight (3.75 grams) used for pearls, paper, and silk.

Forms of momme

pluralmommes
pluralmomme

Origin of momme

Borrowed from Japanese 匁(もんめ) (monme).

Questions about momme

What does momme mean?
Momme means a unit of weight (3.75 grams) used for pearls, paper, and silk.
What part of speech is momme?
Momme is a noun.
What is the plural of momme?
The plural of momme is mommes.

Words near momme in the dictionary

  1. mommacita
  2. mommacitas
  3. mommack
  4. mommacks
  5. mommas
  6. momme
  7. mommed
  8. mommeries
  9. mommery
  10. mommes
  11. mommet

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