Mamma

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmæmÉ™/
• Rhymes: -æmÉ™

From Latin mamma.

Full definition of mamma

Noun

1. (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. plural: mammae
2. (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

Derived terms

Alternative spelling of mama or momma.

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of mama: mother.
• 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-AvelingThe next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.----