Closest matches in this entry: ma, matriarch, mom, mommy, mum.
Sentence evidence is available for mother, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "mother".
Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "mother"

Keep "mother" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "mother" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "mother", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "mother" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

18 entries

abbessaddress termbarm care create deitygive careinspiration leader makemother superiorold womanparent prioress raise

Showing 16 of 18 words.

More specific

17 entries

adoptive motherbirth motherearth goddessfertility goddessfoster ma mentor mom mum nurse oversee rear stepmother supervise tendtribal matriarch

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

9 entries

birth mothermaternal instinctmother countrymother earthmother tonguemotherhoodmotherly caremotherly lovesingle mother

Inflections

3 entries

mothered mothering mothers

Derivations

7 entries

adoptive motherbirth mothermaternal motherhood mothering motherly stepmother

Antonyms

1 entries

father

Translations

919 translations across 426 languages.

Aari

1 entries

ʔindi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Abkhaz

2 entries

ан noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ан noun (one’s female parent)

Acehnese

2 entries

ma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mak noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Adyghe

2 entries

нан noun (one’s female parent)
ны noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Afar

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Afrikaans

4 entries

ma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ma noun (one’s female parent)
moeder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moeder noun (one’s female parent)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐕎𐔴 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ainu

2 entries

ハポ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ハポ noun (one’s female parent)

Akan

1 entries

ɛna noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Akkadian

2 entries

𒂼 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
𒂼 noun (one’s female parent)

Aklanon

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Albanian

4 entries

ija noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mëmë noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mëmë noun (one’s female parent)
nënë noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Aleut

3 entries

anax noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
anax noun (one’s female parent)
anax̂ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Alviri-Vidari

1 entries

ننه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

American Sign Language

2 entries

5@Chin-ThumbBack Contact noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
5@Chin-ThumbBack Contact noun (one’s female parent)

Amharic

1 entries

እናት noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Amis

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

μήτηρ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
μήτηρ noun (one’s female parent)

Andi

1 entries

ила noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Arabic

4 entries

أم noun (one’s female parent)
أُمّ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
أُمّ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
أُمّ noun (one’s female parent)

Aragonese

2 entries

mai noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mai noun (one’s female parent)

Aramaic

4 entries

אִמָּא noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
אִמָּא noun (one’s female parent)
ܐܡܐ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ܐܡܐ noun (one’s female parent)

Araona

4 entries

kwala noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
wadi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
waepei noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Armenian

4 entries

մամա noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
մամա noun (one’s female parent)
մայր noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
մայր noun (one’s female parent)

Aromanian

2 entries

mamã noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mumã noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Asilulu

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Assamese

2 entries

আই noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
মা noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries

ܝܵܠܘܿܕܬܵܐ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ܝܵܠܘܿܕܬܵܐ noun (one’s female parent)
ܝܸܡܵܐ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ܝܸܡܵܐ noun (one’s female parent)

Asturian

4 entries

ma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ma noun (one’s female parent)
madre noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
madre noun (one’s female parent)

Avar

3 entries

баба noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
буба noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
эбел noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Avestan

2 entries

𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬭𐬍 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Aymara

2 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
tayca noun (one’s female parent)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

ana noun (one’s female parent)
ana validə noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Bactrian

1 entries

μαδο noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Bakhtiari

1 entries

دا noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Balinese

2 entries

biyang noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Baluchi

2 entries

مات noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ماس noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Bangi

2 entries

moboti noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
nyango noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Bashkir

2 entries

әсә noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
әсәй noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Basque

2 entries

ama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ama noun (one’s female parent)

Bavarian German

1 entries

muadda noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Belarusian

4 entries

ма́ма noun (one’s female parent)
ма́тка noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́ці noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́ці noun (one’s female parent)

Bemba

2 entries

mayo noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mayo noun (one’s female parent)

Bengali

4 entries

আম্মা noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
আম্মা noun (one’s female parent)
আম্মু noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
আম্মু noun (one’s female parent)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

माई noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Biak

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Bikol Central

2 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ina noun (one’s female parent)

Bima

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Blackfoot

2 entries

iksísst noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
iksísst noun (one’s female parent)

Bodo

2 entries

आइ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
बिमा noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Borôro

1 entries

tʃe noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Breton

2 entries

mamm noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamm noun (one’s female parent)

Brunei Malay

2 entries

babu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Budukh

1 entries

диде noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Buginese

1 entries

ᨕᨗᨊ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Bulgarian

3 entries

ма́йка noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́йка noun (one’s female parent)
ма́йка noun (female parent of an animal)

Burmese

4 entries

မိခင် noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
မေမေ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
အမိ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
အမေ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Buryat

1 entries

эхэ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Carpathian Rusyn

3 entries

ма́ма noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́терь noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́ти noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Casiguran Dumagat Agta

1 entries

ína noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Catalan

2 entries

mare noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mare noun (one’s female parent)

Cebuano

2 entries

inahan noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
inahan noun (one’s female parent)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ⵎⵎⴰ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Central Bontoc

1 entries

ína noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Central Dusun

1 entries

tina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

دایک noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
دایک noun (one’s female parent)

Central Sierra Miwok

1 entries

ˀytá·- noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Chamorro

1 entries

nana noun (one’s female parent)

Chechen

2 entries

нана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
нана noun (one’s female parent)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎤᏂᏥ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᎤᏂᏥ noun (one’s female parent)

Chichewa

1 entries

mayi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Chickasaw

2 entries

ishk' noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ishk' noun (one’s female parent)

Chinese

4 entries

ма noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма noun (one’s female parent)
мама noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мучин noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

媽媽 /妈妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
母 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
母親 /母亲 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
阿媽 /阿妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

娘 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
媽 /妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
媽媽 /妈妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
媽媽 /妈妈 noun (one’s female parent)

Chinook Jargon

4 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (one’s female parent)
naha noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
naha noun (one’s female parent)

Chiricahua

2 entries

-má noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
-má noun (one’s female parent)

Chukchi

2 entries

ытԓьа noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ытԓя noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Church Slavic

4 entries

мати noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мати noun (one’s female parent)
ⰏⰀⰕⰉ noun (one’s female parent)
ⰿⰰⱅⰻ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Chuukese

1 entries

in noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Chuvash

1 entries

анне noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Coastal Kadazan

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Comanche

1 entries

pia noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Cornish

4 entries

dama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mabm noun (one’s female parent)
mamm noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamm noun (one’s female parent)

Corsican

1 entries

mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

ana noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ana noun (one’s female parent)

Cuyunon

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Czech

2 entries

matka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
matka noun (one’s female parent)

Dakota

1 entries

iná noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dalmatian

1 entries

nina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Danish

4 entries

moder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moder noun (one’s female parent)
moder noun (female parent of an animal)
mor noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dargwa

2 entries

аба noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
неш noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dari

4 entries

آبَه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مَادَر noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مَادَر noun (one’s female parent)
نَنَه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dhivehi

1 entries

މަނމަ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dongxiang

1 entries

ekie noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dutch

2 entries

moeder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moeder noun (one’s female parent)

Dutch Low Saxon

1 entries

moder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Dzongkha

1 entries

ཨའི noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Eastern Arrernte

1 entries

meye noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Eastern Mari

3 entries

ава noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ава noun (one’s female parent)
ава noun (female parent of an animal)

Eastern Min Chinese

3 entries

依奶 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
依媽 /依妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
娘嬭 /娘奶 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Eastern Mnong

2 entries

may noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
may noun (one’s female parent)

Egyptian

1 entries

mwt-t-B1 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Elamite

1 entries

amma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Elfdalian

2 entries

muna noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mųor noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Erzya

1 entries

ава noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Eshtehardi

1 entries

ننیه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Esperanto

2 entries

patrino noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
patrino noun (one’s female parent)

Estonian

2 entries

ema noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ema noun (one’s female parent)

Etruscan

2 entries

𐌀𐌕𐌉 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
𐌀𐌕𐌉 noun (one’s female parent)

Even

1 entries

энин noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Evenki

1 entries

энин noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Extremaduran

1 entries

mairi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Faliscan

1 entries

mate noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Faroese

3 entries

mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
móðir noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
móðir noun (one’s female parent)

Fataluku

1 entries

nalu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Fijian

1 entries

tina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Finnish

4 entries

emo noun (female parent of an animal)
emä noun (female parent of an animal)
äiti noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
äiti noun (one’s female parent)

French

4 entries

maman noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maman noun (one’s female parent)
mère noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mère noun (one’s female parent)

Friulian

1 entries

mari noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Gagauz

2 entries

ana noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Galician

4 entries

madre noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
madre noun (one’s female parent)
mai noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mai noun (one’s female parent)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

姆媽 /姆妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Georgian

2 entries

დედა noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
დედა noun (one’s female parent)

German

4 entries

Mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Mama noun (one’s female parent)
Mueter noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Mutter noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Gilaki

1 entries

مر noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌴𐌹 noun (one’s female parent)

Greek

4 entries

μάνα noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
μάνα noun (one’s female parent)
μητέρα noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
μητέρα noun (one’s female parent)

Greenlandic

1 entries

anaana noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Gujarati

1 entries

મા noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Gunwinggu

2 entries

karrang noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
karrang noun (one’s female parent)

Hakka Chinese

3 entries

娘親 /娘亲 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
母親 /母亲 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
阿姆 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Hamer-Banna

1 entries

indá noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Hausa

2 entries

inna noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
uwa noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Hawaiian

4 entries

eme noun (one’s female parent)
makuahine noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
meme noun (one’s female parent)
nene noun (one’s female parent)

Hebrew

3 entries

אִמָּא noun (one’s female parent)
אֵם noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
אֵם noun (one’s female parent)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

iloy noun (one’s female parent)

Hindi

4 entries

मां noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
माता noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
मादर noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
वालिदा noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Hittite

2 entries

[Term?] (/⁠anna⁠/) noun (one’s female parent)
𒀭𒈾𒀸 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Hungarian

2 entries

anya noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
anya noun (one’s female parent)

Iban

2 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
indai noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Icelandic

3 entries

mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
móðir noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
móðir noun (one’s female parent)

Ido

2 entries

matro noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
matro noun (one’s female parent)

Ifè

1 entries

ínà noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Igbo

1 entries

nne noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Inari Sami

1 entries

enni noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Indonesian

3 entries

bunda noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ibu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
induk noun (female parent of an animal)

Ingrian

2 entries

emo noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
emä noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ingush

1 entries

нана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Interlingua

2 entries

matre noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
matre noun (one’s female parent)

Inuktitut

2 entries

ᐊᓈᓇ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᐊᓈᓇ noun (one’s female parent)

Inupiaq

2 entries

aaka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
aana noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

مادَر noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مادَر noun (one’s female parent)
مامان noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
والِدِه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Iranun

1 entries

ina' noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Irish

2 entries

máthair noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
máthair noun (one’s female parent)

Isnag

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Isoko

2 entries

oni noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
oni noun (one’s female parent)

Istriot

1 entries

mare noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Istro-Romanian

1 entries

måie noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Italian

2 entries

madre noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
madre noun (one’s female parent)

Itawit

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ivatan

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Japanese

4 entries

お母さん noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
お母さん noun (one’s female parent)
お袋 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ママ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Jarai

1 entries

amĭ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Jarawa

1 entries

kaja noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Javanese

1 entries

ibu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Jeju

1 entries

어멍 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Jicarilla

1 entries

-’máá noun (one’s female parent)

K'iche'

1 entries

chuch noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kaitag

2 entries

аба noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
уба noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kaki Ae

1 entries

naora noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kalmyk

1 entries

эк noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kambera

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kamta

1 entries

মাও noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kanakanabu

1 entries

cina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kankanaey

1 entries

iná noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kannada

1 entries

ತಾಯಿ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kapampangan

3 entries

ima noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
indu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
indu noun (one’s female parent)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

ана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Karao

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Karelian

1 entries

emä noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Karo

1 entries

inda noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Karok

2 entries

ihkuus noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
táat noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kashmiri

4 entries

موج noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
موج noun (one’s female parent)
مٲج noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مٲج noun (one’s female parent)

Kashubian

2 entries

mac noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mëma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kazakh

4 entries

Шеше noun (one’s female parent)
ана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ана noun (one’s female parent)
әже noun (one’s female parent)

Khasi

2 entries

kmie noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
kmie noun (one’s female parent)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

nyù noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
nyù noun (one’s female parent)

Khmer

4 entries

ម៉ាក់ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ម៉ែ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ម៉ែ noun (one’s female parent)
ម្ដាយ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Khoekhoe

1 entries

ǁgûs noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

е̄ннҍ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

мам noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Komi-Zyrian

2 entries

ань noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мам noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Komodo

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kongo

1 entries

ngudi noun (one’s female parent)

Korean

4 entries

모친 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
어머니 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
어머니 noun (one’s female parent)
어머님 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kriol

1 entries

motha noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kumyk

2 entries

ана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ана noun (one’s female parent)

Kwak'wala

1 entries

a̱bas noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

эне noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
эне noun (one’s female parent)

Lak

1 entries

нину noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lakota

1 entries

iná noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lao

1 entries

ແມ່ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Latgalian

1 entries

muote noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Latin

4 entries

genetrīx noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
genetrīx noun (one’s female parent)
māter noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
māter noun (one’s female parent)

Latvian

2 entries

māte noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
māte noun (one’s female parent)

Laz

2 entries

დიდა noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
დიდა noun (one’s female parent)

Lezgi

1 entries

диде noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ligurian

2 entries

Moæ noun (one’s female parent)
moæ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Limos Kalinga

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lingala

3 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moboti noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
nyango noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lipan

1 entries

-’má noun (one’s female parent)

Lithuanian

4 entries

motina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
motina noun (one’s female parent)
motė noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
motė noun (one’s female parent)

Livonian

4 entries

jemā noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
jemā noun (one’s female parent)
ǟma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ǟma noun (one’s female parent)

Lombard

2 entries

mader noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Low German

1 entries

Moder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maminka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maś noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maś noun (one’s female parent)

Luganda

1 entries

maama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Luhya

1 entries

mai noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lule Sami

1 entries

ieddne noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Luo

1 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lushootseed

1 entries

sk'ʷuy noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Lutuv

1 entries

nung noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Mamm noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Mamm noun (one’s female parent)

Lü

1 entries

ᦶᦙᧈ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Macedonian

2 entries

ма́јка noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мајка noun (one’s female parent)

Maguindanao

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Makasae

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Makasar

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Malagasy

2 entries

reny noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
reny noun (one’s female parent)

Malay

2 entries

emak noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ibu noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Malayalam

4 entries

അമ്മ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
അമ്മ noun (one’s female parent)
തള്ള noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
മാതാവ് noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Maltese

3 entries

ma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamà noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
omm noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Manchu

4 entries

ᠠᠵᠠ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᠨᠠᡳᠨᠠᡳ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᡝᠨᡳᠶᡝ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᡝᠮᡝ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mandinka

1 entries

naa noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mansaka

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Manx

2 entries

mayragh noun (one’s female parent)
moir noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Maranao

2 entries

ina' noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
misina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Marathi

2 entries

आई noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
माता noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Maricopa

1 entries

n'ay noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Marshallese

1 entries

jinen noun (one’s female parent)

Mayoyao Ifugao

1 entries

iná noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mazanderani

1 entries

مار noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mentawai

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Meru

1 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Middle Korean

1 entries

어〮미〮 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Minangkabau

1 entries

mande noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mingrelian

2 entries

დიდა noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
დიდა noun (one’s female parent)

Miyako

2 entries

アンナ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
アンナ noun (one’s female parent)

Mohawk

1 entries

-'nihstenha noun (one’s female parent)

Moksha

1 entries

тядя noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mongo

1 entries

nyango noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mongolian

4 entries

эх noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ээж noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᠡᠬᠡ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ᠡᠵᠢ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Motu

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Muong

2 entries

mễ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mễ noun (one’s female parent)

Mwali Comorian

1 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mwani

1 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mycenaean Greek

1 entries

𐀔𐀳𐀩 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Mòcheno

1 entries

mama noun (one’s female parent)

Māori

4 entries

ewe noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
karawa noun (female parent of an animal)
kowhaea noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
kōkara noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Nahuatl

2 entries

nantli noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
nantli noun (one’s female parent)

Nanai

1 entries

энин noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Nauna

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Navajo

2 entries

amá noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
amá noun (one’s female parent)

Nepali

1 entries

आमा noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ngadha

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

nya noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Nheengatu

1 entries

manha noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Nias

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Nivkh

4 entries

ымк noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ымка noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ымык noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ымыка noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Norman

1 entries

méthe noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

North Frisian

3 entries

Mem noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Mooter noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mam noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

dayik noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
dayik noun (one’s female parent)
dê noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Northern Mansi

2 entries

ся̄нь noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ся̄нь noun (one’s female parent)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

ká̄na 'ek'án̄an noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Northern Sami

2 entries

eadni noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
eadni noun (one’s female parent)

Northern Sotho

1 entries

mma noun (one’s female parent)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamma noun (one’s female parent)
moder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moder noun (one’s female parent)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

mor noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mor noun (one’s female parent)

O'odham

1 entries

je'e noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Occitan

3 entries

mair noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maire noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maire noun (one’s female parent)

Odia

1 entries

ମା noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ojibwe

4 entries

nimaamaa noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
nimaamaa noun (one’s female parent)
ninga noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ninga noun (one’s female parent)

Okinawan

1 entries

あんまー noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

мати noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Old English

1 entries

mōdor noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Old Irish

1 entries

máthir noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Old Persian

2 entries

𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎠 noun (one’s female parent)

Old Tupi

2 entries

sy noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
sy noun (one’s female parent)

Oromo

1 entries

haadha noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ossetian

2 entries

мад noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мадӕ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

ام noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مادر noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
والده noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Pacoh

2 entries

a-i noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
icán noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Paiwan

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Pangasinan

1 entries

iná noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

мац noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Papiamentu

1 entries

mama noun (one’s female parent)

Pashto

4 entries

اتکو noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
اتکړه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مور noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مور noun (one’s female parent)

Paulohi

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Pazeh

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Pennsylvania German

4 entries

Mammi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Mammi noun (one’s female parent)
Mudder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Mudder noun (one’s female parent)

Phrygian

1 entries

μητερε noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Pirahã

2 entries

baíxi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
baíxi noun (one’s female parent)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries

ngunytju noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Mutta (nds) noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Polabian

1 entries

motai noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Polish

4 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (one’s female parent)
mamusia noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamuśka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Portuguese

4 entries

mãe noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mãe noun (one’s female parent)
mãe noun (female parent of an animal)
progenitora noun (female parent of an animal)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਮਾਂ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ਮਾਤਾ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Q'eqchi

1 entries

naʼ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Quechua

2 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (one’s female parent)

Rabha

1 entries

আয়া noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Rade

1 entries

amĭ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Romani

2 entries

daj noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
daj noun (one’s female parent)

Romanian

3 entries

maică noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamă noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamă noun (one’s female parent)

Romansch

4 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamã noun (one’s female parent)
mamå noun (one’s female parent)

Russian

4 entries

ма́ма noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́тушка noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мама́ша noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
мать noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Rwanda-Rundi

1 entries

mama noun (one’s female parent)

Sabu

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Saisiyat

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Salar

2 entries

ama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ica noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Samoan

2 entries

tina noun (one’s female parent)
tinā noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sanskrit

3 entries

अक्का noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
अम्बा f मातर noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
मातृ noun (one’s female parent)

Santali

1 entries

ᱮᱝᱜᱚ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sardinian

3 entries

immamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sasak

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Saterland Frisian

2 entries

Muur noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
Muur noun (one’s female parent)

Scots

4 entries

mither noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mither noun (one’s female parent)
moder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moder noun (one’s female parent)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

màthair noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
màthair noun (one’s female parent)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mȁti noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mȁti noun (one’s female parent)
mȃjka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mȃjka noun (one’s female parent)

Sherpa

1 entries

འ་མ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Shona

1 entries

amai noun (one’s female parent)

Shor

2 entries

иче noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
эне noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sicilian

2 entries

matri noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
matri noun (one’s female parent)

Sidamo

1 entries

ama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sika

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Silesian

1 entries

matka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Simeulue

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sindhi

2 entries

اما noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ماء noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sinhalese

2 entries

අම්මා noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
අම්මා noun (one’s female parent)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

jeäˊnn noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Slovak

2 entries

matka noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
matka noun (one’s female parent)

Slovene

2 entries

mati noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mati noun (one’s female parent)

Somali

1 entries

hooyo noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sotho

2 entries

mme noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mme noun (one’s female parent)

Southern Altai

1 entries

эне noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Southern Sami

1 entries

tjidtjie noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Spanish

2 entries

madre noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
madre noun (one’s female parent)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries

m'ma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
m'ma noun (one’s female parent)

Sumerian

1 entries

𒂼 noun (one’s female parent)

Sundanese

2 entries

biang noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
indung noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Svan

2 entries

დედე noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
დედე noun (one’s female parent)

Swahili

3 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (one’s female parent)
mzazi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Swazi

1 entries

máke noun (one’s female parent)

Swedish

4 entries

mamma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mor noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mor noun (one’s female parent)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠝꠣ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tabasaran

1 entries

дада noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tagalog

3 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
iná noun (one’s female parent)
nánay noun (one’s female parent)

Tahitian

1 entries

metua vahine noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tajik

3 entries

волида noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
модар noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
модар noun (one’s female parent)

Talysh

2 entries

moa noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ننه noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tamil

4 entries

அன்னை noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
அன்னை noun (one’s female parent)
அம்மா noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
அம்மா noun (one’s female parent)

Taos

1 entries

kána noun (one’s female parent)

Tarantino

1 entries

mamme noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tarifit

2 entries

yemma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
yemma noun (one’s female parent)

Tat

2 entries

dədə noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
may noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tatar

2 entries

ана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
әни noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tausug

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Telugu

4 entries

అమ్మ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
అమ్మ noun (one’s female parent)
తల్లి noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
తల్లి noun (one’s female parent)

Ternate

1 entries

yaya noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tetum

1 entries

inan noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Thai

4 entries

มารดา noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
มารดา noun (one’s female parent)
แม่ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
แม่ noun (one’s female parent)

Thao

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཨ་མ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ཨ་མ་ལགས noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ኣደ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Toba Batak

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tocharian A

2 entries

mācar noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mācar noun (one’s female parent)

Tocharian B

2 entries

mācer noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mācer noun (one’s female parent)

Tok Pisin

4 entries

mama noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mama noun (one’s female parent)
mami noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mami noun (one’s female parent)

Tongan

1 entries

fa'ē noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tswana

2 entries

mme noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mme noun (one’s female parent)

Tupinambá

3 entries

si noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
sy noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
sy noun (one’s female parent)

Turkish

3 entries

ana noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
anne noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
anne noun (one’s female parent)

Turkmen

3 entries

eje noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
eje noun (one’s female parent)
еҗе noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tuvan

4 entries

ава noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
авай noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
авам noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ийе noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Tày

4 entries

me̱ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
me̱ noun (one’s female parent)
ằm noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ằm noun (one’s female parent)

Udi

1 entries

нана noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Udmurt

1 entries

анай noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Ugaritic

2 entries

𐎜𐎎 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
𐎜𐎎 noun (one’s female parent)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ма́ма noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́мця noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́ти noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ма́ти noun (one’s female parent)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

mać noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mać noun (one’s female parent)

Urdu

4 entries

ماتا noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
مادَر noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ماں noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
والِدَہ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Uyghur

4 entries

ana noun (one’s female parent)
apa noun (one’s female parent)
ئانا noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ئاپا noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Uzbek

4 entries

ona noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
oyim noun (one’s female parent)
volida noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
она noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Venetan

1 entries

mare noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Veps

1 entries

mam noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bầm noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
bầm noun (one’s female parent)
cái noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
má noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Volapük

3 entries

jipal noun (one’s female parent)
mot noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mot noun (one’s female parent)

Walloon

1 entries

mere noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Welsh

2 entries

mam noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mam noun (one’s female parent)

Welsh-Romani

2 entries

daj noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
daj noun (one’s female parent)

West-Frisian

2 entries

mem noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mem noun (one’s female parent)

Western Apache

4 entries

-maa noun (one’s female parent)
-máá noun (one’s female parent)
bimaa noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
bąą noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

gunhi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

baba noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Wolaytta

1 entries

7aayyíya noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Wolio

1 entries

ina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Wolof

3 entries

ndey noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
yaay noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
yaay noun (one’s female parent)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

姆媽 /姆妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
媽媽 /妈妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Xhosa

4 entries

mama noun (one’s female parent)
umama noun (one’s female parent)
unina noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
unyoko noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

姆媽 /姆妈 noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yagara

1 entries

budang noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yaghnobi

2 entries

модар noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
оча noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yakut

1 entries

ийэ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yankunytjatjara

1 entries

ngunytju noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yiddish

4 entries

מאַמע noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
מאַמע noun (one’s female parent)
מוטער noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
מוטער noun (one’s female parent)

Yoruba

4 entries

abiyamọ noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
iye noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
màmá noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mọ́mì noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yucatec Maya

2 entries

mamah noun (one’s female parent)
na' noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yup'ik

1 entries

aana noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Yámana

1 entries

tapi noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Zande

1 entries

na noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Zazaki

2 entries

ma (diq) noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
mar (diq) noun (one’s female parent)

Zealandic

2 entries

moeder noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
moer noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Zhuang

4 entries

caq noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
ma noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
maj noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
meh noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Zulu

4 entries

umama class 1a/2a noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
umama class 1a/2a noun (one’s female parent)
unina class 1a/2a noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
unina class 1a/2a noun (one’s female parent)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

qáe noun (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Sample sentences

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"Who is it?" "It's your mother."

Source: tatoeba (1505)

My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.

Source: tatoeba (1932)

Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.

Source: tatoeba (1986)

My mother bought two bottles of orange juice.

Source: tatoeba (2110)

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