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- Dictionarymama/ˈmamə/
noun
- 1. one's mother (especially as a child's term): dated North American "she had hated being parted from her mama and papa"
- 2. a mature woman: informal US "the ultimate tough blues mama"
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a sexually attractive, usually mature woman. one's wife. Also, mamma. * mammā) 1545–55; nursery word, with parallels in other European languages, probably in part inherited or borrowed, in part newly formed; compare Latin mamma, Greek mámmē breast, mama (see mamma2 ), French maman mama, Welsh mam mother (
a structure of mammals comprising one or more mammary glands with an associated nipple or teat, activated for the secretion of milk in the female after the birth of young. [before 1050; Middle English < Latin: breast, teat]
ma· ma ˈmä-mə. chiefly Britishmə-ˈmä. variants or less commonly mamma or momma. Synonyms of mama. 1. : mother. 2. slang: wife, woman. Synonyms. mammy. mater [chiefly British] mommy. mother. old lady. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of mama in a Sentence. I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
a mother: [ as form of address ] Can I have some more, Mama? Where's your mama? Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. your parents. parent My parents died when I was young. biological parent Some children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents.
Mama is an informal word for mother. Mama can also be spelled momma and mamma. Mama is informal, and it’s often used by young children, much like the word mommy. Adults also sometimes use mama to refer to their mothers, especially when they have a close relationship.
Mama is a kind of nickname for your mother, another way to say "mom" or "mommy." A very common first word for babies in nearly every country is mama. The ma sound shows up very early in a baby's babbling, and experts believe that's where mama originated.
noun. 1. informal. mother. 2. slang. a. a sexually attractive, usually mature woman. b.
From a reduplication of ma; a trend present in many Indo-European languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk; or perhaps representing, in altered form, a continuation of Middle English mome (“mother, aunt" ), from Proto-Germanic *mōmÇ (“mother, aunt" ), from Proto-Indo-European *méhâ‚‚-méhâ‚‚, reduplication of ...
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Definition of mama noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
