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Meaning of mamma | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈmæmə

Definitions

  1. The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
  2. Alternative spelling of mama: mother.
    alt-of, alternative
  3. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Equivalents

العربية الأمّ بز
Bosanski mama дојка
Català mama mamella
Español mamá
Suomi nisä
Français mamma
Galego mama
Hrvatski mama дојка
Bahasa Indonesia mama payudara susu tetek
Italiano mamma mamma mammella
Македонски дојка
Português mama
Српски mama дојка

Examples

“Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other […] Thus, to take an extreme case, the mammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield milk: there are various cases of gynecomasty on record, and in famines infants whose mothers have died have been thus saved.”
“1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The 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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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