mamma

Other forms of mamma

plural

mammae

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 mamma

What does mamma mean?

mamma means "informal terms for a mother". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mamma?

mamma has 2 syllables: mam-ma. The stress falls on "mam". In IPA it is /ˈmɑmə/.

What is another word for mamma?

Close synonyms include ma, mama, 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 mamma a common word?

mamma is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 mamma?

2 words rhyme with mamma. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.