mum

Etymology 1
Alternative form of, or an abbreviation of. Compare,.

Noun

 * 1)  Mother.
 * 2) * 2006,, , Book 11: To Be a King, page 88:
 * “Mum! Mum!” he shouted out. The laughter stopped. Two bright, sparkling yellow eyes peeped from the hollow. Atop her head were the fluffy ear tufts that his mum was so proud of because they were fuller and lovelier than those of most Great Horned Owls. It was indeed his mum!
 * 1) * 2011, Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang, |%22mums%22+-intitle:%22mum|mums%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sou3T5iWB7DNmQXV0eDXCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mum%22|%22mums%22%20-intitle%3A%22mum|mums%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,
 * He′s looking at my mum, at her swollen eyes, busted nose and bloodied lips. She′s mashed up something chronic, and the man who did this to her is my dad.
 * “Mum! Mum!” he shouted out. The laughter stopped. Two bright, sparkling yellow eyes peeped from the hollow. Atop her head were the fluffy ear tufts that his mum was so proud of because they were fuller and lovelier than those of most Great Horned Owls. It was indeed his mum!
 * 1) * 2011, Chyna, FAM: Rolling in a London Girl Gang, |%22mums%22+-intitle:%22mum|mums%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sou3T5iWB7DNmQXV0eDXCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22mum%22|%22mums%22%20-intitle%3A%22mum|mums%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page,
 * He′s looking at my mum, at her swollen eyes, busted nose and bloodied lips. She′s mashed up something chronic, and the man who did this to her is my dad.

Usage notes
Mum is only capitalized when used as a proper noun:
 * I don't think Mum will like you.
 * I don't think my mum will like you.
 * In New England, the word may still be spelt "mom", but it will have the pronunciation of "mum".

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:mother

Translations

 * Afar: yayya
 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, مَامَا, مَامَان
 * Egyptian Arabic: ماما, مامى
 * North Levantine Arabic: إم, ماما
 * South Levantine Arabic: إم, ماما, يامّا
 * Armenian:
 * Avar: баба
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: ма́ма, мату́ля
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 媽咪
 * Hokkien:, ,
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Chukchi: ыммэ, ыммэмы
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dongxiang: ana
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, emme, , memm
 * Ewe: dada, nɔ
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:
 * Galician: mamá,
 * Georgian:, დედიკო
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, माताजी, अम्मी,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Hunsrik: Mamma
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: mam, maime
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Komi-Permyak: мам
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: māmiņa,
 * Lingala: mamá
 * Lithuanian:, mamytė
 * Macedonian: мама
 * Malay:, ,
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Ossetian: нана, гыцци, мамӕ
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, , ,
 * Pipil: nan
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,  ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: mamaidh, màmag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ма̏ма
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:, mamička
 * Slovene: mama
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: mama, maminka
 * Upper Sorbian: mama
 * Southern Altai: мама, эне
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: nina
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: ká, káʼȕ, łáʼȕ
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: ,
 * Tz'utujil: teeʼ
 * Ukrainian:, мату́ся, ма́тінка, ,
 * Urdu: اَمّی, اَمّاں
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: מאַמע, מאַמעלע

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of.

Noun

 * 1)  A chrysanthemum.
 * 2)  A decoration made originally of a real chrysanthemum but now usually an artificial (silk) flower combined with ribbons and marked with such indicators as the wearer's name, school name, the year, and so on; traditionally worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations.
 * 1)  A decoration made originally of a real chrysanthemum but now usually an artificial (silk) flower combined with ribbons and marked with such indicators as the wearer's name, school name, the year, and so on; traditionally worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations.

Etymology 3
From or,  of the sound made when gagged or with a hand over one's mouth. Perhaps related to dated 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  Silent.
 * 2)  Secret.
 * 1)  Secret.
 * 1)  Secret.

Interjection

 * 1) stop speaking!, stop talking!, hush!

Verb

 * 1) To act in a pantomime or dumb show.

Noun

 * 1)  silence

Noun

 * 1) A type of strong beer, originally made in Brunswick, Germany.

Etymology 5
A variant of.

Noun

 * 1) eeltail catfish

Noun

 * 1) breast

Verb

 * 1)  to be tasty

Etymology
From, itself from.

Noun

 * 1) candle

Noun

 * 1) candle