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maman — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ma noun An informal word for "mother".
  • mammy noun An informal, affectionate word for mother.
  • mother noun A female parent.
  • mum noun Mother — the common British and Irish term.
  • mummy noun A dead body preserved through embalming and wrapping, especially as practised in ancient Egypt.

Senses

maman is used for these senses in English:

  • ma (colloquial) The landlady of a theater.
  • mammy (US, historical, often pejorative) In the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
  • mother A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
  • mum (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.
  • mummy (chiefly, UK, New England, usually, childish) mother.

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