mummy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mummy [mummy mummies] BrE [ˈmʌmi] NAmE [ˈmʌmi] noun (pl. mummies)
1. (BrE) (NAmE mommy, momma) (informal)a child's word for a mother
•‘I want my mummy!’ he wailed.
•It hurts, Mummy!
•Mummy and Daddy will be back soon.
2. a body of a human or an animal that has been mummified
•an Egyptian mummy
See also: ↑momma ▪ ↑mommy

Word Origin:
sense 1 late 18th cent. ↑mammysense 2 late Middle English French momie medieval Latin mumia Arabic mūmiyā ‘embalmed body’ Persian mūm ‘wax’

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum