HOW TO PRONOUNCE
mamma
/ˈmɑmə/
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What does mamma mean?
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.
- An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.
- Alternative spelling of mama.
More meanings (2)
interjection
- Alternative spelling of mama.
verb
- Alternative spelling of mama.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɑmə/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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“Mamma,” one of the twins comes out in a shrill treble, “why is Tillie Kronborg always talking about a thousand dollars?”
Her mamma had died when she was a baby, and her papa had kept her with him as long as he could.
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“Mamma, you believe, don’t you, that Topsy could become an angel, as well as any of us, if she were a Christian?”
“If you had told me sooner, Mamma, I would have gone,” she replied as she rose to go to her own room.
Nevertheless, abandoned as this child was, it sometimes happened, every two or three months, that he said, “Come, I’ll go and see mamma!”