mae
- noun
- /meɪ/
- Baby Talk
:
mamá
- - LUTE MAE: Sugar or lemon?
Examples
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She does call me Annie Mae or Mama Bird Mama.
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- Mae, please!
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I believe you already Met mae.
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Mae, centre field, lead off.
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The school calendar that mae sold you ... where is it?Where is it?
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It's mae.
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I chewed mae.
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[Mae chanting]
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My children lovingly call me Mae whenever they need my help.
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Every Sunday, I visit my Mae for a family dinner.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A woman who has a child and cares for them
∞
1.0
A child's word for their mother
735
7.9
A friendly informal name people use for their mother
223
1.9
A woman who gave you birth or cared for you
202
7.7
A child's informal name for their mother
98
5.6
A child's word for their mother
32
7.5
A woman who cares for a child and helps them grow
24
9.8
A woman who is a mother or cares for children
19
9.1
An informal name for a mother used in some English-speaking areas
12
9.9
An informal word people use for mother
5
8.2
A polite, affectionate word for mother used in parts of the UK and Ireland
5
8.8
A warm, informal word for a mother in Spanish-speaking families
2
9.5
A child's loving word for mother
2
9.0
A word children use for their mother
2
7.9
A loving name a child uses for their mother
Respectful or loving word for mother used in South Asian families
A warm informal name used for a mother in Urdu and Hindi
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mae is used as a friendly name for 'mother' and was borrowed from Welsh. It sounds like the simple sound ma or the baby word 'mama' that many languages use, so you can remember mae as a warm, short form of 'mother'.