mom

A1 Topic:Family & Relationships
US /mɑm/ UK /mɒm/
Minimal pairs
Sounds like mum /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like mam /æ/ vs /ɑ/
noun verb name adj Freq #254

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Mother (informal).

    My mom always makes my favorite dinner on my birthday.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · mother (informal). mummommymother
Word family
Forms moms
Derived forms biomombirdmomcannamomgrandmominsta-mominstamomlistmommom-and-popmom-in-lawmomagermomarazzimombie

Etymology

Transliteration of Khmer មុំ (mum, “corner, angle”).

Topics

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