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# mommy

«mommy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Mother; a small child's word for their mom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (mommy, mommies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, US and Canada) Mother; a small child's word for their mom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#m1)

2) (informal) Used about mothers in general, as in "mommy bloggers" or "new mommies". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A word of little children and of parents talking to them; in a story it shows the speaker is young or the moment is tender or scared ("I want my mommy!"). Phrases: "mommy and me" classes (for a parent and a baby), "mommy blogger".

### examples

- Mommy, I had a bad dream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x1)
- The toddler cried, "Mommy, look at me!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x2)
- My little sister calls Mom "Mommy". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x3)
- The baby duck followed its mommy into the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x4)
- "I'm not a baby, I don't need my mommy," Max said bravely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x5)
- Mommy and Daddy are coming to the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x6)
- The lost boy kept asking for his mommy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/#x7)

### note

American and Canadian; the British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand word is "mummy" (which is also an Egyptian preserved body — a trap!). Plural "mommies". Capital M when used as a name. Older children usually switch to "Mom".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mommy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mommy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.