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mam

/mɑm/

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What does mam mean?

noun

  1. (informal) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
  2. (slang) A woman's breast.
  3. Misspelling of ma'am.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. Initialism of methylazoxymethanol

proper noun

  1. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
  2. (informal) One’s mother.

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IPA pronunciation

/mɑm/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɛˈmeɪˈɛm/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The small child may say, "Mam--ma, I want a tooky."
Benjamin Nathaniel BogueStammering, its cause and cureProject Gutenberg ebook #4256
“Yes mam, dese is hard times for eberybody dat 'bleves in de Union. I 'spose deys cotched your husband, an' put him in de army, ain't dey?”
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
More book examples (3)
Tad in mam; blessed sounds; in all languages expressing the same blessed things.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
"Oh, Mammy, Mam--" But he couldn't scream any more, for the big snake had his ear in his mouth and was winding about the soft little body, squeezing Raggylug's life out.
Sara Cone BryantHow to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to TellProject Gutenberg ebook #474
“I wish you would,” says I, “because it’s pap that’s there, and maybe you’d help me tow the raft ashore where the light is. He’s sick—and so is mam and Mary Ann.”
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76