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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/mɒm/}}
* {{IPA|en|/mɒm/|a=RP}}
* {{a|US}} {{enPR|mŏm}}, {{IPA|en|/mɑm/}}
* {{enPR|mŏm|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/mɑm/|[mɑ̃m]}}
* {{a|Canada}} {{IPA|en|/mɒm/|/mʌm/}}<ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0044644?rskey=bMI4cv&result=44621</ref>
* {{IPA|en|/mɒm/|/mʌm/|a=Canada}}<ref>https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0044644?rskey=bMI4cv&result=44621</ref>
* {{audio|en|en-us-mom.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-mom.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒm|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒm|s=1}}


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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col4|en|almond mom|angel mom|grandmom|helicopter mom|hockey mom|insta-mom|listmom|mom and apple pie|mom and pop|mom and them|mom cave|mom-in-law|mom jeans|momager|mombie|momic|momism|momnesia|momoir|mompreneur|momsy|mom test|momtrepreneur|momzilla|Octomom|refrigerator mom|security mom|soccer mom|stepmom|tiger mom|Twimom|waitress mom|wine mom|your mom|ballet mom|mom bod|mom-and-pop|stage mom| crunchy mom|granola mom|scrunchy mom|silky mom}}
{{col4|en|almond mom|mom blogger|angel mom|grandmom|helicopter mom|hockey mom|insta-mom|listmom|mom and apple pie|mom and pop|mom and them|mom cave|mom-in-law|mom jeans|momager|mombie|momic|momism|momnesia|momoir|mompreneur|momsy|mom test|momtini|momtrepreneur|momzilla|Octomom|refrigerator mom|security mom|soccer mom|stepmom|tiger mom|Twimom|waitress mom|wine mom|your mom|ballet mom|mom bod|mom-and-pop|stage mom| crunchy mom|granola mom|scrunchy mom|silky mom}}


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# {{lb|en|transitive|North America|informal}} To care for in a [[motherly]] way.
# {{lb|en|transitive|North America|informal}} To care for in a [[motherly]] way.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2019|author=Marie Johnston|title=Finish Line|passage=The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about '''momming''' me.}}
#* Marie Johnston, ''Finish Line''
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2022|author=Sean Thor Conroe|title={{w|Fuccboi (novel)|Fuccboi}}|publisher=Hachette|isbn=9781472293121|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Et1AEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT45&dq=&pg=PT47#v=onepage&q&f=false|text=He tried to tell me how to live, to '''mom''' me, I told him fuck off, {{...}}}}
#*: The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about '''momming''' me.


===References===
===References===
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* {{anagrams|en|a=mmo|MMO}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=mmo|MMO}}


[[Category:English terms of address]]
{{cln|en|terms of address}}
[[Category:en:Parents]]
{{C|en|Parents|People}}
[[Category:en:People]]


==Dutch==
==Dutch==


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-mom.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-mom.ogg}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{nl-noun|f|g2=m|g3=n|-en|mommetje}}
{{nl-noun|f|g2=m|g3=n|-en|+}}


# [[mask]]
# [[mask]]
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{bor+|mww|cmn|帽|t=hat}}.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25</ref>
From {{bor|mww|cmn|帽}} ("[[hat]]").


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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{{head|mww|noun}}
{{head|mww|noun}}


# ''used in'' {{m|mww|kaus mom|t=hat, cap, helmet}}
# [[hat]]

===References===
* {{R:mww:Heimbach|page=130}}
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 27 September 2024

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of momma

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mom (plural moms)

  1. (Canada, South Africa, US, West Midlands, colloquial, informal) Mother.
    1. (by extension) used as a term of address for one's wife
      • 2017, Allstate: All Alone[1]:
        (spoken by the father) I don't share it with mom! Right, mom?
  2. (informal) An adult female owner of a pet.

Usage notes

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  • Mom can be capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun (e.g. with a possessive):
    I think Mom likes my new car.
    I think my mom will like you.

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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Verb

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mom (third-person singular simple present moms, present participle momming, simple past and past participle mommed)

  1. (transitive, Canada, US, informal) To care for in a motherly way.
    • 2019, Marie Johnston, Finish Line:
      The shock of my news had worn off, and now she'd want to know where I was, how I was doing, and she'd sniff out that I was with someone. “I just wanted to check in on you.” That was Mom. Totally unashamed about momming me.
    • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi[2], Hachette, →ISBN:
      He tried to tell me how to live, to mom me, I told him fuck off, []

References

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mom f or m or n (plural mommen, diminutive mommetje n)

  1. mask
  2. a specific kind of beer

Derived terms

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Nisenan

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Noun

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mom

  1. water

References

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  • Andrew Eatough, Central Hill Nisenan Texts with Grammatical Sketch

White Hmong

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mandarin (mào, hat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mom

  1. used in kaus mom (hat, cap, helmet)

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 130.