mommy

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒm.i/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.mi/ Rhymes: -ɒmi Hyphenation: mom‧my === Etymology 1 === From mom + -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== mommy (plural mommies) (US, Canada, usually childish) Mother. Synonyms: ma, mama, mamma, (US & Canada) mom, (US) momma, (British) mum, (British) mummy (vulgar) A sexually attractive mother. Synonym: MILF (slang, by extension) Any sexually attractive woman. (BDSM) A dominant female partner, often used as a term of address. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Hebrew: מָאמִי (mámi) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== mommy (third-person singular simple present mommies, present participle mommying, simple past and past participle mommied) (US, Canada, rare, informal) To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone. === Etymology 2 === From mom + -y (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== mommy (comparative mommier, superlative mommiest) (US, Canada, rare, informal, chiefly in the superlative) Characteristic of a mother; motherly.