ma

Other forms of ma

plural

mas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ma

What does ma mean?

ma means "informal terms for a mother". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ma?

ma has 1 syllable: ma. In IPA it is /ˈmɑ/.

What is another word for ma?

Close synonyms include mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ma a common word?

ma is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ma?

1 word rhymes with ma. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.