Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

momma

/ˈmɑmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: mom-ma
IPA: /ˈmɑmə/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of mama.

noun

A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on.

Example Sentences

"𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘤 𝘔𝘗𝘚 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘔𝘈𝘑 𝘙𝘖𝘉𝘌𝘙𝘛 𝘉 𝘚𝘈𝘎𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘖𝘠, 𝘊𝘖𝘗, 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 2 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺."

Etymology

A variant of mama.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɑmə/
British English: /ˈmɒmə/

Inflected Forms

mommas (plural) moma (alternative)

Derived Forms

mommacita stepmomma

Phrases

save the drama for your momma yo momma momma juice

Synonyms

ma mama mamma mom mommy mammy mum mummy mumma

Homonyms

mama

Rhymes With

obama drama mama lama mamma osama comma sama rama yokohama llama saitama

Questions

How do you pronounce momma?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑmə/.
What does momma mean?: Alternative spelling of mama.
Where does momma come from?: A variant of mama.

How to pronounce momma

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