English Online Dictionary. What means mom? What does mom mean?
Translingual
Symbol
mom
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Monimbo.
English
Alternative forms
- mam
- Mom
- mum, Mum (Australia, British, Ireland)
Etymology
Clipping of momma.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɒm/
- (US) enPR: mŏm, IPA(key): /mɑm/, [mɑ̃m]
- (Canada) IPA(key): /mɒm/, /mʌm/
- Rhymes: -ɒm
Noun
mom (plural moms)
- (Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
- (by extension) used as a term of address for one's wife
- (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.
Usage notes
- Mom can be capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun (e.g. with a possessive):
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Mother’s Day
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
Verb
mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming, simple past and past participle mommed)
- (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To care for in a motherly way.
References
Anagrams
- MMO
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)
- mask
- a specific kind of beer
Derived terms
- mombakkes
- mommer
- vermommen
Nisenan
Noun
mom
- water
References
- Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɔm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [mɔm˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɔm˧˧]
Etymology 1
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Noun
(classifier cái) mom • (𠻦, 鎫, )
- outcrop, promontory of a riverbank
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English mom.
Noun
mom
- (Internet slang) mom
Pronoun
mom
- (Internet slang) I/me, your mother
- (Internet slang) you, my mother
- (Internet slang) you, a fellow mother
- (Internet slang) you, a fellow woman
White Hmong
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 帽 (mào, “hat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɒ˩̰/
Noun
mom
- used in kaus mom (“hat, cap, helmet”)
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[5], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 130.