mama

noun

ma·​ma ˈmä-mə How to pronounce mama (audio)
 chiefly British  mə-ˈmä
variants or less commonly mamma or momma
1
: mother
2
slang : wife, woman

Examples of mama in a Sentence

I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
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Obsessed with Brady’s baby mama bringing her emotional support gays to Thanksgiving. Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2025 The rest went to his mama on their sharecropper 40 acres. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 July 2025 Bellatrix, a tortoise-shell mama cat with a grieving heart, and Scampi, a little kitten barely bigger than a finger, managed to find each other in the Gulf Coast Humane Society in Corpus Christi. Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025 The boaters got the chance on July 14 to witness a show – a baby humpback whale and her mama breaching, according to a Facebook post by Monterey Bay Whale Watch. Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mama

Word History

Etymology

baby talk

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mama was in 1579

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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mama. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

mama

noun
ma·​ma
variants also mamma or momma
ˈmäm-ə

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