Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

mamma2

Pronunciation: /ˈmamə/
Translate mamma | into Spanish
Definition of mamma

noun (plural mammae /-miː/)

technical
  • a milk-secreting organ of female mammals (in humans, the breast).
  • a corresponding non-secretory structure in male mammals.

Derivatives

mammiform

adjective

Origin:

Old English, from Latin, 'breast'

mamma in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of mamma in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

epithalamium

/ ˌɛpɪθəˈleɪmɪəm /
noun
a song or poem celebrating a marriage …