mamãe — meaning in English

English meaning

• ma noun An informal word for "mother".
• mammy noun An informal, affectionate word for mother.
• 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

mamãe 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.
• mum (Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.
• mummy (chiefly, UK, New England, usually, childish) mother.

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