mummy

Examples

• All

• We've come inside because Mummy got very tired.

• I know, Mummy's hungry, too.

  Final Destination 2 (2003)

• So you can choose for Mummy to wear anything you want.

• You excited to see Mummy, not me.

• Daddy, do you want Mummy to help your daddy to help you?

• I'm a good mummy and I know that.

• I called them mummy and daddy, and they called me a sensible girl.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Yes, Yuri, Mummy left it to you.

  Doctor Zhivago (1965)

• Ben's eyes are brown, his hair is black, and Mummy says he has her skin.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I asked Mummy if I could have some ice cream after dinner.

Synonyms

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mother

vsmummy

∞ 1.0

A woman who has given birth to a child

is the informal British child's everyday term rather than this formal adult term

M

mom

vsmummy

• Informal

∞ 1.0

A woman who has a child and cares for them

is the specifically British child-directed form rather than this common informal term

M

mama

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

∞ 1.0

A child's word for their mother

is the British child's English version rather than this broadly childlike utterance

M

mommy

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

∞ 1.0

A child's word for mom

is the British child's informal form rather than this broadly used child form

M

ma

vsmummy

• Informal

∞ 7.9

A friendly informal name people use for their mother

is the British child's fuller child form rather than this shortened family name

M

mum

vsmummy

• UK

523 1.9

A woman who gave you birth or cared for you

is the child-directed British form rather than this general British informal term

M

momma

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

180 7.7

A child's informal name for their mother

is the British child's everyday childish form rather than this affectionate variant

M

mamma

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

62 7.5

A woman who cares for a child and helps them grow

is the British child's standard informal form rather than this simple home term

M

mam

vsmummy

• UK

34 8.2

A polite, affectionate word for mother used in parts of the UK and Ireland

is the British child's common informal address rather than this polite regional form

M

mammy

vsmummy

• UK

29 9.1

An informal name for a mother used in some English-speaking areas

is the general British child's informal form rather than this regionally marked term

M

mater

vsmummy

• UK

28 9.9

A mother called jokingly by schoolboys in Britain

is the sincere British child's affectionate form rather than this humorous variant

M

mami

vsmummy

• Informal

13 8.8

A warm, informal word for a mother in Spanish-speaking families

is the British child's English child form rather than this Spanish affectionate word

M

mamacita

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

10 9.5

A child's loving word for mother

is the British child's everyday child form rather than this Spanish diminutive

M

mae

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

5 9.9

A loving word for mother used in Wales

is the British child's English informal form rather than this borrowed family term

A

ama

vsmummy

3 9.8

A woman who is a mother or cares for children

is the British child's informal English form rather than this cross cultural term

M

mumsy

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

2 7.9

A loving name a child uses for their mother

is the straightforward British child's informal word rather than this playful nickname

M

mumma

vsmummy

• Baby Talk

1 9.0

A word children use for their mother

is the British child's specific everyday term rather than this general affectionate form

M

mah

vsmummy

• Slang

1 9.9

An informal word people use for mother

is the British child's childlike word rather than this slangy casual form

A

amma

vsmummy

• Indian

1 9.9

Respectful or loving word for mother used in South Asian families

is the British child's everyday child form rather than this culturally specific honorific

A

ammi

vsmummy

• Indian

1 9.9

A warm informal name used for a mother in Urdu and Hindi

is the British child's English informal form rather than this South Asian address

Compounds

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mummy bag

1 4.1

A sleeping bag that is narrow at the feet and fits closely to keep you warm

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology