MAMMA

I. noun

or ma·ma ˈmämə, ˈmȧmə sometimes ˈməmə, chiefly Brit məˈmȧ ; also mom·ma ˈmämə

( -s )

Etymology: of baby-talk origin like English mam mother, German dialect mamme mother, Latin mamma mother, female breast, Greek mamma, mammē mother, Irish Gaelic & Welsh mam, Albanian mëmë, Russian mama

1. : mother

2. slang : woman , wife

II. ˈmamə noun

( plural mam·mae -aˌmē)

Etymology: Latin, mother, breast — more at mamma I

: a glandular organ for secreting milk characteristic of all mammals but normally rudimentary in the male : a mammary gland and its accessory parts