Mum

//mʌm//

Synonyms for "mum" (86 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

Strong matches (25)

Related words (43)

Proper Noun(4 words)
mommommymothermummy
Verb(1 words)
mummer
Adjective(1 words)
silent

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

3 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

etymologically related_to

5 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

19 entries

Showing 16 of 19 words.

similar

2 entries

Translations

158 translations across 77 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • yayya noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Albanian

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • μάμμη noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • μαμμίᾱ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Arabic

4 entries
  • أُمّ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • إم noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • إم noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ماما noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Armenian

1 entries
  • մայրիկ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Avar

1 entries
  • баба noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Basque

1 entries
  • amatxo noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ма́ма noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • мату́ля noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ма́ма noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Burmese

1 entries
  • မေမေ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Catalan

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Chinese

3 entries
  • 老母 noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 阿娘 noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 阿母 noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 媽咪 /妈咪 noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 娘 noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 媽 /妈 noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 媽咪 /妈咪 noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 媽媽 /妈妈 noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Chukchi

2 entries
  • ыммэ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ыммэмы noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Czech

2 entries
  • maminka noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • máma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Danish

1 entries
  • mor noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Dongxiang

1 entries
  • ana noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Dutch

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • panjo noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Estonian

4 entries
  • amm noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ema noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • emme noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • memm noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Ewe

2 entries
  • dada noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • nɔ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Faroese

1 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Finnish

4 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mutsi noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • äippä noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • äiskä noun (mother (informal, familiar))

French

1 entries
  • maman noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Galician

3 entries
  • mamá noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • nai noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • nanai noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Georgian

2 entries
  • დედა noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • დედიკო noun (mother (informal, familiar))

German

4 entries
  • Mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • Mami noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • Mom noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • Mum noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Greek

1 entries
  • μαμά noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אִמָּא noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Hindi

4 entries
  • अम्माँ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • अम्मी noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • माँ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • माताजी noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Hungarian

3 entries
  • anya noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • anyu noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Ido

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Indonesian

2 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mami noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • مادَر noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • مام noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • مامان noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • نَنِه noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Irish

2 entries
  • maime noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mam noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Italian

1 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Japanese

3 entries
  • お母さん noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ママ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 母 noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • мам noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Korean

2 entries
  • 어머니 noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • 엄마 noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Latin

1 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Latvian

2 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • māmiņa noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Lingala

1 entries
  • mamá noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mamytė noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • maminka noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мама noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Malay

3 entries
  • bu noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ibu noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mak noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അമ്മ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ഉമ്മ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Marathi

1 entries
  • आई noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • dayik noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • dê noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Ossetian

3 entries
  • гыцци noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • мамӕ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • нана noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Pipil

1 entries
  • nān noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Polish

2 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mamusia noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mamã noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mamãe noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Romanian

2 entries
  • măicuță noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mămică noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Russian

4 entries
  • ма noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ма́ма noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ма́менька noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ма́мка noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • mamaidh noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • màmag noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mȁma noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ма̏ма noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Slovak

2 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mamička noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Slovene

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • мама noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • эне noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Spanish

1 entries
  • mamá noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Swahili

1 entries
  • nina noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Swedish

1 entries
  • mamma noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Taos

3 entries
  • ká noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • káʼȕ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • łáʼȕ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Tatar

1 entries
  • әни noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Thai

2 entries
  • คุณแม่ noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • แม่ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Tz'utujil

1 entries
  • teeʼ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ма́ма noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • ма́тінка noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • мату́ся noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • не́нька noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • mama noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Urdu

2 entries
  • اَمّاں noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • اَمّی noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • má noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • mẹ noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Volapük

1 entries
  • motül noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Welsh

1 entries
  • mam noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Yiddish

2 entries
  • מאַמע noun (mother (informal, familiar))
  • מאַמעלע noun (mother (informal, familiar))

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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Mum, why doesn't Dad clean his own study?

Source: tatoeba (32496)

Keep mum about this plan.

Source: tatoeba (59545)

"Hello, Mum. Is that you?" she says.

Source: tatoeba (73789)

Having done my homework, I had a chat with Mum.

Source: tatoeba (266695)

Showing 4 of 29 available sentences.

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