mamma

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mamma1 /ˈmamə, məˈmɑː/

▶noun variant spelling of mama.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mamma2 /ˈmamə/

▶noun (pl. mammae /-miː/) a milk-secreting organ of female mammals (in humans, the breast).

– derivatives
mammiform adjective.

– origin OE, from L., ‘breast’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mama /ˈmamə, məˈmɑː/ (also mamma)

▶noun

• 1 dated or N. Amer. one's mother.

• 2 US informal a mature woman: the ultimate tough blues mama.

– origin C16: imitative of a child's first syllables ma, ma.