mamá — meaning in English
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English meaning
- breast noun Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest that can produce milk.
- ma noun An informal word for "mother".
- mamma noun The milk-producing organ in female mammals, including the breast; anatomical term for the mammary gland.
- 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
mamá is used for these senses in English:
- breast (anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
- ma (colloquial) The landlady of a theater.
- mamma (anatomy, plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
- 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.
breast — full definition
- noun Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest that can produce milk.
- noun The chest area of a person or animal.
- noun A cut of meat from the chest of poultry or other animals.